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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
Recruitment

Counting Job Ads Is No Economic Barometer

So apparently the unemployment rate in New Zealand is going to creep up towards the 7% mark over the next 6 months.  That's the assertion made by The Herald recently anyway, in its reporting of the ANZ September job ad statistics which revealed that job ads had fallen to their…
Jonathan Rice
November 1, 2012