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The One Lesson Recruiters Can Learn from Trump

This isn't a blog post about Donald Trump. The biggest political story in over a century has been commented on by people with far more insight and erudition than me, and I'm sure will be for weeks and months to come. Especially as we start to witness the unfolding horror…
Jonathan Rice
November 10, 2016
Human ResourcesRecruitment

The Mental Impact of Recruitment

There's a common refrain in recruitment used to describe the rollercoaster ride of emotions it can subject its practitioners to, "Champagne and Razorblades..." This phrase is most frequently rolled out at the checkpoints in a recruiter's working week, at the pinnacle when a senior candidate accepts an offer and a…
Jonathan Rice
October 27, 2016
EmploymentRecruitment

Vend Recruiters Designing the Art of Rejection

The differences between agency and in-house recruitment are well documented.  Age old fables like in-house recruiters hating sales, not "cutting it" in agency land, or being more admin focused have rubbed shoulders in recent years with more progressive ideas of recruiters preferring a broader strategic approach versus those with a…
Jonathan Rice
October 13, 2016
EmploymentRecruitment

Look At Me, I’m A Recruiter

We live in a vainglorious world.  Technology has brought us the phenomenon of selfies and social media provided the platform for us to share our pouting selves with all and sundry.  Even in recruitment we talk about how essential personal branding is to be a successful recruiter these days, whatever…
Jonathan Rice
October 6, 2016
Recruitment

Cutting Drug Deals with Recruitment Deals

Rumours have been swirling around Auckland's recruitment community this week after a story emerged in the Herald at the weekend about a cocaine sting at a hairdressers in Newmarket.  It appears as if the hairdresser, a fashion designer, and a patched gang member have been using the business as a…
Jonathan Rice
September 29, 2016
Recruitment

Is Recruitment More EQ Than IQ?

When I was back in the UK recently a random story popped up on the news that grabbed my attention. Having been beaten at Scrabble by my Mum the night before, and grimacing as I kept a lid on my trembling ego, I was naturally alerted by the announcement of…
Jonathan Rice
September 22, 2016
EmploymentRecruitment

Fake Referees Make Cynics of Recruiters

Back in 1889 Oscar Wilde philosophically mused that "Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life".  The notion that events in the real world are inspired by creative works, rather than the other way around, manifested itself rather topically within my own business this past week. Well that is if…
Jonathan Rice
September 15, 2016