3. The Team South Africa:
1.75mio members
+ 1500 new members per day
4. Super Users & The Competition South Africa:
1.75mio members
+ 1500 new members per day
Earliest adopter:
Most mobile page views
Person that views their own profile the most
Most viewed profile
Question: What is the total number of 1st degree connections of
everyone that registered for this
event?
Email competition@linkedin.com
with your guess in the subject line.
WiFi username: StMartinsLane
password: LinkedIn
7. The Changing Face of Recruitment
by
John O’Sullivan
Founder and CEO
Elite Leaders www.eliteleaders.co.uk
Elite In The Cloud www.eliteinthecloud.com
8. Background
- Over 30 years as a Business Leader
- 25 years in the Recruitment Industry
- Founder – Best International Group
- Strategic Advisor since 2004
- Track record of creating significant Shareholder value
9. Change – Friend or Foe?
“Change is Inevitable – Change is Constant”
(Benjamin Disraeli)
“The only way to make sense out of Change is to Plunge into it and Join the Dance”
(Alan Watts)
10. The Recruitment Business Model
- Identify, assess and harness the best talent for our clients
and
- Find and secure opportunities for our chosen candidates
This has not ever changed
- £26 billion industry in the UK
- 80,000 people work in staffing
- Established contributor to UK economy
11. 5 Major Changes
- “More Competition – big players – margin/fee pressure”
- “Internal Recruiters – better than ever”
- “Companies now have better tools”
- “RPO/MSP – taking agencies out of the loop”
- “Difficult to find good people for ourselves”
12. Lessons from Other Sectors
Travel
- Package, Tour Operators, eg Thomas Cook
versus
- Specialist Niche Operators, eg Scott Dunn
Retail
- Comet – HMV – Blockbuster – Jessops
versus
- John Lewis – Argos
“It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it”
13. Words of Wisdom
Retail “If all you do is act as a go-between for
consumers and products – your days are numbered”
Recruitment “If all you do is introduce easy to access candidates to
potential employers – your days are numbered”
- You must add value to the process
- You must be niche/specialist “Inch wide – Mile deep” knowledge
- Relationships are everything – Clients and Candidates
14. 3 Traits of Successful Companies
- Plan
Clear, Unambiguous, understood by all
- People
Recruit for Character
- Leadership
The glue that brings it all together
17. The Competition Winner South Africa:
1.75mio members
+ 1500 new members per day
Question:
What is total number of 1st degree connections of everyone
that registered for this event?
Answer:
Mobile views:
Alex
Wiffen
Angela
Middleton
521
Darryl
Shaw
6681
Laura-May
Johnson
818
Shah
Chixit
1024
488
Profile Views:
Darryl
Shaw
1298
Anna
MacLauchlan
1718
George
Buckland
1094
John
Davison-White
2980
Mike
Richards
1129
Total Page Views
Darryl
Shaw
5035
Anna
MacLauchlan
4623
John
Davison-White
6810
Angela
Middleton
7188
Joshua
Jackson
6063
Total Searchs
Darryl
Shaw
1674
Anna
MacLauchlan
2310
John
Davison-White
2935
Rachel
McDiarmid
1849
Vicky
Mash
1904
Total amount of connections answer:
139388