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Live from #BOUNCE3 - The Panel Van! Join: Rebecca Skilbeck - PageUp David Meere - Life Without Barriers Belinda Leon - Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Thriving with multigenerational talent: How to boost candidate experience to empower a diverse workforce Enjoy! Support the show Join RUBBERBAND today!...
Recruitment Chinwag time! Today's episode features Marney Hamilton from Fuse Recruitment! I loved catching up with Marney today. We cover a lot of ground, from growing up in Regional N.S.W, to moving to "the big smoke" (there is a pun here, but you'll need to listen to find out what it is) and studying HR in University. We walk through Marney's career, spanning Agency and Internal Recruitment, and how she has gone full circle returning to the Agency, world specialising in General Insurance. Quit...
Live from #BOUNCE3 - The Panel Van! Join: Julian Doherty - Yellow Folder Research Mia Baldock - Vicinity Centres Raj Gopiraj - Vicinity Centres Moving beyond BAU to focus on Talent Data, Candidate Care and Hiring Manager Experience Enjoy! Support the show Join RUBBERBAND today!...
Happy Monday listeners! What a perfect way to start the week - an inspiring Recruitment Chinwag with Belinda Sanger! We take a walk through Belinda's career - from graduating High School and moving into a creative field - Make Up Artistry and her transition to the corporate world as a Receptionist. We talk through her experience as a RTW parent, and how she transitioned in to the Recruitment Industry after having her two beautiful daughters. Belinda recruited in Healthcare during the COVID-19 pa...
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Happy Friday listeners! Today's episode is a fabulous Recruitment Chinwag with Josh Ransome of Australian Payments + We take a walk through Josh's careers to date, from growing up in Broken Hill NSW to his creative career in Visual Merchandising. We discuss how Josh discovered the Recruitment Industry, and how he applies his previous creative experience into his day to day work. From Agency Recruitment to Internal Recruitment, working in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney - it certainly is quite the...
Live from #BOUNCE3 - The Panel Van! Join: Russell Ayles - UNRiVALLED Agency Danny Hansard - Eight Naomi Way - Moss & Co Consulting Scott Bennetts - Jersey Road Talent Taking the leap - What I learned from starting my own Recruitment business This session was proudly sponsored by our friends at APositive Workforce Finance Enjoy! Support the show Join RUBBERBAND today!...
What a wonderful Recruitment Chinwag this is! Today I had the pleasure of catching up with the incredible Karine McAuliffe from Gilbert + Tobin. We take a trip back to the start of Karine's career, in fact we go all the way back to her High School days in Kings Cross, her Tertiary studies and Retail jobs. We talk through her very first role in the Recruitment Industry, stapling CV's , and why she decided that Recruitment and Talent Acquisition was the dream career path for her. Karine gives some...
Live from #BOUNCE3 - The Panel Van! Join: Michael Walter - Brightworks Adele Wawra & James Grigson - Our Gen Z Talent Gen Z in SME: How to attract young talent - a Gen Z perspective This session was proudly sponsored by our friends at Noble Agency Enjoy! Support the show Join RUBBERBAND today!...
The hot topics of 2023 - Talent Advisory, Skills Based Hiring, Internal Mobility, Talent Management and Succession Planning. All of the above are covered in this Recruitment Chinwag with Pamela Sutherland from Volkswagon. Pamela is not only passionate about teams shifting into a "Talent Advisory" model, she demonstrates why it is so important and valuable for talent teams to take this approach. 60-70% Internal Mobility stats in her previous role! PHWOAR! We also have a fun reflection on Pamela's...
Live from #BOUNCE3 - The Panel Van! Join: Alex King - LedgeHR Claire Meyer-Rodenbeck - LedgeHR Ian Huynh - Elco The Talent Equation: Quantifying the Value of Talent Acquisition Enjoy! Support the show Join RUBBERBAND today!...
Where do I start with this episode? We certainly covered a-lot of ground! Meet Chris Goulas of Care Recruitment ! I loved this Chinwag - such an incredible Career, spanning sales, customer service, operations, in key leadership roles. After studying Science at University, and completing a Post-Grad in Forensic Science, Chris moved into the Insurance Industry at AAMI. After 7.5 years at AAMI and 2.5 years at UniSuper, he transitioned to Agency Recruitment. He then transitioned to Internal Recruit...
Live from #BOUNCE3 - The Panel Van! Join: Karen Graham - Talent RISE Jenny Le - Talent Jakob Waitai - GroupM Marco Villella - GroupM Breaking the Mould: Re-Thinking Graduate Programs Enjoy! Support the show Join RUBBERBAND today!...
I love this Chinwag for so many reasons! Firstly, it was great to catch up with David Hooker, an Insurance Recruiter I have known for a long time. In fact, we used to be (friendly) competitors! We take a walk through David's incredible career and he shares loads of great tips and advice for any Recruiter, based off the lessons he has learned over the years. We also discuss his new business " RecAlliance " which is all about harvesting buying power as a collective, to save Recruitment Businesses ...
Live from #BOUNCE3 - The Panel Van! Join: Renata Sguario - Maxme Catherine Heffernan - Maxme Shaun Cameron - Custom Fleet How to optimise the "stickiness" of your Talent Placements through the power of Human Skills Enjoy! Support the show Join RUBBERBAND today!...
