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Starting Your Career? Here are 17 tips which will ensure your success….
Greg is an owner and director of Consult. He is one of the most well-regarded figures in recruitment - for both his success but also because of the way he runs businesses as well as engaging and leading people. Greg originally posted this blog in relation...
When It Comes To Public Speaking, Preparation Saves Perspiration
‘All speaking is public speaking, whether it’s to one person or a thousand.’ - Roger Love As a long time public speaker and presenter to large groups of people all over the world, I often have people say how lucky I am that public speaking ‘comes...
The Hiring Lesson I Learned On The Road to Mandalay
I ADMIT IT, I AM A ‘RECRUITING-TRAGIC‘. And a symptom of this condition is that I can’t help but think about the hiring implications of almost any situation. And so it was, travelling with my family in Myanmar (formerly Burma), one of the most isolated countries anywhere, that I...
Always Be Recruiting. Even If You’re Not Hiring
If I had a dollar for every time a hiring manager told me they cannot find high-quality consultants, I guess I would be a wealthy man. Equally, when I talk to corporate hiring managers, they constantly bemoan the shortage of quality talent. Yet, when I ask what...
Behave Like A ‘Tart’ If You Have To, But Not On LinkedIn
I am no LinkedIn expert. But I do use it. I post status updates, I join groups, I comment in discussions, and I check backgrounds of just about every person I am about to interview or even meet. I also get lots of requests to connect, and...
It’s Not ‘Cultural’. If You’re A Jerk, You’re Just A Jerk
In business, we meet many jerks. Recently I was asked by one of our Sydney recruiters to join her on a client visit to a high profile Ad Agency group. I jumped at the chance because I love speaking with clients, and we were booked to...
Integrity Is A Bit Like Virginity, You Either Have It Or You Don’t
I have been in business a long time. And all of that time has been in the rough and tumble world of recruitment and staffing. Having worked as a recruiter, manager, and owner of recruitment businesses all over the world, I have seen my share of dubious business...
Leadership Is Action: It’s What You Do That Counts
That short statement took me many years to learn. When I was young, and thrust into a management role way before I was ready, I thought leadership meant “getting people to do things”. And maybe, in the end, that is what it is. But it’s not...