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Movers and Shakers – Recruiting in Christchurch

  To those recruiting in Christchurch, we salute you… When the earthquake rumbled up from 10km under the Canterbury plains last Saturday morning the lives of many New Zealanders were thrown into disarray and panic.  But what has followed in the days since seems to be far, far worse.  As…
Jonathan Rice
September 9, 2010
Recruitment

RCSA New Zealand…is there a point?

Can anyone out there explain to me the reason for the RCSA in New Zealand?  My business has been up and running for almost a year now and I have to say that the existence of the RCSA has only come into my consciousness four times during that period: 1st…
Jonathan Rice
September 2, 2010
Recruitment

Does Boutique Mean Better?

This headline caught my eye as I was walking into Heron’s Flight Vineyard in Matakana a couple of months ago and it really got me thinking.  The article was laminated and stuck on the wall as you entered the cellar door area and essentially it explored whether the product, service…
Jonathan Rice
August 26, 2010
Recruitment

More Recruitment PR Stunts Please

The Whiteboard made an appearance on New Zealand TV last weekend when it was aired on the current affairs programme Sunday.  But, alas, not this blog, that will have to wait for another day.  No it was the whiteboard belonging to Queenstown based medical recruitment specialist MedRecruit. A fine whiteboard…
Jonathan Rice
August 13, 2010
Recruitment

KPIs with my FMCGs

This week's blog is kindly sponsored by Bonnie Scarlett Rice who was born on Wednesday evening and who is also the reason why I am only now starting to resurface back into the blogosphere, and the real, world again. I must admit it's been quite a full on week and…
Jonathan Rice
July 23, 2010
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Overblown Recruitment Titles

What does your job title really mean?  Is it part of a corporate pre-determined hierarchy structure, or did you just make your title up to fit what it is you feel you do?  As you scale the ladder in the recruitment industry, each new position comes with subtly different responsibilities…
Jonathan Rice
July 15, 2010
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An Internal Examination in Recruitment

As the Global Financial Crisis began to really bite in New Zealand, around about late 2008 and early 2009, I experienced and witnessed a significant shift in the moods and ambitions of many agency recruiters out there.  Feeling the pressure of unreachable revenue targets, dwindling commission cheques, client hiring freezes…
Jonathan Rice
July 9, 2010