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Jonathan Rice

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Recruitment and The Waiting Game

It's very quiet out there this week, and not just because your usual blogger Sean has taken the week off and relieved us of his unfailingly distractive qualities.  As was predictably referenced last week, the "uncertainty" that a NZ General Election every 3 years seems to cause, tied in with…
Jonathan Rice
September 15, 2023
RecruitmentTechnology

Remaining Relevant in Recruitment

Hello from Wellington.  Your usual recruitment raconteur is tormenting the eardrums of Fijian resort staff (and fellow holidaymakers, probably) so it's down to me to jump back to The Whiteboard and keep our 13+ years recruitment blogging streak going. I popped down to attend the Wellington Recruitment Meetup last night…
Jonathan Rice
June 23, 2023
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Reasons For Recruitment Optimism

Several recent conversations have brought to my attention that our friends in the Wellington recruitment sector are feeling a little bit down in the dumps. Heavily reliant on Government recruitment work, our new Prime Minister has come along and torpedoed a bunch of policies and projects, massively reducing spend on…
Jonathan Rice
March 24, 2023
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Recruiting And The Great Regret

Well that was fun.  Jumping back into my old agency rec-to-rec desk for the past 10 days, while its current babysitter Sean is having his own baby sat for him on an overseas trip with the in laws (that he's secretly thrilled about), and already it's my last day.  After…
Jonathan Rice
February 24, 2023
Recruitment

How Different Recruiters Have Dealt With 2020

Hello it's me again.  Sean managed to escape Auckland a couple of days before the v.2 Lock came Down and he's quite sensibly remained on his travels of the South Island (unlike some of his fellow travellers who went all moths to a flame when Level 3 got announced and returned to…
Jonathan Rice
August 21, 2020
EmploymentRecruitment

The Rise of Boomerang Recruiters

What do Steve Jobs , LeBron James and Mikel Arteta have in common?  Both are what is becoming commonly known in the HR world as boomerang employees:  Previous employees of a company who have, for various reasons, left that company to work elsewhere or pursue some other adventure, and later down…
Jonathan Rice
February 28, 2020