No, the industry isn’t going all NBA with an imposed salary cap. I’m using the patois of my peers, the cultural casual vernacular where ‘cap’ effectively means bullshit. Those of Sean’s age feel free to thank me for keeping you relevant. It’s time to bring to light some of the…
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’…
How was your commute today? That is a question predominantly aimed at all of my Auckland readership. If the hysteria being whipped up by the media around the Auckland bus strike is anything to go by, I'm assuming many of you will be reading today's blog post from your car,…
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…
They say there are five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and, finally, Acceptance. When Wellington's recruiters had the All of Government recruitment services contract foisted upon them back in 2012, they were told in tender documents that one of the chief aims of the exercise was to cut…
I've been to quite a few recruitment and sourcing related conferences over recent years but this week saw something a bit more progressive, more technical perhaps, hit our shores. Trevor Vas and his merry band of talent futurists and thought leaders, better known in our industry for the annual Australasian…