Employment

Some people won’t take “no” for an answer

This week's blog is about rejection. Rejection is of course a common theme in recruitment. We are being rejected, and rejecting every day. In fact, much more rejecting happens than recruiting, but it is only our innate positivity that focuses on the outcome, not the journey, which allows us to…

Sean WaltersOctober 4, 2024

Employment Politics Recruitment

More AoG Misery: “No conversion fee shall apply”

In case you didn't know already, the opportunity to make contractor margin on Government contractors in their second year of work has now been deemed practically impossible. I was actually hoping for a fun and frivolous blog this morning, however, given I've had to cover every aspect of the "All…

Sean WaltersSeptember 27, 2024

Employment Recruitment

Loose lips sink (relation)ships

I heard a story doing the rounds this week which can be traced back to an NZ-based global recruitment firm. Apparently, a Consultant, whilst about their business, spotted a colleague "interviewing" with a competitor. And being the grade-A corporate snitch that they are, decided to take a surreptitious photo of…

Sean WaltersSeptember 20, 2024

Employment Recruitment

The weird world of “Rec-to-Rec”

Regular readers and ex-girlfriends will know that I like things to be slightly weird. Perhaps it was this innate desire to stray from the norm which caused me to turn my back on the lucrative world of taxidermy and become a recruiter. Not just a recruiter, which is hard enough…

Sean WaltersSeptember 13, 2024

Employment Politics Recruitment

Looking up from the gutter

Because I like cheap property and long commutes, I live in the Auckland suburb of Titirangi. For those who don't know Auckland, or perhaps New Zealand, Titirangi is mostly bush, hills, and women who look like they've got Lenny Kravitz in a headlock. Because of these hills, landslips are common.…

Sean WaltersAugust 30, 2024

Employment Job Boards Recruitment

SEEK continue to underserve the NZ Market

This week I received, as did you, the "SEEK Employment Trends Quarterly Snapshot". A riveting read as the title suggests, but please allow me to give you the edited highlights. Firstly, this is a non-New Zealand specific document. In fact, we open with an overview of the Australian market, followed…

Sean WaltersAugust 9, 2024

Employment Job Boards Politics Recruitment

Greetings (and some observations) from the UK

Greetings from the UK one'n'all. This blog comes from you from Bristol in the South West of England. A fun fact about Bristol: it is both a city and a county. Something I didn't realise until about a day ago, and something I'll never consider again. Nor should you. This…

Sean WaltersAugust 2, 2024

Employment Human Resources Work

Tough times creating bad candidate experiences

Have you ever noticed how high demand affects the quality of customer service we experience? If you've ever found yourself shopping on Oxford Street in London at Christmas time, you'll see this. Chubby, sallow-skinned English women wrestling Zara tops from each other to then be treated like cattle by equally…

Sean WaltersJuly 19, 2024

Employment Politics Recruitment

Things can only get (worse before they get) better

I've become a real doom-monger of late. And of all the "mongers" to be, doom are probably the worst. They're certainly the least fun at parties. However, writing New Zealand's third best recruitment blog in 2024 has sealed my fate. My Thursday evenings are spent trying to dig up a…

Sean WaltersJuly 12, 2024

Employment Human Resources Politics Recruitment

MBIE: Procurement, with all the charm of gum disease

Birthdays are a special time. A time to reflect on progress and achievements. A time to look to the future with renewed optimism. No matter what you've gone through, a birthday marks the start of a new year. And "new year" can mean "new you". And so it is as…

Sean WaltersJuly 5, 2024

Some people won’t take “no” for an answer

More AoG Misery: “No conversion fee shall apply”

Loose lips sink (relation)ships

The weird world of “Rec-to-Rec”

Looking up from the gutter

SEEK continue to underserve the NZ Market

Greetings (and some observations) from the UK

Tough times creating bad candidate experiences

Things can only get (worse before they get) better

MBIE: Procurement, with all the charm of gum disease

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