Love Lockdown, not just a song by Ye but my general feeling towards the current Level. I know it's probably not the common sentiment but hear me out.
Scott BurnettNovember 5, 2021
The best thing my ol man said he did with his money was enrolling me and my brother into Victoria College. An Educational institution steeped in tradition that taught us important lessons not just in the classroom but installing all students with a specific set of values; ‘manners maketh man’…
Scott BurnettMay 9, 2019
This week saw me down in Christchurch. As I ubered through what remains of the city, I was reminded that Christchurch was actually my entry point and introduction to New Zealand. Fresh off a plane from Fiji and following a coin-toss at Auckland Airport in 2010, it was decided that…
Sean WaltersJuly 26, 2018
Quick one from me today as I'm more snowed under than the South Island. I enjoyed an article shared by SEEK yesterday about Trust in the Workplace and the startling statistic that 83% of kiwis did not trust all of their colleagues. It got me thinking about the recruitment industry…
Jonathan RiceAugust 4, 2016
Recruiters quit. It happens and, as job-hopping throughout one's career becomes ever more accepted, it will doubtless happen with increasing regularity. The question for recruitment company owners and Directors is how to handle the news. There are a multitude of scenarios in which recruiters quit their jobs, of course, and…
Jonathan RiceMarch 3, 2016
This week's Whiteboard is something of a collaboration piece between your usual blogger (me) and sometime contributor Sean. We're in Christchurch so bring this to you inspired by the increasing number of overseas recruitment firms attempting to grow their brands in the NZ markets, and also fueled by the delicious…
Jonathan RiceJanuary 21, 2016
Today is the Rice Consulting Christmas party and we have an early start out in Woodhill Forest. Seeing as our South Island Business Manager Mary Batchelar is up visiting Auckland for the occasion I thought she should take over the Whiteboard marker pen this week and share a post of…
Jonathan RiceDecember 10, 2015
It's been a fairly eventful week for stories related to recruitment. What with Indian restaurants brazenly flouting employment discrimination laws by stipulating that only females may apply for jobs there, followed by an obvious publicity stunt from a trendy Ponsonby bar looking to do the same. We've had a CEO…
Jonathan RiceFebruary 27, 2014
Hands up if you were at the inaugural Sourcing Summit NZ at the Hilton in Auckland yesterday? Good for you. I hope you had fun, learned lots of stuff, met some people and have an equally fuzzy head as I do this morning. Now I have returned to my recruitment…
Jonathan RiceMay 23, 2013
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