Innovate or die, says Greg Orme

27 NOVEMBER 2015

FROM NOVEMBER 2015’s RECRUITER MAGAZINE

27 NOVEMBER 2015

FROM NOVEMBER 2015’s RECRUITER MAGAZINE

Recruiters face “a perfect storm of change”, and innovation is key to survival, organisational change and leadership consultant and Investing in Talent Awards 2015 guest speaker Greg Orme warns.

“Clients are dismantling contingent and managed service models to pick and choose which bits they need and which bits they can do themselves with technology,” he told Recruiter. “Whatever the future holds, recruiters will need to innovate, or die. Sticking your head in the sand isn’t an option.”

Orme, a former chief executive of creative, digital and marketing recruiter Major Players, said to avoid labels of “sharks in suits” and “little better than estate agents”, recruiters must be “purpose-driven”.

“Purpose is directly linked to how people feel about your business. It decides how much passion, energy and creativity employees invest each day — translating into a powerful motivator that’s stronger than a pay packet,” he later told Recruiter.

“Recruitment firms who engender a purpose-driven, customer-focused and innovative culture will keep up with the relentless pace of change because their people will be inspired to dream up game-changing innovations.”

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