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Picture credit: Asian Scientist Magazine Almost anybody with even a cursory knowledge of demographics and global labour markets can tell you that Japan is the canary in the coal mine for the developed world’s rapidly aging population, below-replacement fertility rate, and labour supply. Japan has the second-highest median age (just under 49 years), and one…

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Whenever jobs board behemoth SEEK launches a new product or makes a public pronouncement that impacts the local recruitment industry it generates immediate interest. Whether it’s their ventures into adjacent marketplaces, controversial use of candidate data, price rises, subsidiaries doing sneaky stuff, or  foot-in-mouth clangers from co-founder Andrew Bassat, there’s headline-generating material reliably flowing every…

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Picture credit: CEO Magazine  Collar Group and its founder, Ephram Stephenson, continue to be the highest-profile success story of the post-pandemic era in Australian recruitment. Since commencing operations in July 2021, Collar Group has grown to 140 recruiters with nine offices (3 in Perth, two in Queensland, and one each in Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and…

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Manpower won the first Australian Defence Force (ADF) recruitment contract in 2002 after collaborating with the ADF in a pilot program conducted over the previous two years. Manpower lost the contract in 2008 to Chandler Macleod, regaining it less than a year later (and subsequently was awarded contract extensions in 2012, 2016 and 2019) after…

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My sons, my wife and I (pictured above) were privileged to be guests of The Mother’s Day Classic Foundation (MDCF) donation announcement at The Langham in late October. In 2023, the Mother’s Day Classic recorded incredible growth, with participation up 30 per cent on 2022 with 65,000 Australians participating in 73 locations. The donation to…

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The perennial misunderstanding of the key skills and core competencies that make up the job of a recruitment consultant is formalised in the Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) website. JSA is the Albanese government’s replacement for the Morrison government’s National Skills Commission. Its mission “is to be a catalyst in activating the potential of Australia’s…

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One of the highlights of the recent ATC was an on-stage interview between SMAART Recruitment Director, James Witcombe and SMAART Recruitment co-founder, Stu Holmes (pictured above). Holmes was Witcombe’s boss for ten years before Holmes left SMAART in 2015. Holmes left SMAART because his substance abuse led to untenable behavioural problems at work. Following his…

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