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Onwards and (soon to be) upwards

This week I attended a “breakfast” event kindly hosted by SEEK. Unfortunately, I have to use inverted commas as it was a croissant and coffee affair as opposed to the feast that TradeMe Jobs puts on. Personally, I don’t eat breakfast during the week unless a job board pays for…

Sean WaltersMarch 14, 2025

Politics Recruitment

The war for talent. And everything else.

Am I being paranoid, or does it feel like we're teetering on the precipice of a world war? Granted, conflicts and skirmishes across the globe are a constant, but does it seem to you that we may have a perfect storm of despotic leaders, unilateral increased military spending, escalating "tensions",…

Sean WaltersMarch 7, 2025

Employment Politics Recruitment

Good recruiters ask the hardest questions

This week, I've had Covid. Yes, Covid. Remember that? Apart from feeling quite rough, I've kinda enjoyed the retro nostalgia of it all. Not only have I been feeling uncharacteristically lethargic, I've also noticed a real brain-fog. Last week's blog came at you after 90 minutes of drunken sleep, so…

Sean WaltersFebruary 28, 2025

Employment Human Resources Politics

180,000 reasons not to get a pay rise

Being originally from the UK, I find the MMP voting system here refreshingly "European". For those who don't know or care, the UK, being stuck in the 1930s, uses the outdated "first past the post" system. To explain briefly, the UK is divided into over 600 constituencies. Come election time,…

Sean WaltersDecember 6, 2024

Human Resources Politics Recruitment

The Company We Keep

The recent US election result proves to us that the world is a truly terrible place. However, given the 2024 most of us have had, we didn’t need an election to highlight this. I was speaking to a recruitment GM this week who felt that October was our lowest point,…

Sean WaltersNovember 8, 2024

Employment Politics Recruitment

More AoG Misery: “No conversion fee shall apply”

In case you didn't know already, the opportunity to make contractor margin on Government contractors in their second year of work has now been deemed practically impossible. I was actually hoping for a fun and frivolous blog this morning, however, given I've had to cover every aspect of the "All…

Sean WaltersSeptember 27, 2024

Employment Politics Recruitment

Looking up from the gutter

Because I like cheap property and long commutes, I live in the Auckland suburb of Titirangi. For those who don't know Auckland, or perhaps New Zealand, Titirangi is mostly bush, hills, and women who look like they've got Lenny Kravitz in a headlock. Because of these hills, landslips are common.…

Sean WaltersAugust 30, 2024

Human Resources Politics Recruitment

UK Recruiters prove that the grass isn’t always greener

A tale of perspective today. As you may or may not know, I am currently in the "United" Kingdom. My use of inverted commas is of course intentional given the general feeling of the place. With Brexit, a recent General Election drubbing of a party in power for 14 years,…

Sean WaltersAugust 15, 2024

Employment Job Boards Politics Recruitment

Greetings (and some observations) from the UK

Greetings from the UK one'n'all. This blog comes from you from Bristol in the South West of England. A fun fact about Bristol: it is both a city and a county. Something I didn't realise until about a day ago, and something I'll never consider again. Nor should you. This…

Sean WaltersAugust 2, 2024

Employment Politics Recruitment

Things can only get (worse before they get) better

I've become a real doom-monger of late. And of all the "mongers" to be, doom are probably the worst. They're certainly the least fun at parties. However, writing New Zealand's third best recruitment blog in 2024 has sealed my fate. My Thursday evenings are spent trying to dig up a…

Sean WaltersJuly 12, 2024

Onwards and (soon to be) upwards

The war for talent. And everything else.

Good recruiters ask the hardest questions

180,000 reasons not to get a pay rise

The Company We Keep

More AoG Misery: “No conversion fee shall apply”

Looking up from the gutter

UK Recruiters prove that the grass isn’t always greener

Greetings (and some observations) from the UK

Things can only get (worse before they get) better

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