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The opportunity is huge for recruitment agencies looking to enter the US market.
Today’s guest, PGC have been the go-to partner for recruitment founders looking to launch and scale in the US staffing market for over 20 years.
In today's podcast, we chat with PGC’s Clarke Bowles to find out how Australian founders can gain access to the world’s biggest economy.
From tips on where to get started and how to enter, to the nuances and differences of recruiting in the US.
Please join Lesley Horsburgh and Clarke Bowles and thank you for listening to Recruitment Down Under.
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The Recruitment Company recently released its 2024 edition of The Great Big Recruitment Industry Survey.
Armed with the knowledge and feedback gained from nearly 1000 participants, The Recruitment Company presents an interesting snapshot of the recruitment industry's current challenges and impact on the market. The mission? To make people enjoy the recruitment experience again.
This survey provides invaluable insights on what people truly love and (quite passionately) dislike about working with recruiters, recruitment agencies and internal talent acquisition teams.
Please join APSCo Australia MD, Lesley Horsburgh and Geoff Millar, CEO at The Recruitment Company.
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Welcome to Recruitment Down Under.
In this episode we speak with EOS business coach Colin Cuthbert who tells his story of a critical turning point in his life that led to a deep, personal transformation.
Colin reflects on his purpose as a business leader and owner, and the lessons he’s learned and is now passing on as part of his journey.
In this open and honest discussion with Lesley Horsburgh, Colin goes on to discuss how business leaders can find solutions to their needs by embracing vulnerability, being open to guidance and self-reflection, and mindful of their own resistance to change.
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Welcome to Recruitment Down Under.
In 2023, WorkPro embarked on a mission to empower recruiters with essential insights in response to the post-pandemic recruitment challenges, focusing on addressing skill gaps, accelerating hiring cycles, and enhancing candidate experiences. Recognizing the importance of real-time feedback from the influx of over 20,000 new users each month, WorkPro launched comprehensive surveys to understand the evolving needs of both candidates and HR professionals. The insights gained from over 2,400 participants, were instrumental in shaping WorkPro’s whitepaper, "It's Not Me, It's You: Challenging the Status Quo of Australia’s Hiring."
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Welcome to Recruitment Down Under.
In this podcast, APSCo Australia’s Lesley Horsburgh catches up with Greg Savage to discuss the release of his new book, Recruit. The Savage Way.
Greg discusses his return to the publishing world, and his hopes for how recruiters and business leaders might use this new book.
Greg’s book is being supported by a six-city speaking tour with APSCo in July – so tune in to hear what you can expect from these presentations and why this book should be the handbook that’s used in every recruitment business
Thank you for listening to Recruitment Down Under.
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Welcome to Recruitment Down Under.
In this podcast, APSCo Australia’s Lesley Horsburgh talks with Benjamin Lepke about HealthPass, a newly created platform to collect data from candidates across the complex world of medical and health.
The platform reduces the administrative burden required to work across different geographies and workplaces, and is revolutionising the way medical and health candidates are connecting with recruitment businesses.
There’s even scope for other recruitment sectors to utilise the technology.
Please join us to hear how it’s progressing, and where it’s all headed.
Thank you for listening to Recruitment Down Under.
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Welcome to Recruitment Down Under. In this episode, APSCo Australia MD Lesley Horsburgh speaks with Bullhorn’s Josh McCole about the findings of the 2023 GRID Industry Trends Report.
Bullhorn’s 13th annual report is its most comprehensive analysis of the staffing and recruitment industry yet, and spans responses from businesses of all sizes, recruitment models, and industries.
The report explores what top-performing agencies do differently, and why winning new business is a top priority for the first time in 6 years.
Please join Lesley and Josh as they discuss the findings; and thank you for listening to Recruitment Down Under.
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In this special edition, we speak with Caroline North, Research Manager at SEEK to discuss SEEK's Laws Of Attraction, an interactive data tool designed to help organisation’s uncover the drivers that attract candidates to a role.
