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RPO - friend or foe?

Started Sep 7, 2010 0 Replies 0 Likes

According to some data I've read recently, the RPO / third party recruiter landscape is due to grow by another 25-30% over the next 3 years, or in excess of $1.5Bn dollars.Regardless of how accurate…Continue

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Andy Young commented on Amy Ala's blog post 'The Real Reasons Why Corporate Recruiters Hate You'

Agreed Bill. Look forward to sharing some thinking at another time. All the best, A

Jan 17

Andy Young commented on Amy Ala's blog post 'The Real Reasons Why Corporate Recruiters Hate You'

In answer to Bill's point, if I really don't think I can fill a role I'll let the client know. And because I specialise rather than a generalist recruiter, I tend to know very early in the process if we can genuinely help or not.

Jan 17

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Andy Young commented on Amy Ala's blog post 'The Real Reasons Why Corporate Recruiters Hate You'

Linda - I agree with you. As I said in my previous comment, corps and agency should be aiming for the same thing. And within the business I work for we are not commission based so therefore the interest of candidate and client will always come…

Jan 17

Andy Young commented on Amy Ala's blog post 'The Real Reasons Why Corporate Recruiters Hate You'

Really interesting and thought provoking post. Although I have to say, I've never really seen the agency and corporate worlds as a "them and us". I'm not sure it's too healthy to continue the myth. I think it comes down to…

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Andy Young commented on Andy Young's blog post 'Are you a Recruitment PARTNER or SUPPLIER?'

Hi Brian, thanks for your input. Glad you're not a partner! Re the "Coach" positioning. Would be great to understand how you bring that alive to your customers / clients - and how in turn that impacts how you work with that and how…

Dec 24, 2011

Will Branning commented on Andy Young's blog post 'Are you a Recruitment PARTNER or SUPPLIER?'

At the recruitment compnay I work with we are really working on getting the message out to our clients/potential clients that having a partnership will make the recruitment efforts more successful...sometimes that may mean that a client may choose…

Dec 23, 2011

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Brian K. Johnston commented on Andy Young's blog post 'Are you a Recruitment PARTNER or SUPPLIER?'

Good article and great question. I am neither a partner or supplier..... I am a COACH...

Dec 23, 2011

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Are you a Recruitment PARTNER or SUPPLIER?

Picture the scene.A leading consumer goods company with a well known portfolio of brands. A key brand in their portfolio has been identified for investment, an element of which is to be targeted in a new advertising campaign to communicate and deliver the key brand benefit (KBB) and core message.They want to appoint an expert (advertising agency) to work with them to develop the best and most effective, relevant way of communicating the message to their target audience, but they are not quite…See More

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Are you a Recruitment PARTNER or SUPPLIER?

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Andy Young commented on Gareth Jones's blog post 'The "Candidate Experience": There isn't one...'

Hi Gareth, Thanks for raising this topic that I know we are both equally passionate about. I think Ivan does hit on something in that human beings do seem more prepared to talk about what goes wrong, but I think that is understandable. We as…

Sep 27, 2011

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Name: Andy Young

Job Title: Senior Recruitment Consultant

Company: Fitzroy Executive, Stopgap Group

Which best describes your profession?: Consultant

How many years have you been in the business?: 5 - 9 years

Which industries do you work in now?: All Industries, Consumer Goods, Healthcare

How many employees in your company?: >50

Are you interested in split placements?: no

What kind of networking are you open to?: Open networking, Referrals between friends

How do you introduce yourself to people you meet in business?: Executive level recruitment, specialising in marketing.The "marzipan layer" is the Ftizroy sweetspot, sourcing and placing £70 - £150k candidates across the marketing space. This includes working across a number of sectors covering FMCG, Retail, Entertainment, Leisure, Travel as well as Brand / Marketing Consultancies.

Name someone you most admire: My wife and two gorgeous daughters!

What recruiting tools can you not live without?: The ability and passion to build great working relationships!

What do you like best about RecruitingBlogs.com...: The sharing and the debate

...and what would you change and why?: I'll get back to you on that!

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Are you a Recruitment PARTNER or SUPPLIER?

Posted on December 22, 2011 at 9:37am 3 Comments 3 Likes

Picture the scene.

A leading consumer goods company with a well known portfolio of brands. A key brand in their portfolio has been identified for investment, an element of which is to be targeted in a new advertising campaign to communicate and deliver the key brand benefit (KBB) and core message.

They want to appoint an expert (advertising agency) to work with them to develop the best and most effective, relevant way of communicating the message to their target…

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It's not WHERE you work. It's HOW! How not to reward recruiters...

Posted on November 26, 2010 at 6:33am 0 Comments 0 Likes

There was an article in Recruiter magazine on 24 November 2010. That age old debate about in-house versus agency side recruitment!

The debate appears to be positioned as the two being in different tribes.

As a well know British TV character Victor Meldrew might say, "I don't believe it."

That is rather over simplifying things in my view. A core difference… Continue

RPO - THE ENEMY OF AGENCIES? THAT'S JUST NOT CRICKET!

Posted on November 20, 2010 at 6:37pm 9 Comments 0 Likes

A fellow recruiter I bumped into the other day was giving me their twopence worth on the current state of play in recruitment and the world in general. The upshot being, what on EARTH was I thinking in looking to collaborate with the enemy. For enemy, read RECRUITMENT PROCESS OUTSOURCING.…

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17 ways an in-house recruiter can build a better relationship with external recruiters

Posted on November 19, 2010 at 5:46am 0 Comments 0 Likes

I was inspired and motivated into penning this post thanks to a super observational as well as ammusingly written piece written by @recruitgal on her experiences with some of the John Wayne types from the agency side of recruitment. I've just subscribed to her blog and recommend anyone…

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