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Employment Job Boards

Is it Immoral to Build Your Recruitment Database Right Now?

We've been writing a recruitment blog here at Rice Consulting since December 2009. Originally under the penmanship of Jonathan Rice, several people have been passed the ceremonial marker pen over the years, with it currently being squabbled over by Scott Burnett, and yours truly, the Merchant of Menace, the Big…

Sean WaltersApril 17, 2020

Work

The Great Leap Forward. Or Backward.

You have to admit; it really is an incredible time to be alive. My Grandad flew RAF bombers during the Second World War. And apart from firebombing the innocent women and children of Dresden, it was the most vivid and defining time of his life. Plucked from a working class…

Sean WaltersApril 3, 2020

Recruitment

Smells Like Quarantine Spirit

Day 3 in lockdown. Hopefully, this is cohesive. I've been practicing my writing with religious scripture on the outside of my house

Scott BurnettMarch 27, 2020

Employment Human Resources Politics

A Seemingly Unpopular Opinion on a Global Pandemic

I want to blog about self-isolation. Actually, tell a lie. I'd rather talk about almost anything else. Unfortunately, like Basil Fawlty not mentioning the war to the Germans, it's very difficult to write a blog this week that isn't about Covid-19. However, following on from my previous blog, I still…

Sean WaltersMarch 20, 2020

Employment Human Resources Politics Recruitment

Recruiters – Just Hang On In There

There's a fantastic scene in Forrest Gump. In it, after promising an army buddy on his death bed that he'd set up a shrimping business, Forrest fritters away his savings on a boat. Due to over-fishing from the competition, day after day, all they catch is the occasional gumboot. Then…

Sean WaltersMarch 13, 2020

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Truly Terrible Recruitment Agency Ideas

Many years ago, I had the idea of creating a meat-flavoured fizzy beverage in a can. Y’know, for those moments when you want the refreshment and sugar rush of a cola, but also the comfort of some good old fashioned home cooking. Sadly, interest in “Lambonade” was weak to say…

Sean WaltersMarch 6, 2020

Employment Recruitment

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 RiceFebruary 28, 2020

Human Resources

The problem with References

I love the sound of references being taken. Like the first sight of a rain cloud to a Waikato dairy farmer, it heralds an imminent change of circumstances. Thankfully here at Rice HQ we've had a bumper week, so there's been plenty of "for the purposes of the privacy act..."…

Sean WaltersFebruary 21, 2020

Recruitment

Abstracting the Fool

Open-ended, leading, loaded, there are heaps of different types of questions! I take a look at the 'weird cousin' of the questioning world; abstract

Scott BurnettFebruary 14, 2020

Employment Recruitment

The Most Important Trait of a Successful Recruiter

Maybe it’s the time of year, but I’m still in a thoughtful mood. As I was trying to kick-start my own desk for 2020, I got to thinking about what it really was that I needed to do to make some goddam placements. I asked myself: What single trait, characteristic,…

Sean WaltersFebruary 7, 2020

A prediction for 2025 (and the following 79 years)

Ugly clients rear their ugly heads

Weighing in on the “open to work” debate.