In one of my earlier post I was referring to Accenture’s report “When Good Management Shows” and how to Create Value in an uncertain Economy.

Daniel Lewis a recruitment consultant, working for itcom, is commenting on that and turning the question more ore less around transfering it to the job market, by saying that it is essential to build effective relationships with recruitment consultants in good times. As the demand is higher than the job offerings and we see more competition for the good job opportunities out there, people’s frustration working with the recruitment consultants increases. David state’s that

if we see a continual downturn in the job market as we have seen in the past 6 months, then we’ll see more competition for the good job opportunities, particularly in the contract market. With this in mind and also as you’ll want to be better than your competitors, there’s real value in having a positive and effective relationship with recruitment consultants.

When I first meet with people looking for work, the most common feedback I get is that the experience working with recruitment consultants has at times been very frustrating and of little value to them. If the market trend continues and finding good job opportunities becomes more competitive then I see that people’s frustrations will generally increase.

It would be interesting to understand what can be done in good and in bad times to make the relationship more rewarding and I will take Daniels offer to elaborate further into it and to give some advice for all of us out there.

As I have just recently announced the Job with Barrie Todhunter at USG, I have received another mail from Kathy Kuryl. Kathy is managing the ‘PMO’ at the Tasmanian Government and is looking for a Project Officer in her area. I got introduced to Kathy during the Masterclass at the IQPC Project Risk Management conference which she was facilitating a couple of weeks ago.

So how are the major duties described by her for the role that she is recruiting for:

Assist with co-ordinating the development and implementation of whole-of-government strategies, frameworks and policies in the areas of information systems, telecommunications, information management and project management, aimed at improving and modernising the operations of Government in Tasmania. Contribute to the planning and implementation of projects, and development and management of programs.

So if you are interested to work in Hobart, Tasmania, in a great environment that is very open minded and led by a great manager with a great character then you should look into the details.

As I got informed yesterday by Barrie Todhunter, Senior Lecturer of the Project Management Group in the Faculty of Business at University of Southern Queensland, they have a vacant position to fill for 2009. As of his email the position Barrie describes the requirement as follows

Due to the continued growth of the program and the addition of specialisations in Complex Project Management and Property studies, we will be advertising for an additional academic staff member this weekend. The appointment will be at a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level.

Due to the senior level of the position, we would be looking for someone with a PhD or enrolled in a PhD program to add to our research capabilities which have been limited over the years. It will be important for the person to have good industry experience and to preferably have teaching experience especially in distance education mode.

So if you are interested, make sure to check the Courier Mail where the role will be advertised or the USQ website.