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Jonathan Rice

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Tales of Candidate In-Experience

This week's exposure to recruiter-bashing came at a business networking function I attended earlier this week.  A conversation with a very entrepreneurial-minded lady wound it's way from her upbringing in New Zealand, to her life overseas, and her "work" history littered with strange, bizzare and barely credible business ventures.  In her…
Jonathan Rice
March 12, 2015
RecruitmentSourcing

Confessions of a Headhunter

I've been accused of many weird and wonderful things in my decade as a recruiter but last week took the biscuit.  Shock, horror and scandal...I was accused of being a headhunter "well-known for poaching staff from other agencies..."  Well blow me down. Some context is probably needed: I was speaking…
Jonathan Rice
February 26, 2015
Recruitment

The (in)voice of dissent

Due to Jon’s affable nature, he’s managed to book two full days of meetings in Wellington, leaving the Whiteboard marker in my ill-tempered and hung-over mitts once again. The Labour (remember them?) leader Andrew Little made the headlines this week by neglecting to pay an NBR journalist working on his behalf for…
Jonathan Rice
February 19, 2015
Recruitment

Wellington Recruiters Finally at Peace with AOG Contract

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…
Jonathan Rice
February 12, 2015
Recruitment

Skin in the Game: Recruiters and Tattoos

Am I soon to be the last remaining recruiter left without a tattoo?  With conversation in our own office around Sean Walters' upcoming sleeve tattoo opus joined this morning by news that internal recruiting maverick Mark Sumner is getting himself inked soon too, it's starting to feel that way. When…
Jonathan Rice
January 22, 2015
Recruitment

A Breakin’ Merry Christmas from The Whiteboard

Welcome to the final Whiteboard blog for 2014.  This is going to be a brief one because, quite frankly, I don't want to be held responsible for keeping you away from far more important drinking recruiting activities on this most work-shy of Fridays. One piece of work you'll probably want…
Jonathan Rice
December 18, 2014
Recruitment

New Zealand Recruitment Wrap Up 2014

I’m having to bash today’s blog out in quite a hurry I’m afraid (or maybe that’s a good thing – you decide). Apparently there’s a load of kiwi websites down this morning, and with this blog being one of them, there’s not much time to write. Thanks to everyone who…
Jonathan Rice
December 12, 2014