Agency

Recessions aren’t what they used to be. Not like the good old days.

I sometimes blog about key performance indicators in Recruitment. I blog about a lot of stuff I suppose, most of which is barely relevant to recruitment. More likely, my blogs serve as a vehicle for my cheap gags and semi-marxist agenda. Today however is a blog about Recruitment. It's also…

Sean WaltersAugust 4, 2023

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment Technology

How much do Recruiters really earn?

Writing a blog the morning after a Rice PowWow is often a challenge. 3 hours sleep, the alcohol-induced brain fog, shaky hands fumbling across the keyboard - all whilst trying to be both entertaining and relevant to the recruitment community. This morning I have no such problems however. At 41…

Sean WaltersJuly 28, 2023

Employment Recruitment

A day in the life of a Rec-to-Rec Consultant

The names in the below blog have been changed to protect the innocent...and the guilty. Screening my recent ad applicants I came across the CV of an experienced recruiter. Believe it or not, in the world of Rec-to-Rec this can be a rare occurrence. Typically, my CRM is filled with…

Sean WaltersJuly 21, 2023

Recruitment

The Best Thing About Being a Recruiter (and why some never experience it)

And I'm back. Some of you may have noticed that the whiteboard marker has been wielded by pensmiths Mr J.Rice and Ms A.Lee over the last few weeks. The reason being was a much needed bit of R&R in Fiji for yours truly. To be frank, it's been one hell…

Sean WaltersJuly 7, 2023

Employment Recruitment Work

Tell me what you want, what you really really want

Well, here I am. In the absence of Sean and soon to be Jon, I’m writing the blog. In the 8+ years I have worked for Rice Consulting, the purist tradition is that ones weekly musings are pounded out the same morning it is published, powwow hangover or not. Personally,…

Anastasia LeeJune 30, 2023

Employment Recruitment

Do something different today

Auckland is a difficult place to live currently. No summer, followed by what feels like a lifetime of rain. The whole city turned into a massive building site. 2 hour commutes home into a damp house with a f*cked retaining wall with the warmer months seemingly a lifetime away. Although…

Sean WaltersJune 2, 2023

Recruitment Sourcing

The Politics of Headhunting

Although my casual appearance and demeanour may suggest otherwise, I actually started my career in what pompous London Recruiters call "Executive Search". Back then, there was no LinkedIn, and although Executive Search was positioned (and priced) as something quite classy, the role of a Researcher looked as follows; If we…

Sean WaltersMay 26, 2023

Recruitment Technology

The Robots really are coming: Recruitment’s biggest leap

Do you remember when we all thought Twitter would revolutionise recruitment? Job boards would die and we'd all be hiring rocket scientists using 240 characters and a clever #hashtag? Or what about the short-lived Google Circles? A complicated Facebook clone where we could keep dick pics and job applications seperate…

Sean WaltersMay 18, 2023

Employment Politics Recruitment

That’s all folks…I think. All of Government Part 7

It was 10.41am yesterday when the text came through. "We got on AoG. Heard of others yet?". And with this it was done. The fate of many a Wellingtonian recruiter was set to play out over the next few hours. At around 12.15 we heard from the next successful applicant.…

Sean WaltersMay 5, 2023

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

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