Sorry for taking so long to come back, I had a great holiday in Australia, Borneo and Singapore
They were interesting places
Australia didn't have a recession and it was really expensive thanks to the exchange rate. Compared to when I was last there in 1994 it has moved on but remains only two cities with any real volume. A friend of mine moved there to do IT recruitment last March and when I met him under Sydney harbour bridge for lunch he explained that 25% margin was still available and the RPO's haven't made it there yet. A good market to be in and Ozzy money is worth more if you already have an office there.
Borneo in the rainforest was the hottest place I have ever been, the Orang utans are great, there were elephants the height of me! The issue they have is everyone is on the fiddle with a second less legal income. The sort of thing was guides who climbed for birds nests and park wardens who shot the animals at night. The islands in Sabah are magic and I really want it to work as it is a great place in the making.
Singapore is the west in the east. It is very wealthy (unless you are Malaysian) and everyone has a maid from Indonesia. From a recruitment view everyone is on a fixed term contract!
Now I am back I will keep you up to date with the recruitment world from an IT application view.
Glad to be back.