posted: 16th April 2010. by Iain Longden, Senior Consultant, Academic Search International.
Until recently I’ve never really been concerned about sustainability or environmental issues, perhaps due to apathy and while I do have some elementary understanding on the environmental movement, I’ve never taken real actions except for the weekly recycling. However, following an involvement in related searches at four Australian Universities (UNSW, UniSA, Griffith and Flinders) I’ve taken more of an interest, even going as far as following developments at the Climate Change Conference in C...
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posted: 10th December 2009. by Patrick Rooney, General Manager of Operations.
Academic Search International has created a group on LinkedIn.com. The group will keep members updated on current vacancies, recent placements and trends in academic recruitment. We invite you to join the group, simply titled ‘Academic Search International,’ and keep up to date with important news, views and senior academic vacancies. Either log in to your LinkedIn account or visit the following link: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?homeNewMember=gid=2566158trk=EML_nus_dig_jgrpc-A15
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posted: 5th August 2009. by Elvira Bobekova, Senior Consultant .
Universities are increasingly facing difficulties attracting top calibre academics in the field of accounting and finance. During the course of various ASI searches we have received feedback from academics giving anecdotal evidence of a worldwide shortage of qualified people in these areas. This shortage is due to fewer people choosing a career in academia coupled with a sharp decline in the number of students enrolled in PhD programmes. Some research shows that while the number of people gr...
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posted: 13th July 2009. by Patrick Rooney .
The New Zealand Universities HR Conference was held in Auckland earlier this month, where Academic Search International (ASI) presented statistics and real-life stories on how the current international economic crisis is affecting recruitment for the higher education sector. Using recent figures, anecdotes and quotes from international academics ASI provided an enlightening exposé on the current situation and how our changing world is impacting on recruitment in New Zealand. If you are intereste...
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posted: 7th May 2009. by Steve Daysh, Director, Daysh Consulting.
A look at a number of university websites would indicate that once again the management of a university’s ‘personnel’, oops! I mean ‘human resources’ Nope, wrong again… ‘people’, is undergoing change. Yes, after starting out as ‘Personnel’ sections in the 60’s and 70’s and moving to ‘Human Resources’ in the 80’s and 90’s, the rebadged kids on the block are called ‘People and Culture’ or ‘People and Management’ and maybe somewhere hidden in the darkest corner of the Registry (yes! they still ...
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