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Industry Update on Recruitment Services - 6 November 2008 Gauteng
'Only 10% of recruitment spend
goes through preferred suppliers while 90% of the spend
goes to agencies that can fill the posts.'
Alan Low MD of SA Benchmarker Purchasing Index stating recent research.
"Buyer negotiating power with recruitment agencies
has diminished in recent times,
with the best candidates going to people who pay the
best..,"he says.
In this 3.5 hour morning session, key trends will be addressed by experts such as Benchmarker Purchasing Index, The Association ASPO will be providing insights into the challenges and opportunities the industry is facing and a leading recruitment agency will share new and innovative ideas / processes that will be defining future services for overcoming the talent crunch and increasing flexibility and a sourcing expert will provide tips on how to source recruitment services according to world class principles.
Specifically we will be dealing with the following questions:
- What are the present benchmarks for national HR service providers.
- What is about to happen within the recruitment market as a result of the challenges Agencies are facing.
- Why do agencies charge what they do, and what changes are imminent?
- What is the current status of the skills shortage situation in SA and internationally (i.e. a skills market analysis).
- What are recruitment agencies doing to address this shortage and how they go about sourcing suitable candidates?
- How do the following issues impact the costs within the recruitment lifecycle: no of interviews, productivity, retention rates, management time, etc.
- What can organisations do to reduce the risk of skills shortages?
- Getting the most for your fees by asking the right questions and demands.
- What are the services the client should demand in return for the fee.
- How to structure guarantee periods.
- What background checks should be included in the fee.
- What is the recruitment process and the general recruitment environment.
- How to build relationships and trust with recruitment service providers.
- Avoid agency contracts that are not viable or sustainable.
- What are the key drivers affect the TCO of recruitment?
- How to structure an effective SLA with agencies.
- Ensuring that you get what you pay for.
- What makes employees stay and leave...
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By being fully informed on the complexities of this commodity group, you will save your organisation money, and your staff and yourself time. Guaranteed!!
- "I learned a lot. The presentation provided great insight from the other (supplier) side & we were well looked after!" Purchasing Manager for a listed Banking Group.
- "The content of the course is very good and user-friendly. Interaction with other Procurement Professionals were very stimulating and it was interesting to get supplier comments and their points of view." Procurement Strategist with a Steel Manufacturer.
Three Reasons that guarantee your satisfaction:
Reason
one:
More than 200 leading
local and international organisations (both private and public)
have attended similar sessions, including:
ABSA Bank, Afrox, African Defence Systems,
Afrisam (Previously Holcim South Africa), Anglo American, Anglo Platinum,
Appletizer, Arrivia.Kom, Aspen Pharmacare, Bayside Aluminium, BHP Billiton,
Bidvest, BP, Buffalo City Municipality, Bureau of Economic Research, Cape
Provincial Treasury, Caltex Oil, Cell C City Power, Cape Technicon, Comair,
Dept of Correctional Services, Department of Health, DNA Supply Chain, Drake
and Scull, Eskom Generation, Eskom Distribution, Fedics, First National Bank,
Gauteng Shared Service Centre, Grintek Telecom, Hewlett Packard, Hexagon
Business Solutions, Hillside Aluminium, National Treasury, Lever Brothers,
Mondi, Murray and Roberts, National Brands, PASASA, Promat, Protea Chemicals, Premier
Foods, Rand Water, RUC, South African Correctional Services Management, South
African Airways, SASOL Mining, SASOL Nitro, SASOL Synfuels, SAIL, Shell, SITA,
Sappi, South African Breweries, South African Defense Force, South African
Airways (SAA), South African Port Operations, Siemens, Trans Hex, TSEBO
Outsourcing, University of Cape Town, University of Stellenbosch, University of
Westville Durban, Uthingo Management, Western Cape Education and various
others.
Reason
two:
Most attendees rate these events
as being either "Very Good" or "Excellent"
with many of them attending our other workshops or sessions once they've
attended the first one.
Reason
three:
We will
provide a 100%
iron-clad Money Back Guarantee. If you aren't satisfied
with the session, just tell us afterwards and we'll refund 100% of your
purchase price. No questions asked. In fact breakfast will be on the house! We
only ask that you return the manual!
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SO: What
does it cost?
Keep in mind that:
1:
The information contained in this morning session could take weeks or months to
compile if your company had to research it yourself.
2:
The TCO model could identify millions of
3.
We provide a 100%
iron-clad money back guarantee, no-questions-asked. If you
aren't satisfied with the session, just tell us afterwards and we'll refund
100% of your purchase price. In fact breakfast will be on the house! We only
ask that you return the manual!
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Date and Venue:
Dates: 6 November 2008 - Gauteng
Time: 08h00 for
08h30 until 13h00
Costs:
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Remember, there's absolutely no
risk. If you aren't
satisfied with the event, we'll refund 100% of your purchase price. No
questions asked.
To your success!
Bernie
van Niekerk
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