Social media is no longer just an emerging trend and is accepted as part of our world. Facebook alone has over 800 million users. Will social media turn our business world upside down and change the way business is done? Perhaps looking back to the emergence of the "world wide web" (as it was called) will help answer the question. With the emergence of Web 1.0, instant accessible global communication and information was upon us. Market commentators, manufacturers and retailers were either rubbin...

Typically at this time of year we see the last flurry of client recruitment activity prior to the summer Christmas break.  This is predominantly being seen in the private sector as many public sector organisations are still under cost containment pressures resulting in more strategic stakeholder analysis over spending and workforce planning. We predict this trend will continue at current or even greater degrees throughout 2012, especially now that the National Party have another three year ...