State of the industry
Are things looking better? IMF expects the Australian economy to recover and grow by 1.5% next year. Hudson’s latest report seems to suggest a positive shift in employers’ attitude. Hiring is likely to pick up for the first time in 18 months. Greg Savage have a more tepid view of the situation.  Unemployment rate hovers at 5.7%, it is likely that the hard times will continue for a while longer.

20 rules for recruiting in the Creative age
“ Cost per hire is a worthless statistic. It measures neither the contribution of good recruiting nor the cost of bad recruiting. This is why recruiting must be a P&L function.” and other nuggets on recruitment from Jeff Hunter.

Social Recruiting
There’s lot of noise around ‘social recruitment’, what works and doesn’t work in recruitment is slowly taking shape. Check out the presentations from the recent Social Recruiting Summit.

Employers confidence 
Employers are reluctant to hire, and confidence has taken a beating (down by 19.9%), finds the latest Hudson report.  Does the collective panic masked the reality?

Do we still need recruiters?
Discussions (podcast) between BTech magazine and Kelly Magowan of Sixfigures on the roles of recruiters.

Female workers better
Harvard explores how women who are star performers tend to fare better than man after changing jobs

Expat opportunities
Skills Solutions identifies growth sectors in the Australian economy for returning expats to consider.

Google employment brand loosing its lustre?
Close on the news of Google firing 100 recruiters, a fascinating look at why staff are voluntarily leaving the company.

Rants on recruitment service
Most complaints against recruitment firms remains unreported. Still, some voices comes out in the open. Be prepared to see more ugly stories as recruiters started to compete for fewer jobs. Downturns, have an uncanny ability to weed out operators who aren’t up to industry standards.