Giving back to our profession as market confidence gains

Written by: Lesley Horsburgh, APSCo Australia Managing Director

Are we beginning to emerge from the shackles of the bleak 2024 market conditions? It certainly feels like it. Member sentiment across all sectors is positive with the pendulum swinging between cautiously optimistic to some of the strongest monthly billings in 12 months.

While hiring decisions are for the large part slow, all signs are indicating a better second half of the year for 2025 and businesses are turning their attention to performance within teams. In fact in a recent survey we conducted among our Member groups and the Bullhorn Engage attendees, People and Performance was picked as the top priority for businesses followed closely by growth and productivity.

With that in mind it’s quite timely that we have released our new Complete Recruiter Training Program, in partnership with Sophie Roberston and Russell Webb.

This program is aimed at elevating performance, adding rigour to process and equipping new and experienced recruiters with the tools to enjoy success.

This is a complimentary program to all APSCo Members and is our way of giving back to the profession while also doing our bit to uphold standards.

The self-paced modules cover all aspects of the recruitment cycle from time management and mind set to business development, taking an effective job brief, temp and perm desks, client negotiation and candidate management.

I’d like to acknowledge the time and knowledge our trainers, Sophie and Russell have put into this program and eagerly await feedback from our Members about its impact.

In other news, we’re busy behind the scenes putting the content together for Emerge – The APSCo Full day conference (July 22nd) and look forward to sharing with you the line up for 2025 soon.