Employment

Never say never again. Unless you’re a recruiter

I, like Jesus, have been thinking on the topic of forgiveness. As recruiters, we operate in a world where we expect a fair amount of forgiveness aimed our way. Running a busy desk makes us slow to respond. And sometimes we plainly forget. We now also live in a world…

Sean WaltersApril 12, 2024

Employment Recruitment Uncategorized

How to future-proof your recruitment career

If we exclude the actions of global recruitment firms, which I typically do, the last 12 months have been the most tumultuous I've witnessed in my 13 years in the New Zealand recruitment industry. Even during Covid, most of us retained our jobs. Sure we took pay cuts, didn't shower,…

Sean WaltersApril 5, 2024

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

“60% of the time, it works every time.”

4 hours sleep means a thankfully short blog from me today. My lack of sleep is of course due to last night being the night of New Zealand's premium Recruitment networking event, the Rice PowWow. Now call me biased, and you can enjoy your Meetups, but nothing beats a PowWow…

Sean WaltersMarch 22, 2024

Employment Politics Recruitment

The Curse of All of Government

Aaaaand we're back to this old chestnut. I saw an article this week featuring those good folk from Accordant in the NBR. As no one pays for the NBR anymore except dinosaurs like Jon Rice, I thought I'd share. The synopsis reads as follows: Accordant says its revenue from public…

Sean WaltersMarch 8, 2024

Employment Job Boards Recruitment

Not all “candidates” deserve a response

If you want to be a big-swinging dick on LinkedIn, there are a few simple things you can add into your posts to please the algorithm Gods. Firstly, use emojis like a thirteen year-old girl, with particular preference for that little rocket one. Secondly, add ridiculous spacing after every sentence…

Sean WaltersMarch 1, 2024

Employment Recruitment

Why job ads don’t (and shouldn’t) name the company

A blog I wrote recently was tagged in a response to a LinkedIn post from a job seeker. This job seeker had eloquently bullet-pointed some observations made during their recent job hunt. In the most part, it was a good post, and the sort of thing that gains real traction…

Sean WaltersFebruary 16, 2024

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

What’s your favourite “ism”?

I've been thinking about "isms" this week. No, not prisms, organisms, or specialisms. More so sexism, racism, ageism, and..errm..homophobia-ism. It's always difficult to write a blog about isms however, especially when you fit squarely into a demographic which has never been on the receiving end of one. I'm an (annoyingly)…

Sean WaltersFebruary 9, 2024

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Everyone’s a Recruiter these days

I'm trying to get myself an au pair currently. I say "myself", but of course I mean "my family" as single men can't get au pairs. I know because I tried back in 2014 and they almost called the police. Being an agency owner myself, I saw the value in…

Sean WaltersFebruary 2, 2024

Employment Human Resources Politics Recruitment

How Awful Are We?

If you spend any amount of time on LinkedIn, you'll see that Recruitment Consultants are almost universally disliked. Recently I've spent a bit of time dealing with other industries who are also perceived as being awful. Here's my ratings: Real Estate Agents I've just sold and bought a house, so…

Sean WaltersJanuary 26, 2024

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Happy New Year to New Zealand’s Leading Recruitment Agency

Happy New Year one and all. Or "HNY" as people tend to type these days. This is not to be confused with "HRNY", although if you do receive a text saying this, your New Year will start happier than most. I'm actually on leave this week, but the nature of…

Sean WaltersJanuary 12, 2024

Never say never again. Unless you’re a recruiter

How to future-proof your recruitment career

“60% of the time, it works every time.”

The Curse of All of Government

Not all “candidates” deserve a response

Why job ads don’t (and shouldn’t) name the company

What’s your favourite “ism”?

Everyone’s a Recruiter these days

How Awful Are We?

Happy New Year to New Zealand’s Leading Recruitment Agency

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