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Jonathan Rice

Recruitment

Recruiters – Yes We Can

This week I'm delighted to announce a new Director at Rice Consulting and virtualRPO as Sean Walters makes the step up.  And so it is with great pleasure I hand over the Whiteboard marker pen to Sean to bring to you this week's guest blog post, and I'll be back causing…
Jonathan Rice
February 14, 2013
Recruitment

Always Be Recruiting

When I left the UK and entered the Sydney recruitment market Hays, my new employer, were kind enough to put me up in their Mosman company apartment for the first couple of weeks.  My most enduring memory from that time, apart from the gorgeous sunrises reflecting on the CBD's glass towers…
Jonathan Rice
February 7, 2013
Recruitment

Recruitment Rollercoaster: 2012 in Review

What a year.  Recruitment is always a rollercoaster but I nearly lost my lunch a few times in 2012 with the amount of ups and downs experienced.  We are all in incredibly interesting, fast-changing, ever-shifting times in recruitment these days and it can be hard to keep up.  For many…
Jonathan Rice
December 20, 2012
Recruitment

A Medley of Recruitment Mischief and Good Times

Hello and welcome to the penultimate Whiteboard blog of 2012.  Bit of a quick one today as I'm guessing most of you are, like me, preparing for a busy day of festive cheer and general japery.  Happy to say that we are busy on the work front too, a sentiment mirrored by…
Jonathan Rice
December 13, 2012
Recruitment

Ten Tips to Survive Your Recruitment Christmas Party

Silly season is well and truly upon us and today, being the first Friday in December, will doubtless herald the launching of several Christmas work functions to come.  Recruiters can often be partial to throwing the odd alcohol-fueled shindig and, being the excitable larakins many of us are, these occasions can…
Jonathan Rice
December 6, 2012
Recruitment

Throwing Sh*t at a Wall and calling it Recruitment

What is recruitment?  There are many different answers to this question but for us in the agency recruitment world, it is essentially the act of representing a client's business and filling a vacancy by marketing their employment opportunity to the jobseeker market.  Of course, this has greatly evolved over the years…
Jonathan Rice
November 29, 2012
EmploymentRecruitment

Recruitment Black Holes and Revelations

If you've been in recruitment long enough you will no doubt be tired by now of hearing about our "terrible reputation" for feedback, follow up, returning calls...for adequately communicating.  Surprising accusation of an industry that really exists to network, build relationships and make matches through various communication channels. Witness the…
Jonathan Rice
November 22, 2012