Archive for the 'Recruitment' Category

ah, spring!

September 2, 2008

Spring is here! I feel it!
I’ve been a bit disconnected recently, with Andrew taking over most of the selling work and me just doing a few updates to the site. I’m blaming winter which normally has a slightly depressing impact, and now that spring is here, I’ve got a good feeling!
getstaffed is starting to pick [...]

if I had a dollar…

July 22, 2008

for all the times I heard…”Greg, hi, you’re from getstaffed right…? Um, I was wondering….”
Where are all the jobs?!?
Hmm. What we really want is a million jobs, that you guys can all choose from. I’m talking about real jobs, not ‘registrations of interest’ or ‘projects that will be starting …’ or ‘oh sorry, that project [...]

Is Recruitment Lucrative?

April 17, 2008

Just has lunch with a good friend who is in recruitment. We chatted about the industry and the subject of salary and remuneration structures came up. Pretty normal stuff – base salaries, commissions performance bonuses.
 
The bit that had my eyes watering was the story of three recruiters who recently left my friend’s business to start [...]