Live from #BOUNCE3 - The Panel Van! Join: Chris Hunter - Referoo Deidre Halstead - Novotel Surfers Paradise Melisah Collins - Hotel X REFERENCE CHECKING: Just another box to tick? You decide! Enjoy! Support the show Join RUBBERBAND today!
I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want.....I wanna really, really, really wanna Zig-A-Zig-AH! And I did just that, whilst having a Recruitment Chinwag with the amazing Ziggy Dequito. We take a journey back to the Phillipines, and learn about Ziggy's family and childhood. We walk through his career, from being a famous Radio DJ, moving into Marketing, arriving in Australia with his Mrs and working within the Marketing function of a Recruitment Agency. Ziggy had always wanted to mov...
Live from #BOUNCE3 - The Panel Van! Join: Matt Leak - AIA Australia Deb Jackson - Transurban Vicki Carolan - CXC Miriam Harniess - CXC What is the best Talent Acquisition strategy for my Contingent Workforce? Enjoy! Support the show Join RUBBERBAND today!...
Live from #BOUNCE3 - The Panel Van! Join: Amy Wilson - Vieple Karine McAuliffe - Gilbert + Tobin Kathy Walsh - University of Technology Sydney Rana Holcombe - Testgrid Why aren't clients using our Diversity Features? Enjoy! Support the show Join RUBBERBAND today!...
Live from #BOUNCE3 - The Panel Van! Join: Ziggy Dequito - WorkPro Louise Anderson - BGA Connect Austin Cowan - Faethm Phoebe Netto - Pure PR Empower Initiative - Improving the Hiring Process with Candidate Driven Insights Enjoy! Support the show Join RUBBERBAND today!...
Today I had a wonderful Chinwag with Bianca Ward from EmployeeXP all the way from sunny Perth, Western Australia. We talk about non-traditional pathways into the workplace, and share our personal journeys of how we moved into HR. We have a really great chat about what "Traditional HR" looks like, and how this has evolved and changed post-pandemic. We take a deeper dive into EVP creation and Employer Branding, and talk about how to utilise your people data to kick off your EVP strategy, without a...
Live from #BOUNCE3 - The Panel Van! Join: Mark Nielsen - Talent Brandon De Souza - Talent Diana To - Talent Breaking The Mould: The Unconventional CEO Enjoy! Support the show Join RUBBERBAND today!
Live from #BOUNCE3 - The Panel Van! Join: Sandy Hutchison - Career Money Life Masooma Cheema - Recent Job Seeker Andrew Chua - Recent Job Seeker The Job Hunt Diaries: Truths and Triumphs from Real Candidates! Enjoy! Support the show Join RUBBERBAND today!...
Regular listeners will know about my passion for the Insurance Industry. So who better to have a Chinwag with, than the incredible Kirstie McElwaine from Chubb! We learn about Kirstie's experience finding her place in HR as a Talent Acquisition and Recruitment professional. From studying HR at University in Portsmouth, to making a move to Sydney Australia, Kirstie stepped into an Agency Recruitment role to gain sponsorship and has never looked back! We have a-lot of fun talking about her passion...
Where do I start with this one? I might dub this the "firecracker" episode! If you are looking for as big injection of energy and passion look no further than my Recruitment Chinwag with Vinisha Rathod from Think & Grow! We have a great reflection on Vinisha's career! From Brisbane, to London, To Sydney. A variety of positions and life experiences, eventually leading her to HR Consulting. Flash forward and we talk about Vinisha's career with Think & Grow, working with Start Ups and Scale...
Personality is proven to link to Engagement, Retention and Performance at work - and new perspectives, driven by technology and AI, can unlock great ways to make Personality Profiling really make an impact. Join Peter Treloar from TALY to hear about how you can drive more value from Personality Profiling in a way that makes sense for your business. TALY Australia is bringing a fresh perspective to the world of personality profiling. Powered by proven science in personality and emotional intellig...
I love this episode! It was such an energetic experience to meet with Jessica Waddell from The Lab17 today! We have a great Chinwag about Jessica's history. And boy, oh boy, it's quite a journey! Growing up on the beautiful south coast of NSW, Jessica found a connection with a High School teacher that really encouraged and nurtured her to be the best human being she could be.... So, she went to University majoring in Law (A double Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law). After working in Macca's p...
In Graduate Recruitment...YES means MAYBE! Learn how to win the hearts & minds of early career talent. With Tim Way - The Career Conversation This is a wonderful episode for anyone out there that is interested in Early Careers, or anyone who currently has a Graduate Program in place. We discuss key trends across the Graduate Attraction, Recruitment, Engagement and Onboarding life-cycle. We talk a-lot about the characteristics of Gen Z, and how we should approach our campaigns to meet their c...
As an Industry we need to talk. We need to open up, and discuss Mental Health. Today I was joined by Paris Matin to discuss this topic. I hope that listening to this Podcast episode will open up more conversations. We talk about our core motivations for becoming a Recruitment Consultant. To help people. However, working in an industry that is in the business of rejection (both personally, and for candidates) can really take its toll. We learn more about Paris's career journey, from being an elit...
WE'RE BACK! Season 2 is alive and brilliant! For the new season kick off, I am joined for a Recruitment Chinwag by the delightful Laurie Glen from Northbridge Recruitment! Laurie is 5 years into his Recruitment career, and thriving! Growing up in QLD, we talk about his childhood, and his passion for fish! In fact, his childhood was rather entrepreneurial- breeding and selling fish for profit (that early commercial mindset has certainly came in handy for his Agency Recruitment career) We talk abo...
