Toby is an active speaker on the international conference circuit. His mission: To give all companies, no matter how few employees they have, the information and expert help they need to do their own recruitment and selection and find great new staff. If you like what you have read so far, you can get more information and resources at http://www.abacusrecruit.com.au

What’s your view of younger workers? Our research shows most employers think they are disloyal, demanding, impatient job hoppers (and that’s ignoring the expletives).

It’s a hot February night in 1994 and a bunch of recruiters are drowning their sorrows in a bar overlooking the Sydney Opera House.

Brains like mush, eager to please and boy they sure want to have fun!

Imagine you’ve just been given the task of creating the perfect Executive Recruitment firm. What sort of consultants would you want to put in front of your clients, the employers – what would be the...

The world of business is so different from fifty years ago. One big change is WHEN our smartest young people enter the workforce - they are MUCH older.

All professions have their experts - senior practitioners who speak at conferences, train, and provide coaching. What they say and teach affects the whole industry and sets ethical and professional ...

Humans are animals and animal behaviour is hard wired and mostly predictable. One behaviour in particular:

Well, what we all want from jobs, but they actually expect it and walk without it.

Sue was the one everybody wanted.

The Grad Most Wanted was in her 5th and final year at Uni and in April it was time to look for graduate roles. The Piranha Recruiting Frenzy really took off with huge give-aways, big functions and...

It’s amazing. Graduate from university and you are paid $50,000 or more, have a big training budget and lots of expensive management attention.

In February, an interview with Toby Marshall was published in Shortlist on the Talent Scarcity Myth. This is an industry magazine, and it drew a lot of Comments as for many in the industry, the belief...

12 Self Evident Propositions

Recruiters are primarily sales people. Most are persuasive and present very plausibly.