September 2020
Colourful recruiter behind ABC board search
Korn Ferry has been replaced by Watermark as the search firm hiring directors for the public broadcaster.
- Joe Aston
September 2010
Coaching keeps companies fit
More companies are using the skills of outside coaches and mentors to protect their investment in their senior executives rather than showing the executives the door.
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- Mark Fenton-Jones
April 2010
Crisis made it hard to recruit and bear fruit
The performance of recruitment companies has been less than impressive in recent years, leading to cost overruns and a decline in profits.
- TREVOR HOEY
August 2009
Briefs
AMBITION GROUP Recruiter Ambition Group has suffered from the decline in demand for white-collar workers, its traditional placement market, underpinning a fall into the red with a $637,000 net loss for the six months ended June
- Tracy Lee, Ayesha de Kretser and Paul Garvey
Fast facts
Fujitsu wins contract Fujitsu has signed a deal with the Northern Territory Department of Planning and Infrastructure to assist the government in better managing territory assets
- Paul Smith
October 2008
Ambition Group (AMB)
In a recent trading update, Ambition Group said it did not expect to meet guidance provided at its annual meeting for a $4 million profit before tax in fiscal year 2009 because of its exposure to the finance industry.
- Peter Wells
August 2008
May 2008
February 2008
Skills squeeze just the job for recruiters
The labour market shows no sign of being affected by the US slowdown, writes Michael Smith.
- Michael Smith
Briefs
CMA CORPORATION
- Jo Clarke, Staff reporter, Michael Vaughan, Tracy Lee, Paul Garvey, Michael Smith, Stephen Wisenthal and Julie-anne Sprague
January 2008
Briefs
Builder has eye on bonus
- Vesna Poljak, James Hall, Staff reporter, Fiona Tyndall, Michael Smith and Paul Garvey
Briefs
ABC gets Centrelink kids
- Fiona Tyndall, Bernard Kellerman, Stephen Wisenthal, Michael Vaughan, Tracy Lee, James Hall, Michael Smith and Staff reporter
August 2007
June 2006
March 2006
Peoplebank scores from IT upsurge
Candle has added a touch of sparkle to Australia's recovering IT sector but the popular technology recruitment outfit is not the only company that is making hay out of booming demand for computer and communications skills
- Ben Woodhead