Employment

The lost art of business development

Last night saw me, courtesy of the nice folks at NZME, at "Fight for Life"; arguably New Zealand's premier boxing event. I've always been a boxing fan, so please excuse me for a slightly cliched "isn't recruitment just like *insert sport here*" blog - I drank more than my fair…

Sean WaltersApril 28, 2023

Employment Recruitment

A Tale of Two Cities

We're all working remotely these days. Our sister business JOYN is built on the premise that a good recruiter can sit in their underpants in Tokoroa and recruit a .net developer living in Bali for a client based out of Gore. This, over the course of over 4,000 placements, has…

Sean WaltersApril 14, 2023

Employment Recruitment

The Recruiter’s Secret Weapon

What if I told you that for a one-off investment of $5,013.30+GST, two hours of your time, and a recurring fee of $100 per month, you could, at a conservative estimate, bill an extra $50k-100k per year? You'd think I'm either crazy or a genius right? Perhaps both. In this…

Sean WaltersMarch 17, 2023

Employment Recruitment

Now is NOT the time to be a lazy Recruiter

Speaking with an agency client recently, they told me a story which even I found surprising. This was not a story about exceptional service, $2 million dollar billings, or a Recruiter with no ego - all of which I would have found mildly interesting. Instead it was about the new…

Sean WaltersMarch 10, 2023

Employment Recruitment

You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em

"Ooh, he was such a handsome man", said my mum yesterday about "The Gambler" singer Kenny Rogers. She also says the same about Wet Wet Wet's Marti Pellow, and Glasgow Rangers stalwart Ally McCoist. This, however, is not a blog about what tickles the pickle of a 65 year old…

Sean WaltersFebruary 10, 2023

Employment Recruitment

The Secret

I think I've finally cracked it. After a mere 18 years in the recruitment industry, I think I've finally figured out what it takes to create a high-performing agency. Why has it taken me 18 years you may ask? Well, it may have taken me longer than some, but I…

Sean WaltersJanuary 20, 2023

Employment Recruitment

Christmas just ain’t the same anymore. Thankfully.

7 years ago, I wouldn't be writing this. Although we are religious in pumping a blog out every Friday, and have been for 12 years, should a Friday coincide with the last day of the year, we'd put up some mildly comedic photoshopped image and be done with it. Writing…

Sean WaltersDecember 23, 2022

Employment

That’s a Wrap!

Today is my last day at Rice Consulting. Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened 😊

Scott BurnettDecember 2, 2022

Employment Human Resources Politics Technology

High Risk – High Reward: The life of an Internal Recruiter

This week's top employment story comes to us by way of Meta, the parent company of Facebook. Following disastrous advertising revenue in a post-Covid world, and heavy investment in creating a virtual world as this one is rubbish, Zuckerberg has had to give the old heave-ho to 11,000 workers globally.…

Sean WaltersNovember 11, 2022

Employment Politics Recruitment

All of Government Part 5: Was it all a Dream?

I used to have a recurring nightmare of being chased by battle tanks across the farm my Grandparents lived on. Although the tanks were slow-moving, in this dream, my legs felt like lead weights, making me even slower. As always, I was relieved to wake up just as I was…

Sean WaltersOctober 28, 2022

The lost art of business development

A Tale of Two Cities

The Recruiter’s Secret Weapon

Now is NOT the time to be a lazy Recruiter

You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em

The Secret

Christmas just ain’t the same anymore. Thankfully.

That’s a Wrap!

All of Government Part 5: Was it all a Dream?

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