Politics

The misogyny of “dress codes”

If you're due a minor medical procedure, get it done now. Good advice at any time perhaps, but especially relevant given that Te Whatu Ora is currently in consultation with the healthcare professionals of New Zealand, in an attempt to standardise employment contracts across Aotearoa. And if you know anything…

Sean WaltersAugust 18, 2023

Employment Politics Recruitment

“All of Government” Pricing Revealed

A nice and easy blog for me today. Some of you may still be wondering who managed to get on to the All of Government Gen 3 panel. Well here's a handy list of the new additions: *It's worth noting that a couple of the above have previously been on…

Sean WaltersAugust 11, 2023

Employment Politics Recruitment

WPIs (Weird Performance Indicators)

As of yesterday, it's official. After two successive quarters of negative GDP growth, Aotearoa is now in the grips of a recession. Well, when I say "grips", it's more the kind of "grip" displayed by that unplaceable candidate's handshake. With unemployment currently sitting at around "nobody", this feels very much…

Sean WaltersJune 16, 2023

Employment Politics

The phone is dead. And so is everything else.

Regular readers, and those who know me in real life, will know I'm somewhat of a "Champagne socialist". Growing up in a working-class family in Thatcher's Britain, this is hardly surprising. However, most of my opinions have been shaped in later life. To explain, I don't believe that many of…

Sean WaltersMay 12, 2023

Employment Politics Recruitment

That’s all folks…I think. All of Government Part 7

It was 10.41am yesterday when the text came through. "We got on AoG. Heard of others yet?". And with this it was done. The fate of many a Wellingtonian recruiter was set to play out over the next few hours. At around 12.15 we heard from the next successful applicant.…

Sean WaltersMay 5, 2023

Politics Recruitment

Walters’ Hierarchy of Hiring Managers

What with all this weather and a busy desk, I haven't focused much on politics of late. Even Ardern's resignation and Hipkins' rise to the top has largely passed me by. So much so, that it was my mother-in-law in the UK who told me the news - although this…

Sean WaltersFebruary 3, 2023

Human Resources Politics Recruitment

2023 Predictions: A Timeline

Welcome back folks. Or welcome back some folks. Once again, and moronically, I find myself surprised by how few people are back to work already. This is my 12th January in Aotearoa, and yet each year I think it's going to be different. Call me a curmudgeon, but by the…

Sean WaltersJanuary 13, 2023

Employment Human Resources Politics Technology

High Risk – High Reward: The life of an Internal Recruiter

This week's top employment story comes to us by way of Meta, the parent company of Facebook. Following disastrous advertising revenue in a post-Covid world, and heavy investment in creating a virtual world as this one is rubbish, Zuckerberg has had to give the old heave-ho to 11,000 workers globally.…

Sean WaltersNovember 11, 2022

Employment Politics Recruitment

All of Government Part 5: Was it all a Dream?

I used to have a recurring nightmare of being chased by battle tanks across the farm my Grandparents lived on. Although the tanks were slow-moving, in this dream, my legs felt like lead weights, making me even slower. As always, I was relieved to wake up just as I was…

Sean WaltersOctober 28, 2022

Human Resources Politics

Are we still meant to check your Facebook profile?

After a couple of weeks down the All of Government rabbit hole, forgive me for taking a break from Wellington-based blog shenanigans. No doubt I'll be back, but it's time for something a bit more carefree today. No doubt you will have seem the antics of Finland’s PM over the…

Sean WaltersAugust 26, 2022

The misogyny of “dress codes”

“All of Government” Pricing Revealed

WPIs (Weird Performance Indicators)

The phone is dead. And so is everything else.

That’s all folks…I think. All of Government Part 7

Walters’ Hierarchy of Hiring Managers

2023 Predictions: A Timeline

All of Government Part 5: Was it all a Dream?

Are we still meant to check your Facebook profile?

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