A demonic figure that makes Bram Stoker’s Dracula seem more at place with his numerical namesake on Sesame Street. Much like the folklore perpetuated in Lost Boys this evil presence can only harm you if you invite it in your home. For those who are in the dark let me…
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’…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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