Destination Talent

Pay Disparity Between Men and Women Continues to grow, what’s the fix?

Phillip Tusing — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:23:51 +0000

Julia Gillard’s ascension to the top job in the country has been hailed as a momentous achievement for Australian women. Whatever political persuasion you subscribe to, it’s hard to argue against the symbolism Julia Gillard’s rise represent (at least in the workplace) – that women are men’s equal, are as capable and ought to be [...]

Miles to Go Before Women Gets a Fair Go in the Workplace

Phillip Tusing — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:12:19 +0000

Consider these disturbing findings from the latest APESMA’s survey of its female members (58.6% had tertiary qualifications in science and 30.0% in engineering): Nearly 40% of respondents stated that they had been bullied and 38% discriminated against in the course of their employment. Nearly 20% reported that they had been sexually harassed, although only one [...]

Implications of Employment Tenure Getting Shorter

Phillip Tusing — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:49:07 +0000

Every year 18% of the Australian workforce started work with a new employer. New data released by the ABS reconfirmed that we are a nation of job hoppers. Almost one in six or 1,972,300 of the workforce has been with a company/business for less than 12 months. Here’s how the distribution looks: Employment tenure is [...]

How Will Job Boards Survive? Q&A With Jeff Dickey-Chasins (aka The Job Board Doctor)

Phillip Tusing — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:16:02 +0000

When a job board falls sick, who do you call? The Job Board Doctor, of course. We touched base with Jeff Dickey-Chasins (aka The Job Board Doctor) to discuss the challenges faced by job boards. Q. What’s your diagnosis of the job board landscape in the US, are the best years for job boards over? [...]

Popularity of Personal Branding And its Implications

Phillip Tusing — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:37:31 +0000

Personal branding in its simplest form is the application of marketing principles and tactics to promote an individual as a ‘brand’, with the expectation of gaining visibility, recognition and better career prospects. Since Tom Peters coined the phrase ‘brand you’ in the late nineties, the concept of self-promotion has taken off significantly. Today, it’s hard [...]

SEEK’s seeking new pastures?

Phillip Tusing — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:31:30 +0000

SEEK Limited revenue grew by 35%, registering a net profit of $89.5 million, a 62% increase from FY 2009. SEEK Employment’s (the job board business) revenue grew by 1% from 170.9 in FY09 to 172.8 million in FY10, which is a small percentage, but it’s an impressive performance considering it is generated in the midst [...]

Vendor Watch: Xpand Executive Search

Phillip Tusing — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:18:29 +0000

Each week we will highlight a talent solution provider. This week we present XPAND, an Australian owned IT recruitment and executive search provider. We spoke with Justin Babet (MD). What recruitment problems do you solve? Recruitment and Executive Search: Demand within Technology, Media and Communications is very high and it’s becoming increasing difficult to source [...]

Online Advertising Grows; Artists Not Earning Enough; PWC’s CEO Survey.

Phillip Tusing — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:12:13 +0000

Online Advertisement Grows Australian online advertisement has reached $2 billion, according to the latest IAB (Internet Advertising Bureau) report. The figures for employment classifieds are not made public, but the whole classifieds section (which includes motor vehicles, recruitment and real estate) grew by 9% to $470 million. Online Job Vacancies Increases Good news on [...]

Social Media, Trust (The lack of) And The Age of Generosity

Phillip Tusing — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:27:56 +0000

If social media is going to be part of your recruitment game plan, it’s worth noting that it’s currently the least trusted source of information amongst 14 measured by Edelman in Australia (refer chart). Q. Please tell me how credible you believe each one of them is as a source of information about a company [...]

Taking Stock of Workforce Distribution

Phillip Tusing — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:40:23 +0000

Here’s the latest ABS data on the distribution of the Australian workforce (refer table). Health Care industry is by far the largest employer. Sectors like mining, in spite of getting all the media attention, employs only 1.5% of the workforce. While the manufacturing sector, arguably a dying industry, is the fourth largest employer it’s clear [...]