Employment

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

Employment Human Resources

New Zealand Reopens: What it means for Recruiters

Politics is a funny ol’ game. Just look at the UK. Some messy-haired toff soars to the biggest job in the land off the back of Brexit, to then come within a whisker of losing his job for hosting illegal raves, only to bounce back by decreeing that all lockdown…

Sean WaltersFebruary 3, 2022

Employment Human Resources

Can you be an unvaccinated Recruiter?

This week it finally happened. Actually, scratch that. It didn’t just happen once. It happened three times in one day. For the first time since this whole bat thing kicked off, we've been hit in the pocket due to vaccine mandates. On Thursday, a candidate under offer from a mandated…

Sean WaltersJanuary 21, 2022

Employment Human Resources

What would you do with a $1 million anti-vaxxer?

Here's one for ya. I have it on good authority that there is a Wellington based recruitment agency GM with a bit of a dilemma. They are currently in possession of what all recruitment GMs covet; a “million dollar biller”. In fact, they actually have more than this, given that…

Sean WaltersDecember 10, 2021

Employment Human Resources

Why “meeting the team” is more important than you think

I, like every sane Kiwi, am double vaccinated. I also support the temporary suspension of some of our freedoms. Perhaps I'm what tinfoil hat-wearers would describe as "sheeple". Perhaps I just don't like people dying unnecessarily . I am however in the majority - with most people from most walks…

Sean WaltersNovember 25, 2021

Employment Human Resources Work

“The Great Resignation” And The Race To The Top

A few stats to kick off today's musings: People thinking about quitting their job for something better. Survey of 1000 NZ workers across public and private organisations. High Turnover Thoughts (i.e. those wanting "out"): May 2020: 35% Dec 2020: 40% April 2021: 46% Source: AUT Wellbeing@Work / NZ Herald According…

Sean WaltersOctober 15, 2021

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

New Zealand Reopens: What it means for Recruiters

Can you be an unvaccinated Recruiter?

What would you do with a $1 million anti-vaxxer?

Why “meeting the team” is more important than you think

“The Great Resignation” And The Race To The Top

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