David Smith from Peoplebank will be speaking at RecruitTECH 2011, Australia’s Recruitment and Technology Conference at the National Press Club, Canberra on Thursday 8 September 2011. Tickets are selling fast – secure your seat now…
In the next post in our ‘Meet the Presenters’ series – we’ve asked David Smith, the General Manager in Canberra for Peoplebank to kindly answer some of questions …
Great if you could give us a quick elevator pitch on you and your organisation.
I have more than 20 years’ leadership and management experience in Professional Services having worked for SMS Consulting, Nasdaq-listed Sylvan Learning Systems (now Thompson Prometric) and GMT People. My earlier career was with the Royal Australian Navy, as a Seaman Officer on HMAS TOBRUK, HMAS TORRENS and HMAS BRUNEI. Peoplebank is Australia’s and Canberra’s largest IT recruitment company. We specialise in placing IT candidates into permanent and contract roles in the Government and Private Sector across all levels from graduates to CIOs. With Canberra’s largest team of recruitment specialists we can assist candidates in finding their next role. The Peoplebank group of companies also includes specialist Accounting, Banking & Finance; Sales & Marketing; Executive and Oil, Gas & Mining recruitment brands.
What are you working on at the moment?
Further developing a unique candidate sourcing and candidate care team in Canberra, so we can continue finding people for hard to fill roles.
What innovations in the recruitment and HR space do you think will ‘disrupt’ the market in the next few years?
Social networking will continue to shape HR/recruitment over the next few years and in particular how organisations use LinkedIn (and the various tools that plug in to it) as well as Facebook and Twitter to attract talent. The ever increasing awareness of Employer Branding and EVP will also see organisations becoming more savvy with how they leverage technology such as video, social media and career sites etc
What’s the best book you’ve read that’s helped you in your career?
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Can you remember how you got your first job? What was it?
My first full time role was when I joined the Navy in January 1987 as a Midshipman attending ADFA. My first part time job was as a builders labourer standing frames for houses.
What is the most important piece of advice you could give to someone just starting out their career?
Develop a great can do attitude focused on delivering results for your team. Be passionate and disciplined at work, managers admire a great work ethic in their staff.
What keeps you busy when you’re not at work?
I am married with 3 kids, 10, 8 and 6. So they keep me busy with Rugby and Netball. I am also a Cub Scout Leader and enjoy outdoor activities.
What are you going to talk about at RecruitTECH and why is it important?
The IT Skills shortage in Canberra, how the market is going to change and what ideas employers can do to find talent in a tight market.
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