Based on a large, ongoing survey of more than 11,000 candidates, the Laws of Attraction provides access to uniquely local intel, with an all new data set for 2022.
Join APSCo’s Lesley Horsburgh and SEEK’s Caroline North as they discuss the project, the evolution of the candidate market and what’s now driving candidates to change employment.
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Welcome to Recruitment Down Under. In our new episode, Lesley Horsburgh speaks with recruitment marketing and personal branding expert, David Wolstenholme.
David, a former recruiter, dedicates his professional career to helping recruiters to better understand and nurture their personal brand authentically both online and off.
David and Lesley discuss the importance of marketing strategy and personal brand, visible leadership, what employers need to do to attract recruiters in the current market, the rise of LinkedIn, and how recruiters can best leverage the platform, plus lots more.
Thank you for listening to Recruitment Down Under.
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Welcome to Recruitment Down Under and our special series dedicated to meeting and learning more about the winners of the 2020 APSCo Australia Awards for Excellence.
Throughout 2020, BluePrint Medical responded to the impacts of border closures and flight cancellations, reduced demand, and a restricted candidate pool of doctors, with a proactive approach to communicating with clients and bringing vulnerable doctors home from interstate. The business realised that the only way to help the clients and doctors in need was to simply focus on local work.
The plan helped BluePrint Medical win the Best Response to the Pandemic – Innovation Award, which recognised new strategies – planned and implemented in response to COVID-19 – that demonstrated innovation or creativity.
In this podcast, we hear from BluePrint Medical’s Oliver Hastie, who tells listeners how the young business managed to respond in the face of adversity.
Hosted by Neil Merola of Entity Solutions, tune in to find out why BluePrint Medical were crowned 2020’s deserving winner.
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Welcome to Recruitment Down Under – the APSCo Australia Podcast.
Interpro People recently joined a growing number of employers taking a new approach to work-life balance, by commencing a nine-day fortnight for all employees.
A month into the initiative, APSCo’s Managing Director Lesley Horsburgh sat down with Interpro General Manager Darran Butcher for an in-depth conversation to find out how the 9-day fortnight is working and what impact the strategy is having on the business and its people.
Listen in to find out how Interpro People have implemented the strategy in their business, and continue to meet their goals whilst managing the expectations of clients, candidates, and other key stakeholders.
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Welcome to Recruitment Down Under and our special series dedicated to meeting and learning more about the winners of the 2020 APSCo Australia Awards for Excellence.
Driftwood Group and their Glow-Up Careers initiative received the CSR Award for an initiative that demonstrated a commitment to the principles of corporate social responsibility.
Driftwood Group launched career-coaching arm Glow-Up Careers to help people build the career of their dreams. The heart of the business is an accreditation program to teach coaches and leaders how to provide effective career coaching. The business now has in excess of 90 coaches who have completed the accreditation and who have each undertaken work with refugees.
In this podcast, we hear from Driftwood Group Founder Yvonne Kelly, who tells listeners the story of how Glow-Up Careers came about and why this unique coaching arm is not only building dream careers but truly changing people’s lives.
Hosted by Con Marchesan of SEEK, listen in to find out why Driftwood Group was crowned this year’s deserving CSR winner.
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ManpowerGroup was crowned the winner of APSCo’s Best Use of Digital for Defence Force Recruiting’s 2020 National Submarine Tour and Competition – an online gaming experience to provide potential candidates an insight into the life of a submariner.
The competition was a great success with a 2500 percent increase in ‘submariner officer’ applications year on year.
Hosted by Chantell Neale from Awards’ sponsor Ayers Group, Defence Force Recruiting’s Leanne Hayter explains how turning to gaming boosted interest in naval careers and ultimately led to its APSCo Award win.
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Welcome to Recruitment Down Under and our special series dedicated to meeting and learning more about the winners of the 2020 APSCo Australia Awards for Excellence.
