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Comment on International Preferred Supplier Agreements are a lazy solution by Bede Ashby

Bede Ashby — Thu, 12 May 2011 02:57:13 +0000

Very true Chotey.

Comment on Multi-listed contingent recruitment will stop! by chotey

chotey — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:22:14 +0000

It’s up to us! Self worth is the key! Not only should we not work for free but we need to educate clients to the rationale. It’s not just the fact that we do poor work it’s that roll on effect on them and their employment brand. Nobody wins… Let’s make the change we want in the world! Good quote that!

Comment on Multi-listed contingent recruitment will stop! by Graeme Sandri

Graeme Sandri — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:20:40 +0000

Chotey your views are so on the mark! It is time for our industry to stand up and believe in ourselves – say NO to the rubbish terms some clients seek – great stuff. To quote our little man in the 30 second ad Spray and “Walkaway”

Comment on Multi-listed contingent recruitment will stop! by nzrecruiter

nzrecruiter — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:15:59 +0000

Recruitment utopia – a bright new future! But I can’t see it ever going away entirely – there just aren’t that many switched on people in business – there will always be the HR departments being guided on RFPs by Finance-lead Procurement Departments whose sole focus is to crunch the fees lower.

Happy to hear of your enlightened client though, and I hope many will follow suit. When I recruited in Australia during the boom times I remember Leighton’s actually committing to pay a higher fee than what was on recruiter’s terms of business – and guess what? They got the best service and the best candidates in a desparately candidate-short market.

Business can only benefit from thinking outside the square – trouble is most NZ business loves it inside that square too much.

Comment on Multi-listed contingent recruitment will stop! by chotey

chotey — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:58:26 +0000

Yes you are right… We must say no and politely walk away if we can’t get our clients to understand

Comment on Multi-listed contingent recruitment will stop! by Bede Ashby

Bede Ashby — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:43:47 +0000

Chotey, you’re preaching to the converted. What other industry works for free when they receive a request for work? We promote a client’s brand, sift through people who do not match the brief in a highly professional way, interview and look after those who are right for the client, deal with the fall out of rejection for a client because they’re not focused on it and then gets a sorry (or not usually) from the client, we’ve decided not to progress, but thank you for being so STUPID as a recruiter that you have done all that work for free?

As you can see I carry my soap box around with me on this topic….I’ve soooo much more to say

Comment on Multi-listed contingent recruitment will stop! by chotey

chotey — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:35:53 +0000

You know it Latchy… lets keep the movement going! Even if we get less we at least get to do good work and appropriate reward… everyone wins!

Comment on Multi-listed contingent recruitment will stop! by Glenn Latch

Glenn Latch — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:22:26 +0000

That’s great news Chotey.
Here’s hoping the rest of the business world moves the same way.

Let me know when you need help on these role

Comment on DIY Recruiting by chotey

chotey — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:56:43 +0000

Absolutely Steve however my point was that its often not a case of either or especially when forced by mandate internally rather than by design. The issue is that DIY takes an investment approach from an organisation rather than a simple quick fix cost down imperative.

Good to hear from you Brownie!