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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 Politics Recruitment

Have you got a seedy past? Don’t worry. So have I.

Judging by my Facebook, Election fever has reached boiling point in the UK. Talking about politics via social media is always a race to the bottom, and if you stick around a thread long enough, someone will demonstrate a surprising level of Islamophobia, "friends" will be deleted, and eventually, at…

Sean WaltersDecember 13, 2019

Employment Human Resources Politics Recruitment

Recession? Who Cares?!

If you were to listen to most economists, or read articles such as this, it would appear that the future is looking, frankly, quite grim. We have the US entering trade wars with China, and potentially real wars with North Korea and...Denmark. We have the UK in utter turmoil as…

Sean WaltersSeptember 5, 2019

Employment Human Resources Politics Recruitment

Love is blind. And so is high performance.

I've been passively following the story of former ANZ CEO David Hisco's expenses scandal. To summarise, Davey-Boy seemed to have a handshake agreement on what he could bung through on expenses, and could attribute the spend to whatever he liked. He seems to have a penchant for chauffeur-driven limousines and…

Sean WaltersJune 27, 2019

Employment Human Resources Politics Recruitment

Recruitment, the Economy, and P.M.S

I was once in a relationship that was fantastic for 23 days out of every 28. She was incredibly sweet, kind and caring, right up until day 24. At this point she became a jealous, vindictive, spiteful monster. In my boyish naivety, it took me over 6 months to realise…

Sean WaltersMay 23, 2019

Employment Politics Recruitment

The Mishandling of Handley

Recruitment agencies cop a lot of flak for not keeping candidates informed throughout a process. “I’m sorry, the role is being re-scoped,” “They think they might actually need somebody at a different level,” or my personal favourite, “An unforeseen recruitment freeze has just been put in place” are lines we…

Natasha FosterSeptember 27, 2018

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Politics Recruitment

R&R In Rec

Good morning! Or is it afternoon? Is it September here?? Forgive me if the blog has a somewhat improvisational tone today but I arrived back in the land of the long white cloud at 6 am yesterday, you know your brains not at the races when you refer to the…

Scott BurnettAugust 30, 2018

Employment Human Resources Politics Recruitment

2018: Year of the #BossBitch

‘Girl Power’ was never not a thing for me. I grew up in the ‘90s, obsessing first over Matilda and The Baby-Sitter’s Club (a sassy group of entrepreneurial tweens who probably shouldn’t have been trusted with the level of responsibility they had) before growing up and into John Marsden’s Tomorrow,…

Natasha FosterJanuary 19, 2018

Employment Human Resources Politics Recruitment

The Hunger Game

Either I'm losing my touch, or Recruitment is getting harder. Once upon a time, I'd take a job brief, perform a quick search on the mobile database between my ears, and call an invariably keen candidate, all before I made it back to the office. A few cogs would turn,…

Sean WaltersSeptember 28, 2017

Recruiters – Just Hang On In There

Recession? Who Cares?!

Love is blind. And so is high performance.

Recruitment, the Economy, and P.M.S

The Mishandling of Handley

R&R In Rec

2018: Year of the #BossBitch

The Hunger Game

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