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Episode 143: RNA continues the 2026 Summer Series interviewing Adele's two Gen Z children, Ivrea and Vinley, to discover their views about working life as teenagers and whether they agree with the most common Gen Z stereotypes.

Episode 142: RNA kicks off 2026 with an interview with Guy Clennett and Nikki Clennett, Ross's two eldest Gen Z children to discover their views about working life as twenty somethings and whether they agree with the most common Gen Z stereotypes.

Episode 141 - Our last for 2025. As parting words for the year we talk about the things we would tell a new recruiter to pass on some wise advice. 

Episode 140 covers news outlining who are the largest staffing firms in Australia by revenue, an acquisition by Norwest Recruitment and latest WEGA data. The government cutting jobs and sad news about a pioneer of the recruitment industry, Reed looses it's founder. 

Episode 139 When does the hiring process turn into unpaid work? In new we cover the sale of WorkPac, Ephram advertising recruiting roles, Staffing Industry Metrix results as well as Sourcr on the wrong side of the discrimination act. Announcement of the TIARA results too.

Episode 138 - Has the updates from RCSA board and council announcements. Early entry jobs and digital transformation in the government both in trouble. As well as results from the Seek SARA awards and an accolade H People received that very few other agencies have. Our question this week comes from a University of Washington study that highlights the issue when AI is involved in hiring. Are we tru...

Episode 137 - What can you do when no-one picks up your calls? Unemployment improves despite slower overall job growth.  Search 4 announce a further enhancement to their parental leave policy.  SafeWork NSW crackdown: the results will surprise you. As well as company results for Accordant Group and  Persol 

RNA episode 136 has news fro 11 November 2025 and Question of the Week, "How do recruiters stay relevant in a gigified labour market?"

Episode 135 has news for 5 November 2025 including the return of the JobAdder co-founders , the latest public company results, the rise of 'job hugging' in Australia and how high-rated companies in employee public review sites suffer harder when they make layoffs and in Question of the Week - "Who is Wingman Recruitment?"

Episode 134 - Are Interviews effective in assessing skills? News includes a bit of sunshine in the job market results. merger between CMR and YDJ and results from Randstad and Robert Half as well as an interesting survey about elite university bias in the recruitment process.  RCSA awards are open now to the whole industry.

Episode 133 Should you endorse a candidate or just refer them?  Plus news on latest unemployment figures, APSCO Awards winners and a but about why they won. Results from some of the big agencies that are indicators for the rest of the sector and a study that show AI is preferred by most candidates in the interview process. 

RNA Episode 132 has news for 14 October 2025, featuring the September 2025 quarter results for Hays ANZ, the latest Yale research on GenAI's impact on jobs, JSA's latest industry and occupation data  and Question of the Week, "What will instantly lose your credibility with TA?"

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RNA episode has the news for 23 September 2025 including the latest ABS labour market update, Collar Group's $28 million debt, the JSA Recruitment and Experiences employer update for August, APSCo finalists for the 2025 awards and our Question of the Week is drawn from our observations about how terrible recruiters are with database protocols and updates, "Could you survive if you could only place...

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SHAPE 2025 Recap Part 1, featuring Dr Adam Fraser, Simon Kuestenmacher, Paul Roos, Dave Eccles and Tadhg Kennelly and Leigh Sales.

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Episode 121 - is your business model dying?

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