Recruitment Down Under: The APSCo Australia Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Recruitment Down Under and our special series dedicated to meeting and learning more about the winners of the 2020 APSCo Australia Awards for Excellence . Canberra’s Whizdom Recruitment was awarded Best Performer during the Pandemic, an acknowledgment for the firm that recorded the best performance from April through to September on the Staffing Industry Metrics busines...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Recruitment Down Under. In this episode, Lesley Horsburgh speaks with Neil Merola, CEO of contingent workforce services provider, Entity Solutions .  Recently celebrating his 8 year anniversary with the business, Neil discusses the maturity and evolution of the Australian contractor market and why he sees our workforce as one of the global leaders. Today’s podcast beaks...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Recruitment Down Under, Aaron McIntosh and Phil Cook from Bullhorn join Lesley Horsburgh to provide an update on how their business and clients are facing the technological challenges of the pandemic.  Today’s discussion covers: Remote working Business resilience and mindset Digital preparedness and transformation The changing face and evolution of technology Th...

Send us Fan Mail Staffing Industry Metrics’ Nigel Harse joins Lesley Horsburgh to provide listeners with an important update of market insights from across the temporary and permanent recruitment market. The last time Nigel and Lesley met was in February of this year. And then COVID-19 hit. So where are we now? Nigel provides a frank update on what happened to the market earlier this year and the...

Send us Fan Mail Health psychologist Fiona Lewi of Affiliate Member, Sentio Health , joins the Recruitment Down Under podcast to discuss the ongoing mental health challenges caused by COVID-19. Fiona speaks to what she is seeing as a psychologist in the nation’s toughest lockdown city, Melbourne, and how those now in need of assistance are struggling with the lack of both physical and face-to-face...

Send us Fan Mail CareerOne’s Chief Operating Officer Moussa Namini and Chief Technology Officer Tome Acevski join APSCo’s Lesley Horsburgh to discuss the rebuild and rebirth of the CareerOne job platform. Moussa and Tome  narrate the CareerOne backstory and discuss how the business has returned to its core offering by rebuilding its job platform; with a focus on providing a top-notch user experien...

Send us Fan Mail Col Levander of Ratescalc.com joins Recruitment Down Under for a wide-ranging conversation with APSCo Australia’s Lesley Horsburgh.  With 30 years in the services, recruitment and technology sector, Col brings knowledge, experience and wisdom on a number of topics in today’s discussion, including how our industry will likely emerge on the other side of COVID-19, recent changes to...

Send us Fan Mail Recruitment Down Under is pleased to welcome special guest Rod Hore.  Rod is a 40-year veteran of Australian and international IT and corporate advisory organisations and has undertaken mergers and acquisitions mandates, and C-level advisory to multinational and other public and private organisations.  Rod Hore joins APSCo Australia Managing Director Lesley Horsburgh for a frank d...

Send us Fan Mail Having adapted quickly and successfully to a WFH model in March, many businesses are now planning to return to the office.  Whether it’s happening now or in the not too distant future, a new raft of challenges faces employees and organisations now planning to transition back. Getting back to business is the title of a new e-book from APSCo Affiliate Partner, WorkPro and is the bas...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Recruitment Down Under: Brought to you by APSCo. As we approach the end of the financial year, we speak with Paul Masters, Managing Partner of tax advisory, Sovereign Private, about all things finance, cash flow and, of course, tax. In what's been a year like no other for business and the economy, Paul offers his thoughts on the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 crisi...

Send us Fan Mail Recent months have been incredibly difficult for many businesses and their employees, affecting the financial wellbeing of many. The government’s early access to super and other support measures have assisted in the short term, but as coronavirus restrictions start to ease it’s time to take a longer-term view. Join Sunsuper’s Brian Parker, Chief Economist, and Joshua van Gestel, N...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Recruitment Down Under: Brought to you by APSCo. Today we speak with the Co-founder and APAC CEO of recruitment management software provider, DaXtra Technologies. In this fascinating discussion with Sergei Makhmodov, who joins us LIVE from Hong Kong,   he explains: how the DaXtra business and technology was born,  what he identifies as the most important tech investment...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Recruitment Down Under: Brought to you by APSCo  Today we speak with David Maher, the Director of Right Brain Insights, a hands-on management consulting business for entrepreneurial business people. David works with businesses to drive profits, and at this juncture, David has sound advice for business operators about maintaining and surviving through this pandemic.  In...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Recruitment Down Under: Brought to you by APSCo  We speak with self described bipolar businessman and mental health advocate David Westgate. With reports of mental health issues sky-rocketing amid the current global health pandemic, David speaks with APSCo Australia Managing Director Lesley Horsburgh about how employers, managers and employees can have meaningful and im...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Recruitment Down Under: Brought to you by APSCo. We’re the podcast for Australia’s recruitment market – serving updates and anecdotes from the industry’s best and brightest. Working from home or remote working – many of us find ourselves in this situation as a result of the current global health pandemic. So how will you cope with this change to your working life? How w...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Recruitment Down Under: Brought to you by APSCo. We’re the podcast for Australia’s recruitment market – serving updates and anecdotes from the industry’s best and brightest. Today we speak with a man who needs little introduction – if you’re in recruitment you‘ve likely heard of Greg Savage and his public speaking events. Join Greg and APSCo Australia Managing Director...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Recruitment Down Under: The APSCo Australia Podcast.  What’s the measure of your success? As more and more recruitment agencies share their data around staff turnover, salaries, training and more – tapping into the numbers can give valuable insight into how your firm stacks up against the competition. Here Nigel Harse provides a window inside the newly released remunera...