I'd like to think I'll be retrospectively reading back through these blogs once the market roars back into action, in the meantime here's a snapshot of what's happening out there in the recruitment world.
Scott BurnettMay 22, 2020
Blog topics are sometimes hard to come by, nine times out of ten they’re usually a cathartic exercise used to expel some of the recruitment demons we’ve experienced in the week. The importance of packaging a candidate, counter offers or salary expectations are brought into focus by a wayward candidates,…
Scott BurnettAugust 29, 2019
This is how recruitment tends to work: When you get your first recruitment job, you are told of "active clients", "databases", and "training and development". You are told of huge earning potential, perhaps even shown a pay slip of a top biller. You are told of the "red-hot desk" that…
Sean WaltersOctober 25, 2018
No, not me. You can mop your tea/coffee up from the premature spitting out in shock. What I wanted to explore in this edition of The Whiteboard is one of the more frequently asked questions that I get from clients and also a question that has helped my understanding of…
Scott BurnettSeptember 20, 2018
As a recruiter, I love April. We bid farewell to the last financial year, and steam into 2018/19 with all guns blazing. For our business, it also coincides with our end of year sales meeting, team performance reviews, and some big picture thinking and planning for the year ahead. All…
Sean WaltersApril 19, 2018
When I started out in recruitment in the middle of last decade I was lucky enough to receive some pretty good training from a company renowned for developing and growing fledgling recruiters. Many of those learnings have stuck with me over the years but one aspect in particular shines with the greatest…
Jonathan RiceMarch 2, 2017
Out of the soporific hum and chit chat of last night's Auckland Recruitment Meet Up there sprung a surprisingly vigorous debate. The team at Beca, lead by the ever-suave Richard Long, got everyone up on their feet. The purpose: To position our bodies in different zones of the room denoting…
Jonathan RiceJune 2, 2016
You're usual blogger is once again in foreign lands, so again, I'm in charge. *Although, given the reaction to the April 1st Whiteboard, many of you will be expecting this. It struck me this week that an embarrassing proportion of what I do as a recruiter is more "judgement" than…
Jonathan RiceMay 3, 2016
One of the most prickly bones of contention in the subtle dance between agency recruiters and in-house recruiters is the CV float. For those of you unaware, or who use a different term, a CV float is the act of a recruiter e-mailing in a CV of a candidate to a…
Jonathan RiceNovember 5, 2015
I should warn you now. Today's Whiteboard covers familiar territory. Now either I'm running out of ideas, or the same issue keeps gouging at our collective industry eyes' like an Argentinian Lock. Over the weekend, the Herald ran a story regarding Anthony Kiro, a former professional League player, who through…
Jonathan RiceSeptember 24, 2015
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