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Facebook Leaps into LinkedIn’s Recruiting Sandpit

At the recent Recruiter's HUB conference here in Auckland, Paul Jacobs delivered an afternoon session where everyone had to clump together into groups depending on which social media platform they believed held the future for effective sourcing and recruitment. The largest group, predictably, was the sharp-suited LinkedIn gathering, gazing upon…

Jonathan RiceNovember 15, 2012

Employment Recruitment

Would You Recruit a “Potential Parent”?

The debate over the proposal to extend paid parental leave in New Zealand took an interesting turn this week, with the effect it could have on job seeking and recruitment. Labour MP Sue Moroney is campaigning to have it extended from 14 to 26 weeks and this has elicited a response…

Jonathan RiceOctober 25, 2012

Employment Recruitment

Job Search Scam Further Damages Recruitment’s Reputation

For an industry often compared unfavourably with those selling used cars and snake oil the recruitment industry has been keeping its nose pretty clean in New Zealand in recent months. That was until tonight when I saw the 6 o'clock News report that revealed a job search scam seemingly set…

Jonathan RiceSeptember 6, 2012

Employment Job Boards Recruitment

The coffee-drinking David vs. the cold-calling Goliath

Having to follow on from Sean Walters’ epic blog offering featured last Friday on the Whiteboard, I must admit to approaching this entry with a degree of trepidation. It’s not that I think I’m less entertaining or insightful than Sean, it’s just these characteristics are best displayed in a face…

Jonathan RiceJune 14, 2012

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

The Internal Recruitment Pie: Do you really want a slice?

Those who follow our usual Blogger Jon Rice on Twitter will know that he has taken a well-earned holiday. Being the dynamic yet empowering leader that he is, and nothing to do with the fact that he’ll be drinking cocktails on a Samoan beach right about now, he’s handed the…

Jonathan RiceJune 7, 2012

Employment Recruitment

Facebook for Recruitment: What’s not to “Like”?

Facebook has been in the news rather a lot lately as various corners of the media, communications, business and financial worlds get increasingly frenzied about today's Initial Public Offering. While we in recruitment wring our hands together in earnest confusion over whether or not male recruiters should wear ties, Zuckerburg is rocking…

Jonathan RiceMay 17, 2012

Recruitment

Recruiting Through the Airwaves

Short week, Friday already, I think that calls for a sing-a-long. Come on everyone, sing it with me: "All we hear is *clap clap* Radio Ga-Ga *clap clap* Radio Goo-Goo Radio what's neeeeew? Radio... re-cruit-ment loves you" Is that how it goes? Something like that right? Certainly seems like it…

Jonathan RiceApril 12, 2012

Employment Recruitment

Cover Letter “Quotes” Prove You Have Nothing Original To Say

Bit of a laugh for you all this week. We've all received a whole range and host of different Cover Letters and CVs in our times in recruitment, right? From the overly wordy, to the sultry-posing photographed, to the appallingly grammared and of course, our universal favourite, the cover letters…

Jonathan RiceMarch 29, 2012

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

The CV is Dead…

...At least that's according to LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman who claims they are now a redundant part of the jobseeking and hiring process, thanks to the rapidly growing presence of his own site's online profile versions. And almost dead, but not quite yet, according to the omnipresent HR influencer / guru…

Jonathan RiceMarch 8, 2012

Employment Recruitment

QR Codes: Possibly the Ugliest Innovation in Recruitment

When HR thought leader Dr John Sullivan ponders upon whether QR Codes might be the next Big Thing in recruiting technology, it's worth paying attention. But when a marketing agency make a QR Code out of Oreo cookies then you know this is something that requires serious consideration. QR (Quick…

Jonathan RiceJanuary 26, 2012

Would You Recruit a “Potential Parent”?

The coffee-drinking David vs. the cold-calling Goliath

Recruiting Through the Airwaves

Cover Letter “Quotes” Prove You Have Nothing Original To Say

The CV is Dead…

QR Codes: Possibly the Ugliest Innovation in Recruitment

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