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why very few succeed at recruiting..and why they are worth their weight in gold
Thank you Miles Jennings of Recruiter.com who wrote in January 2012 on behalf of all in house recruiters as well as we third party recruiters everywhere. I couldn’t have said it better myself. Quite a beautiful piece and I didn’t want anyone to miss it because it very...
SO YOU TELL ME – WHERE DOES TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENT REALLY BELONG?
I ran this piece (below) back in the summer and was really interested to see that the 'who owns IT purchasing' debate is really the hot topic among Sourcing professionals. Thanks to the many who responded and whose comments were included in my last blog. The comments...
AVOID THE RISK – DON’T EVER DIRECT HIRE CONTINGENT WORKERS/CONTRACTORS
It’s prudent to use a Third Party to mitigate risk at all costs when engaging contingent staff. Especially in the last 36 months the employment landscape has shifted significantly to a much more even split between permanent hiring and very high skilled...
NEWS FROM THE FRONT – What’s up with us?
‘Finding Companies Extraordinarily Good Talent’ has been our call to action this Fall. *A lot of the reason for our success in tapping into such extraordinary people is the strength of our Referral Program. We have always worked tirelessly to sell the message...
A Referral Program worth a Second Look
From Matt Klinger A lot of our hard work is focused on our candidate Recruitment, Retention and Relationship Building. Because our emphasis is always on pursuing top performing people, no matter their level, we follow many star performers throughout their careers....
Argentus’ Consultative Approach to Recruiting for Supply Chain Jobs is attracting top companies
How we Engage and Follow Star Performers throughout Their Careers is Very Attractive to Companies fighting to Hire Top Supply Chain Jobs I think a lot, well I think all the time really, about how to most effectively reach our target candidate audience. It’s what I do...
Supply Chain Management – Procurement Salary Comparison for 2012
Argentus Talent Acquisition and its contract arm, Contingent Staffing Solutions @work, is an extremely specialised recruitment leader in Supply Chain Management – an employment vertical which is currently experiencing severe skill shortages across most industries in...
The Supply Chain Talent that’s always ‘IN THE ZONE’ wins
Written by Matt Klinger For those of you that aren’t aware of my career before recruiting, I had the privilege of playing tennis at the highest level not only in my home country of Canada but around the world. I am grateful for a lot of things in life but by far most...
Follow the European Procurement/Supply Chain hiring model – Get Results
Organisations across Canada have an on-going complaint that they just can’t seem to find the right technical skill base, category experience or salary band match to meet the talent needs for their Supply Chain/Procurement needs. 80,000 SCM jobs annually in specific...
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