Thanks to everyone who attended the RicePowWow last night, it was a great evening.  The talk from Jacqui Wall from Umbrella on building resilience in recruitment is certainly coming in handy with the somewhat fragile nature of me and my team this morning. One comment made last night, out of the…
Jonathan RiceMarch 30, 2017
Unless you've been hiding under a rock, and whether we like it or not, PokĂ©mon GO is upon us. For those who haven't seen the swarms of smartphone-clutching zombies schlepping around a town near you, PokĂ©mon GO uses your phone to create an augmented reality where "trainers" (that's you) can…
Sean WaltersJuly 21, 2016
I'm sensing a groundswell of existential angst out there in the blogosphere. Â My favourite blog, and one that very much inspired the style and approach of my own early forays into blogging almost 6 years ago, is Arseblog. Â It may sound like a cross between a suppository and a sex…
Jonathan RiceJanuary 28, 2016
Surprisingly, and perhaps disappointingly, I've never been fired from a job. Surprising, given that a good proportion of my day-to-day behaviour isn't appropriate for the workplace. Disappointing, given that being the narcissist that my ex-girlfriend describes me as, I like to place myself centre-stage for all my blogs. However, I have…
Jonathan RiceOctober 15, 2015
Have you ever wondered how we managed to cope in the pre-internet years? Â Without being bombarded with constant streams of cleverly curated content, compiled into numbered lists (for ease of consumption, and to get more hits), about how to do this and that better, smarter, cheaper, faster? Â How did we…
Jonathan RiceApril 30, 2015
Like many of you recruiters out there, things are pretty busy for me right now. Â Which is great. Â Hiring intentions are up, stress levels rising accordingly, and there aren't enough hours in the day. Â Add to that the couple of events we hosted last week for our vRPO recruiters and…
Jonathan RiceOctober 2, 2014
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. Â Not axed, or disbanded, or removed in its entirety as the good…
Jonathan RiceSeptember 11, 2014
In thinking on a topic for this week's blog, my week has been filled with football, so I'm afraid the theme continues from last week's post. Â I won't apologise for this though, there's plenty of other crap being shared around the interweb that you can visit instead and hey, it'll…
Jonathan RiceJune 19, 2014
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