Human Resources

What to do if you’ve lied to a Recruitment Consultant

I'm currently being lied to by a candidate. If they know I know they're lying, I don't know, but I suspect they do. Or maybe they don't and are living in hope that I am stupid. For now I'm happy to be perceived as stupid as I'm enjoying watching this…

Sean WaltersApril 19, 2024

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

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 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 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

Human Resources Politics Recruitment Work

Merry Christmas. Please??

It's currently 8.19am on Friday 22nd December. I'm sitting alone in my office and have just poured myself a big glass of port. Many regular readers may assume that drinking fortified wine pre-9am was a regular occurrence for me on a blog day. Rest assured, it is not. Very rarely…

Sean WaltersDecember 22, 2023

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Things Recruitment Agencies need to stop doing

If you've come here for some Christmas cheer today, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed. It's not that I'm a grinch, just with a frantic end to 2023, I'm yet to roll out my yule log. Trying to sell and buy a house simultaneously, whilst also committed to Jury…

Sean WaltersDecember 8, 2023

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

P.S.eh?

I, and no doubt some of you, received this email on Tuesday: Dear All, We hope you are all well and have had a good year so far! 😊 ******** is currently looking to update our PSL for 2024, we invite you to discuss your value proposition on your company…

Sean WaltersNovember 24, 2023

What to do if you’ve lied to a Recruitment Consultant

Never say never again. Unless you’re a recruiter

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

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

Merry Christmas. Please??

Things Recruitment Agencies need to stop doing

P.S.eh?

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