Politics

Aren’t we waiting ’till after the election??

Is it just me struggling to get excited about this election? Typically, rightly or wrongly, I love a bit of politics. Maybe it was my upbringing in the gulags. Maybe it's my love of argument, insult, and division. Or maybe it's because I'm so community spirited (I have never met…

Sean WaltersOctober 9, 2026

Politics Sourcing Technology Work

The AI-Contra Deal

If you have any sense, then you've probably never heard of Nick Land. If you're wise, you've spent your youth idolising more wholesome people. People like Anthea Turner, Michael Jackson, Mel Gibson, and Steven Seagal. My upbringing, between riding the rails with Pops in the Great Depression, and being forced…

Sean WaltersOctober 2, 2026

Human Resources Politics Recruitment

Shape of a Coward

My wife started talking to me about "people pleasing" the other morning. Apparently, ignoring my recommendations, they were talking about "people pleasers" on a podcast that she listens to. She was making the point that true "people pleasing" comes from a place of gutter-low self-esteem. Wanting to please people is…

Sean WaltersSeptember 18, 2026

Employment Politics Recruitment Work

“Loyalty” and the Politics of Recruitment

I f*cking love politics. I love it in a way that some love reality TV. Although I didn't appreciate it, I come from a long line of males who were politically minded. My great-grandad - an east-end docker - wouldn't let you in the house if you voted anything but…

Sean WaltersAugust 14, 2026

Employment Politics Recruitment

How to secure 171,000 jobs

I should probably be writing a blog about unemployment reaching an 11 year high. I should, but I won't. A few reasons for this; firstly, it's an inherently boring, complicated, and misunderstood statistic, and I don't have the energy to dissect or understand it myself. Secondly, everyone else, thanks to…

Sean WaltersAugust 7, 2026

Employment Politics Recruitment Work

New Hudson Vacancy: Person to switch off the lights

I might have a very big blog coming your way about a global recruitment firm which may have a similar name to me, but that will have to wait. Like lamb shanks, Guinness, and used panties, some blogs need just a little longer to simmer, settle, and ripen. Until then,…

Sean WaltersJune 5, 2026

Employment Politics Recruitment Technology

The Fijian art of work creation

If you've lived in New Zealand for any amount of time, you'll have a favourite Pacific island to visit. You'll swear blind to anyone who'll listen that your place is "the place". For my family, the place is Fiji. Specifically, the Yasawa Islands. More specifically (and I really want to…

Sean WaltersMay 29, 2026

Employment Human Resources Politics

Wellington?? Really?? Again???

And here we are again. Well here you are, I'm actually in Fiji, but regardless; the government announced this week that it's cutting nearly 9,000 public sector jobs over the next three years. Finance Minister Nicola Willis framed it as a modernisation story: fewer silos, more AI, $2.4 billion in…

Sean WaltersMay 22, 2026

Employment Politics Recruitment

…and then there was Hays.

As a kid, I used to love Agatha Christie. Firstly the TV mini series with both Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, and latterly the books. It's only in recent years that I realised how problematic the title of her 1939 book/film was. "Ten Little Indians" was sensibly renamed to "And…

Sean WaltersMay 15, 2026

Politics Recruitment Work

Debt. It’s a hell of a drug.

I owe the bank loads of money. In fact, apart from a year long holiday back in 2014, I've owed the bank lots of money since 2004. Unlike our parents, the amount I owe the bank did not start high in 2004, dwindling to almost nothing today. Instead, I (believing I…

Sean WaltersMay 8, 2026