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Jillian’s back!
By Anna Whitlam | June 15th, 2009
It’s a very warm welcome back to Jillian Henderson, Principal Consultant Contract. Originally starting in April 07, Jillian took a short break end of last year, and is now back with renewed vim and vigour.
I asked Jillian her take on the current market and implications for job candidates.
“Now, more than ever, it is critical to be respectful of candidates time and aspirations. There may be a surfeit of candidates on the market, but in the long run, Australia will recover and recruitment companies that take candidates for granted now will struggle to attract good people in the future. Certainly, the nature of the job has changed a little. We are doing more counselling of candidates around salary expectations, whether to change industry or not, and in managing their expectations of the process. And fortunately, at Market U this is easy, as we have very strict processes in place to ensure quality of experience for the candidate. We are always careful to ensure that the people we meet are people we feel we can genuinely help. If we can’t help and know of some-one more suited, we direct them to these contacts. We won’t leave them out in the ether. You just can’t take your candidates for granted!
With clients we are adding value in different ways, more consulting back to the client on structure, and process, and assisting clients to review position descriptions and skillsets to determine what their needs are”.
While Jillian was away, everyone else has been through the “7 things we don’t know about”…, and while we know her very well as she is the longest serving team member, we thought we’d see if there was something we didn’t know. There was. Can you guess which one?
- I was born in Ireland, and came to Australia 10 years ago. I met my husband 2 months later, and then five years ago we married, and I shattered my parents dreams by not going back.
- My husband and I are the proud owners of two gorgeous pugs (Seamus and Denzel). We got Seamus as a puppy, but Denzel came to us from the Pug Rescue Association. He needed a lot of rehabilitation, but is now the most affectionate little thing. They are the ultimate hedonists. They love food, walks, and my bed.
- I am a massive Harry Potter fan, and when Dumbledore died, I wept and wept. : (
- I hate spiders, and scream when I see them. My husband is very necessary here.
- I had childhood aspirations to be an Air Hostess. They seemed so galmourous and friendly. My family used to travel from Ireland to Canada when I was a child, and I loved the hosties. I did revisit the dream and got into Virgin Blue’s program, but alas was not keen to move to Queensland. I really love Melbourne.
- I absolutely love Coldplay and in particular Chris Martin. Their music is just fantastic and was by far the best concert I’ve ever been to.
- The place I would most like to travel to is Paris…yes, a romantic at heart.