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Are LinkedIn and Facebook Merging?

Good morning Recruiters of New Zealand. A quick and early one from me today as I'm off to Nelson with Sean for my 40th for some reflective beach walks and perhaps a little bit of sampling of the local refreshments. It's a welcome break. My head's slightly frazzled from putting…

Jonathan RiceAugust 27, 2015

Employment Recruitment

Who Owns a Recruiter’s LinkedIn Connections?

I received a LinkedIn connection request last week from an old candidate of mine that I'd placed many years ago into a global recruitment brand. I was surprised, as I was pretty sure we had already been connected for quite some time. It transpired that she was having to re-connect…

Jonathan RiceAugust 13, 2015

Recruitment

A Decade On: The Number One Recruitment Lesson I Have Learned

I got something of a morbid, but poignant, reminder a few days ago that this week marks the culmination for me of a decade in the recruitment industry. The reminder came courtesy of the 7/7 London Bombings memorials earlier this week. It's been a decade since the worst terrorist attack…

Jonathan RiceJuly 9, 2015

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Naughty But Nice…Swearing, Recruiting, and Cakes

There's been far too much talk on recruitment blogs this week about Vend's use of swearing in their recent online job adverts, so I'm loathe to go wading any further into that one. If you're not up to speed you can check out blogs from the likes of Ross Clennett, Troy…

Jonathan RiceMarch 5, 2015

Recruitment Sourcing

Recruiters and Their Social Media Fails

Like many of you recruiters out there, things are pretty busy for me right now. Which is great. Hiring intentions are up, stress levels rising accordingly, and there aren't enough hours in the day. Add to that the couple of events we hosted last week for our vRPO recruiters and…

Jonathan RiceOctober 2, 2014

Human Resources

Pistols Drawn in New Zealand’s HR Industry

There seems to be a bad-blooded stoush brewing between HRINZ and a break-away faction keen to set up a rival industry body. Those at the HR Game Changer Conference a couple of weeks ago ("this isn't just a conference, we're starting a movement"...please don't puke in your mouth) heard from…

Jonathan RiceSeptember 18, 2014

Employment Recruitment

#hiremattpontin Campaign puts Social Recruiting Theory into Practice

As most recruiters in New Zealand with the slightest touch of a finger on the pulse know by now, the much vaunted ASB talent acquisition team is being deconstructed into its' component parts and decentralised into the business. Not axed, or disbanded, or removed in its entirety as the good…

Jonathan RiceSeptember 11, 2014

Human Resources Recruitment Sourcing

What Are The LinkedIn Fakers Looking For?

What's going on with the recent surge in fake LinkedIn accounts? A few weeks ago I got three "invitations to connect" from the profiles of people purporting to be senior ranking recruitment managers within large New Zealand businesses. The third one was from someone (I forget the name, but it…

Jonathan RiceJuly 24, 2014

Recruitment

The LinkedIn Propaganda Machine Hits Auckland

Hey LinkedIn, thanks for the beers and networking opportunities on Wednesday night here in Auckland. It was really cool that you threw a party to commemorate your attainment of the quite staggering landmark of 1 Million users here is New Zealand (for a country of just 4 million I think…

Jonathan RiceMarch 20, 2014

Recruitment Sourcing

What One Million kiwis on LinkedIn means for Recruitment

Two press releases this week seem to suggest that we in New Zealand have hit some kind of purple patch in the social networking and social recruiting stakes. In the well-versed role of plucky underdog we so enjoy playing, it's like all our noise and bluster in this area has…

Jonathan RiceNovember 28, 2013

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