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All Bets Are Off

I've been listening to a lot of Country music recently. Maybe it's my Titirangi-bound self isolation conjuring up fantasies of a lonesome cowboy, squinting across the prairie. Or perhaps the bleak economic outlook has slung me into a bout of maudlin self-pity which makes songs like "She's actin' single (I'm…

Sean WaltersMay 1, 2020

Employment Human Resources Politics

A Seemingly Unpopular Opinion on a Global Pandemic

I want to blog about self-isolation. Actually, tell a lie. I'd rather talk about almost anything else. Unfortunately, like Basil Fawlty not mentioning the war to the Germans, it's very difficult to write a blog this week that isn't about Covid-19. However, following on from my previous blog, I still…

Sean WaltersMarch 20, 2020

Employment Human Resources Politics Recruitment

Recruiters – Just Hang On In There

There's a fantastic scene in Forrest Gump. In it, after promising an army buddy on his death bed that he'd set up a shrimping business, Forrest fritters away his savings on a boat. Due to over-fishing from the competition, day after day, all they catch is the occasional gumboot. Then…

Sean WaltersMarch 13, 2020

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Truly Terrible Recruitment Agency Ideas

Many years ago, I had the idea of creating a meat-flavoured fizzy beverage in a can. Y’know, for those moments when you want the refreshment and sugar rush of a cola, but also the comfort of some good old fashioned home cooking. Sadly, interest in “Lambonade” was weak to say…

Sean WaltersMarch 6, 2020

Human Resources

The problem with References

I love the sound of references being taken. Like the first sight of a rain cloud to a Waikato dairy farmer, it heralds an imminent change of circumstances. Thankfully here at Rice HQ we've had a bumper week, so there's been plenty of "for the purposes of the privacy act..."…

Sean WaltersFebruary 21, 2020

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Why Recruiters Bomb Psychometric Testing: A pub psychologist speaks out.

For those who don't know already, we earn a living by recruiting recruiters. This is an activity that has been described as both "herding cats" and "aligning two constantly moving targets". I'd agree with both sentiments, and also add that having recruited across multiple sectors, both internally and agency-side, and…

Sean WaltersOctober 17, 2019

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment Sourcing

Don’t Look Back in Anger

The whiteboard has kept true to its pledge of providing consistent quality content for the last 9 years, an uninterrupted run that draws comparisons to dynasties like M.A.S.H or The Simpsons. Like any longstanding TV show eventually the writers eventually need to slack off and as a result, we get…

Scott BurnettOctober 10, 2019

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Surprise, Surprise! Uber Launches a Job App

Well it had to happen eventually. Yesterday (or today depending on where in the world you are), Uber announced the launch of their "Uber Works" platform, with an initial trial being rolled out across Chicago. Being the doyens of all things "gig", the only surprise is that they waited until…

Sean WaltersOctober 3, 2019

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment

Sorry, It’s My First Day…

As recruiters, we are more than familiar with first days. Our BD call masquerading as a start check lets us share in a candidates Bambi like first steps. What I tend to tell people is that their first day will be unlike any other day you have, it’s usually fraught…

Scott BurnettSeptember 26, 2019

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Parkinson’s Law and the Growth of Recruitment Companies

In 1955, English historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson wrote, in an essay published in The Economist, the following adage: "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion" He derived this dictum from him time spent in the British Civil Service, and consequently summed up the inner workings…

Sean WaltersSeptember 19, 2019

All Bets Are Off

Recruiters – Just Hang On In There

Truly Terrible Recruitment Agency Ideas

The problem with References

Why Recruiters Bomb Psychometric Testing: A pub psychologist speaks out.

Don’t Look Back in Anger

Parkinson’s Law and the Growth of Recruitment Companies

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