Expert Interview: Deborah Wilson

Topic: A Life in Recruitment

Deborah was most recently CEO & MD of listed recruiter, HJB. Prior roles have included executive positions with Hays (Australia) and Manpower Services, as well as running her own HR Consultancy.

Deborah has also served for a number of years as a National Director for the RCSA.

After a two month career break, Deborah has recently joined Brisbane-based Career Management consultants, Trevor-Roberts Associates.

In this interview Deborah discusses her ...

• current role as Executive Director of Business Development at TRA

• views on the the major benefits of organisation-sponsored formal career management

• goals for HJB when she took over as CEO in July 2006 and what the subsequent major accomplishments and disappointments were of her 3 year tenure as CEO

• views on whether it is necessary to have a recruitment background to be a successful recruitment company CEO

• thoughts on listing recruitment companies on the Australian Stock Exchange

• views on the future of the recruitment agency sector in Australia

• recommendations on the two or three things recruitment companies should do to ensure their relevance into the future

• opinion on Chandler Macleod’s unsuccessful running of the Defence Recruitment contract

• views on RCSA membership

Duration: 37 minutes

Download Size: 9MB

AU$25.00 plus GST