getstaffed is recruitment 2.0

So a quick update, since there hasnt been an update here for a while!
Ok, quick update:
getstaffed has over 1500 members, but we are still struggling to get big companies to use us. We think its simply because our primary offering (ie, super-super cheap recruitment) is not hitting the buttons of the HR staff in those [...]

Well, 2009 is here, wheres my hover car?
A bit of a getstaffed 2008 recap…
2008 was our first more or less mostly full time on getstaffed time, and we started off pretty slow, me (Greg) doing some site improvements and Andrew rustling up business while juggling other balls. Our numbers of contractors started shooting up, and [...]

As you may have noticed, this blog is a bit-of-a tumbleweed zone. So I thought I’d post up our latest hiring manager newsletter…. hey anything for a bit of content!

getstaffed Hiring Manager Newsletter, 15-October-2008
Regional Rate Variations
In this newsletter we take a quick look at regional variations in IT contract rates. Want to know which skills [...]

RateMyAgency is now live! We all have good and bad stories about different recruitment agents, the ones who understand, the ones who don’t, the ones that can’t even remember when your contract is ending, and many people are looking for a ‘good’ recruiter.
Now we think getstaffed is the best way to go, but we’re still [...]

its been a great getstaffed week. Andrew and I have had a big think about where we need to be going, and what we are planning to do, which was really good. We also had some external feedback from some people who we know, but arent affiliated (yet!) with getstaffed. And these people are high [...]

it must be election year. The national party are jumping all over the labour party for a 65K splurge on a conference for the Housing Dept.
$65K? Sounds like a lot right?
But lets look at it. A single large government department, with 100 contractors with a recruitment margin of $15/hr (the minimum rate for one of [...]

the contract market seems a little slow right now, and Andrew and I were coming up with strategies to deal with these inevitable downturns.
Our problem, or situation rather, is that there will be times when we don’t have many jobs. Its the nature of the business, and indicative that we have lots more to do [...]

well, quite a few new things happening with getstaffed. more site changes keeping me busy, a lot of stuff on the managers side as we get more feedback from them, which is great.
also, some cool stuff on the contractor side of things, number one being… my cool new front page! well. ok, maybe that might [...]

getstaffed is about changing how we find work. Its changing the whole landscape of IT recruitment, by allowing businesses and contractors to get in touch directly. getstaffed facilitates this, by having all the CV, testimonial, searching etc, but ultimately, its up to the contractor and the business to reach agreement.
We don’t try and get in [...]

Welcome to our blog!  Lots of the contractor community at getstaffed have been asking Greg and I to set up a blog so here it is.
My hope is that we can stimulate discussion about IT contracting in general, and more specifically how to go direct without the need for recruitment agents playing middleman.
I guess my fear [...]