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High Risk – High Reward: The life of an Internal Recruiter

This week's top employment story comes to us by way of Meta, the parent company of Facebook. Following disastrous advertising revenue in a post-Covid world, and heavy investment in creating a virtual world as this one is rubbish, Zuckerberg has had to give the old heave-ho to 11,000 workers globally.…

Sean WaltersNovember 11, 2022

Employment Politics Recruitment

All of Government Part 5: Was it all a Dream?

I used to have a recurring nightmare of being chased by battle tanks across the farm my Grandparents lived on. Although the tanks were slow-moving, in this dream, my legs felt like lead weights, making me even slower. As always, I was relieved to wake up just as I was…

Sean WaltersOctober 28, 2022

Employment

All of Government Part 4: MBIE Cr@p their pants

Very rarely do I get so much mileage from one topic. Thankfully, the numbskulls at MBIE have made my blogging so much easier of late. For those of you who haven't been following the All of Government "Gen 3" tender process (or for journalists who call me about it to…

Sean WaltersSeptember 16, 2022

Employment Recruitment

All of Government Part 3: The RCSA did a…(gulp)…good thing

Those of you who frequently read my musings, and those who shared a lovely lunch with me yesterday, will know my view on the RCSA. Without labouring the point, I'm not a fan. A largely toothless, self-congratulatory boys club, it's never resonated with me. Which is odd to be frank,…

Sean WaltersSeptember 2, 2022

Employment Human Resources Politics

All of Government and the Death of Contractor Recruitment: Part 2

Like any Hollywood blockbuster, how could I resist a sequel to this year's most popular blog? Given that last week's post made the hallowed pages of "Reseller News", I'm compelled to rinse this for as long as possible. Fame is fleeting these days, and this is my 15 minutes. For…

Sean WaltersAugust 19, 2022

Employment Human Resources

Toxic culture, or are you just allergic?

When I was a nipper, the only thing "toxic" was toxic waste. In my mind's eye, this substance glowed fluorescent green and lived in oil drums. Nowadays, everything is toxic. From masculinity, to relationships, to culture, to workplaces. Using the term "toxic" is now all the explanation required to describe…

Sean WaltersAugust 5, 2022

Employment Human Resources

Zuru throw their toys at Glassdoor

Those with one eye on the world may have seen an interesting case played out in the US courts this week, originating in little ol’ Aotearoa. Kiwi Toymaking giant Zuru, with revenues of over US$1bn, have won the right to be told the identities of those who have given them…

Sean WaltersJuly 22, 2022

Employment Recruitment

The RCSA Awards: The (dubious) results are in

This week sees me struck down with Covid. So far, it's not been so bad. I'm running a temperature, have a bit of a head cold, and a few extra aches and pains. The bigger issues are the number of quacks coming out of the woodwork to offer up nonsense,…

Sean WaltersJuly 8, 2022

Employment Recruitment Sourcing

Internal Recruiters aren’t Recruitment Consultants

Last week my fellow blogger Scott Burnett took me down memory lane with his playful jab at the internal recruitment market. Once upon a time, The Rice Whiteboard was a hot bed of scandalous opinion, hearsay, and on occasion, facts. Perhaps of late, and with age, we’ve become slightly toothless,…

Sean WaltersApril 1, 2022

Employment Human Resources

I’m going to start telling (more) lies

I think we can all agree that the world is a pretty crazy place right now. From the invasion of Ukraine, to New Zealand Police forcefully removing "protesters" from Parliment Square; on one hand we have a power-crazed sociopath intent on world domination, and on the other Vladimir Putin. I…

Sean WaltersMarch 4, 2022

All of Government Part 5: Was it all a Dream?

All of Government Part 4: MBIE Cr@p their pants

All of Government Part 3: The RCSA did a…(gulp)…good thing

All of Government and the Death of Contractor Recruitment: Part 2

Toxic culture, or are you just allergic?

Zuru throw their toys at Glassdoor

The RCSA Awards: The (dubious) results are in

Internal Recruiters aren’t Recruitment Consultants

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