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News for 27 October 2026 :  the Bullhorn cyberattack that knocked out core systems for agencies worldwide (and the awkward timing of its APSCo awards nomination), the full rundown of APSCo Awards winners with Access Offshoring and Tradewind among the big winners, a leadership shake-up at Miller Leith as Kian Myers jumps ship from Hays Executive, Swipejobs founder Katrina Leslie named Australia’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year off the back of a $1.7 billion revenue year, and a Federal Court ruling that lets a disability discrimination claim proceed against labour-hire firm Zoom Recruitment — a case every agency running on-hire workers should be watching. Tune in now.

We revisit this episode to discuss recruitment prior to the the "fancy" tools we have today. Would you still be successful as a recruiter? Ironically we have our AI host introduce this episode.

Special guest on question of the week

Special guest host Michael Jones answers our question of the week.

News for 29th Sept covers Australia's unemployment rate rise plus SEEK's share price hit a 13-year low. CareerOne has renewed its AI partnership with Decidr for a third year, and  the World Economic Forum reports women hold 65% of chief people officer roles but only 19% of CEO roles, and the Intergenerational Report says rising participation, especially among women and older Australians, will be key to the workforce ahead.

This week in recruitment: job ads are finally moving again. Seek's August report showed ads up  The next jobs data lands on 24 September. On compliance, the regulator is getting tougher: the Fair Work Ombudsman lifted proactive investigations 86%. Behind these headlines, PeopleIN has halved its net debt, Ashley Services posted a 189.5% jump in net profit, and Sinead Hourigan has launched Saoi Advisory.

Listen to one of your favourite Questions of the week in a special recap episode

Extended question of the week this week

News for 18 August 2026 includes a big fine for Hudson, a big consulting firm moves into search with a former Davidson leader, Robert Walters results, AI disrupts Federal government recruitment, and which sleepy city is on top of LinkedIn's Cities on the Rise rankings? Question of the Week is, "Does being tall pay more? in which Adele and Ross discuss the research about "the beauty premium".

Episode 173 has news for 11 August 2026, including RCSA past-president Sinead Hourigan exiting Robert Walters after two decades, the global staffing market growing for the first time since 2022, TalentVine's acquisition reopens the debate on why job-marketplace platforms keep failing, and NZ's unemployment hitting a decade-high ahead of November's election. Plus — a Queensland court just gutted a non-compete clause, the ATO was forced to scrap an entire recruitment round after AI screened candidates without required human sign-off,  Robert Walters' half-year results show revenue up but margins down, KordaMentha lands a new exec search partner amid an ICAC corruption inquiry, one Silicon Valley startup's "get inked, get hired" afterparty backfires spectacularly, and LinkedIn's first-ever Cities on the Rise list crowns an unexpected Australian winner. Question of the Week is "How do you avoid a Fair Work investigation into your on-hire workforce?"*