Recruitment

The “Restraint of Trade” and how to bully people with it

Contrary to what our SEEK applicants would believe, we are not typically in the business of placing bakers into recruitment jobs. As a specialist recruitment provider, and staying on a doughy theme, our "bread and butter" is placing those with recruitment experience into recruitment jobs. And this is the case…

Sean WaltersNovember 15, 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 Job Boards Recruitment

The “Candidate Care” Myth

My au pair told me on Wednesday that I should start a podcast where I share my wildly unpopular opinions. I get the sense that this is because she's fed up with hearing them. I told her that I have a blog for this very purpose, however, try as I…

Sean WaltersNovember 1, 2024

Job Boards Recruitment

Why SEEK can never lose

There seems to be a few misconceptions regarding my view of SEEK. It appears that in 2024, you can't criticise their account management, their communication, the scam that is variable pricing, and take the p*ss out of their awards, without being accused of not liking something. For the record, I…

Sean WaltersOctober 25, 2024

Employment Job Boards Recruitment

Some people won’t take “no” for an answer

This week's blog is about rejection. Rejection is of course a common theme in recruitment. We are being rejected, and rejecting every day. In fact, much more rejecting happens than recruiting, but it is only our innate positivity that focuses on the outcome, not the journey, which allows us to…

Sean WaltersOctober 4, 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 Recruitment

Loose lips sink (relation)ships

I heard a story doing the rounds this week which can be traced back to an NZ-based global recruitment firm. Apparently, a Consultant, whilst about their business, spotted a colleague "interviewing" with a competitor. And being the grade-A corporate snitch that they are, decided to take a surreptitious photo of…

Sean WaltersSeptember 20, 2024

Employment Recruitment

The weird world of “Rec-to-Rec”

Regular readers and ex-girlfriends will know that I like things to be slightly weird. Perhaps it was this innate desire to stray from the norm which caused me to turn my back on the lucrative world of taxidermy and become a recruiter. Not just a recruiter, which is hard enough…

Sean WaltersSeptember 13, 2024

Human Resources Recruitment Technology

Dynamic pricing in Recruitment

Unfortunately, I'm a British male born between 1977 and 1984. This means that like a moth to a naked flame, last Saturday afflicted me with the irresistible compulsion to try and buy tickets for the Oasis reunion. Me, and 20 million other equally ridiculous people all simultaneously trying to purchase…

Sean WaltersSeptember 6, 2024