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…

I was up at 4am on Wednesday this week and, unlike during my twentys, when the reason would have been I was approaching my bedtime, I had actually already had my night's sleep (well about half of it), and was purposefully dragging myself into the inky black chill of a…

In this week’s blog I have a Free Prize Giveaway of Dean Gollings’ e-book How to be a Great Recruitment Manager. Dean is a recruitment trainer of some repute in the UK, where he runs the simply named “Make More Fees” course for clients in the recruitment industry.  If you think…

This week's blog is going to be a quick round up of some interesting industry-related news articles from the past week.  Usually I would be writing some opinion, commentary or offering advice related to our recruitment industry in New Zealand.  But this week I can't and that is because: 1)…

This week saw Hudson’s freshly acquired IT recruitment team officially commence in their new roles in the Auckland office, following their high profile and heavily gossiped move from a large competitor down the road.  Following a recent HRINZ seminar on “Protecting Your Business in a Competitive Environment” I feel it…

This week marks the one year anniversary of my first ever redundancy.  Today is also the 1st birthday of my Son, Charlie Rice (happy birthday my boy), so all in all one year ago was a period of huge upheaval in the Rice household.  I must admit, it has been…

People out there that aren’t in the recruitment industry often seem to find a range of things to be critical about us in recruitment.  Sometimes the criticism is justified – lack of communication, poor follow-up, scant knowledge of the market we are recruiting in – these are all common complaints…

“A picture is worth a thousand words”.  So said Napoleon Bonaparte back in the early 19th century and, two centuries on, this still rings true today.  The life of a modern recruiter is all about ability to quickly assimilate information, digest, interpret and act accordingly.  Over the course of one…

How stringent are your recruitment firm’s internet policies?  Do you have a total ban on internet use in your workplace, or do you have completely unfettered free access to the internet through work?  Or perhaps something in between, like internet access before 8am and after 5pm? I personally thought this…