JDA PRINT RECRUITMENT
Industry seer and gadfly, James Cryer, took up an invitation to meet Treasurer Joe Hockey to talk over some points in a ‘Budget Review’ at his North Sydney office. Here is how it happened and, for those with a taste for it, the original communication between the two. Democracy is, no doubt, a flawed notion.…
The story of how Anthony Thirlby’s UK-based printing company, ESP Colour, is revolutionising the workflow, pricing and productivity of the industry – in the April issue of Print21 magazine – prompted James Cryer, industry gadfly and iconoclast, to write an affirmative and positive response. Greetings Anthony, I was fascinated to read the article on your…
The printing industry found itself book-ended last week between two events, the LIA-Heidelberg “Graduates Awards” night and the inaugural “3D Printing: What’s in it for You?” evening. While one delves back into the past and one reaches to the future, James Cryer asks are we really doing our best to recognise our young talent? And…
James Cryer takes a different angle on our dearly beloved industry, as he compares it to another well-known entity, the building industry. Stop thinking ‘ink on paper’ and start seeing ‘big, happy family’! School-leavers face career choices and now’s the time to be selling the benefits that printing offers over some other industries. This week…
A post-modernist Christmas-story… We’ve all heard of the famous editorial, published way back in 1897 by the New York’s “Sun” newspaper, in response to a letter from a young girl, by the name of Virginia, doubting the existence of Santa Claus. Well, 116-odd years later, doubters and disbelievers still exist, not so much about Santa…
James Cryer mounts a spirited case for our industry to put aside its tried-and-true methods and adopt radical new ideas designed to inflame the passions and challenge the orthodoxy. The printing industry has enjoyed being at the top of the food chain for the last 400-odd years. We have enjoyed having our “interests” protected (read:…
James Cryer explores three possible sources for smallbusiness owners trying to find a sales rep. Like small creatures that go into hibernation, we could be forgiven for assuming that some natural event has caused a sudden mass disappearance of one of those already endangered species, the printus repii. Hounded, abused, under-nourished, this species has hung…
With PacPrint13 and its dizzying array of new high-tech digital and digital-assisted machinery giving visitors a bright visual cue as to where the future of Australian print is heading, industry gadfly James Cryer suggests it’s about time for the National Print Awards to reflect this future for print. Astronomers are hard people to whip into…
James Cryer of JDA Print Recruitment – and local print industry gadfly – analyses the GEON Group’s fall from grace of the PE brigade in his usual (un)-subtle manner. GEON finally succeeded – during its death throws – to achieve what many of us had always wanted to do but failed: to put print on…
A proposed new awards system to recognise the winning qualities in young professionals across our industry will not even mention the term – apprenticeship. Imagine a gala event held at one of our capital city’s lavish hotels with TV cameras and the press jostling as glamorous young things strut the stage to the acclaim of…
