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Cracks Show in Construction Boom

Two prominent construction companies, Ebert and Maven, bit the dust this week in the midst of what might just be New Zealand’s biggest construction boom, and the response from recruiters encompassed everything from panic to sick glee (and, thankfully, sympathy). Meanwhile industry experts remind us that these weren’t the first…
Natasha Foster
August 2, 2018
EmploymentRecruitment

A Place For Everyone

This week saw me down in Christchurch. As I ubered through what remains of the city, I was reminded that Christchurch was actually my entry point and introduction to New Zealand. Fresh off a plane from Fiji and following a coin-toss at Auckland Airport in 2010, it was decided that…
Sean Walters
July 26, 2018
EmploymentHuman ResourcesRecruitment

Worldly Advice Cup

Can you believe you have to scroll back to the beginning of February to get even a mention of football!? I feel I’ve let down the readership who gave me my first break and like Arctic Monkeys new album I’ve alienated the day one followers who liked the simple sub-cultural…
Scott Burnett
July 19, 2018
EmploymentHuman ResourcesRecruitment

Monday Bloody Monday

We are all creatures of habit; get up, work, sleep, repeat. We feel more at ease when we have a plan and structure in place something that gives us a sense of not only purpose but accomplishment. The ascendancy of my career in recruitment was rife with structure; core hours,…
Scott Burnett
June 28, 2018
EmploymentRecruitmentSourcing

A Story of Two Cars

Imagine just for a moment that you were buying a new car. Actually, no. Not a new car. A nearly new car. You know that there are many options on how to go about purchasing a motor vehicle. Your next door neighbour, who I shall call for the purpose of…
Sean Walters
May 31, 2018
EmploymentRecruitment

Art Imitating Life – Sales Films

For those who may not know, other than my love first love: recruitment, I am an avid film buff. Cannes Film Festival is in full swing and will be concluding on Saturday and we, the non-celebrities, get to glimpse at a smorgasbord of new releases. Spike Lee is teaming up…
Scott Burnett
May 17, 2018