Zeep Medical was the winner of APSCo’s Candidate Experience Award for its commitment to providing exceptional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
Candidate experience is at the centre of everything that Zeep does. The company provides end-to-end service for candidates, and in 2020 with most hospitals not taking doctors from other states, Zeep had to move quickly to find and relocate doctors.
Hosted by Marco Setiadi from Award sponsor CareerOne, today we hear from Zeep’s Robin Jerome who outlines how Zeep’s service and agile working practices help the company to excel in candidate experience.
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Welcome to Recruitment Down Under and our special series dedicated to meeting and learning more about the winners of the 2020 APSCo Australia Awards for Excellence.
1Medical was awarded Most Improved during the Pandemic, an acknowledgment for the firm that made the best progress in Q3 (July to September) when compared to Q2 (April to June) on the Staffing Industry Metrics business intelligence platform.
Today we hear from 1Medical’s Ryan Kevelighan about how the company stood out from the pack and tackled 2020 as a medical recruiter. Hosted by Nigel Harse of Staffing Industry Metrics, listen in to find out why 1Medical was crowned this year’s deserving winner.
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Welcome to Recruitment Down Under and our special series dedicated to meeting and learning more about the winners of the 2020 APSCo Australia Awards for Excellence.
Canberra’s Whizdom Recruitment was awarded Best Performer during the Pandemic, an acknowledgment for the firm that recorded the best performance from April through to September on the Staffing Industry Metrics business intelligence platform.
Today we hear from Whizdom’s Managing Director, John McCluskey about how the company rose to the top of the pack, within the confines of remote working and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hosted by Nigel Harse of Staffing Industry Metrics, listen in to find out why Whizdom were crowned this year’s deserving winner of... Best Performer of the Pandemic.
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Welcome to Recruitment Down Under.
In this episode, Lesley Horsburgh speaks with Neil Merola, CEO of contingent workforce services provider, Entity Solutions.Recently celebrating his 8 year anniversary with the business, Neil discusses the maturity and evolution of the Australian contractor market and why he sees our workforce as one of the global leaders.
Today’s podcast beaks into dialogue on compliance, workers' compensation, the impacts of COVID-19 and working from home, plus the all-important findings of Entity Solutions' recent workforce insights survey.
But if there’s just one thing to take away from today’s discussion, it’s Neil’s advice on finding perspective and poise.
Thank you for listening to Recruitment Down Under.
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In this episode of Recruitment Down Under, Aaron McIntosh and Phil Cook from Bullhorn join Lesley Horsburgh to provide an update on how their business and clients are facing the technological challenges of the pandemic.
Today’s discussion covers:
Remote workingBusiness resilience and mindsetDigital preparedness and transformationThe changing face and evolution of technologyThe advancements of technology and digital automation in recruitmentPlus lots more….. -
Staffing Industry Metrics’ Nigel Harse joins Lesley Horsburgh to provide listeners with an important update of market insights from across the temporary and permanent recruitment market.
The last time Nigel and Lesley met was in February of this year. And then COVID-19 hit.
So where are we now?
Nigel provides a frank update on what happened to the market earlier this year and the massive hits it took, which industries are currently seeing activity in permanent and temp recruitment, and what the future looks like for our industry and its recovery going forward.
This is a must-listen podcast for all recruitment company business owners, with Nigel providing the insights everyone needs to hear.
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Health psychologist Fiona Lewi of Affiliate Member, Sentio Health, joins the Recruitment Down Under podcast to discuss the ongoing mental health challenges caused by COVID-19.
Fiona speaks to what she is seeing as a psychologist in the nation’s toughest lockdown city, Melbourne, and how those now in need of assistance are struggling with the lack of both physical and face-to-face contact, something that those who are suffering are in desperate need of.
Fiona and Lesley also discuss:
The notion of mental health as the third wave of the pandemic The signs to look out for in deteriorating mental healthHow can managers and colleagues look out for one another?The role of intermediaries and EAPsWhy routines are so important in this current landscape, andWhy mental health first aid should be a major part of our future mental health agenda. - Näytä enemmän
