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Candidate Prep: My 50 Cents Worth

Jon’s absence has once again left the squeaky pen in my slightly sweaty, and this week, stressed hand for today’s Whiteboard. Reading the mainstream press, and even the various blogs which now infect my LinkedIn feed like a content pandemic, articles on the recruitment industry seem to fall into one…
Jonathan Rice
August 14, 2014
Recruitment

Does Recruitment Bring Out Your Inner Negaholic?

I've had an ongoing "situation" with a candidate this week that has tested my usually high levels of optimism and positivity in the extreme.  I won't go into too much detail at this stage because the business isn't concluded fully yet and Monday could be an eventful day, but it's…
Jonathan Rice
July 17, 2014
Recruitment

10 Universal Recruitment Truths

With your usual blogger currently sunning himself in Samoa wearing nothing but his Arsenal budgie-smugglers, the whiteboard marker has once again been thrust in my direction. Not only do I have the responsibility of an 800-or-so word blog by the Friday morning deadline, I’ve also been intrusted with running the…
Jonathan Rice
July 10, 2014
Recruitment

The Recruitment Vacation Myth

Happy Independence Day to my American readers. I'll be making my own bid for freedom next week as I hot foot it to the South Pacific with the other J Rice and Ricicles in tow. At least this week of darkness, rain and biting winds in NZ has made it…
Jonathan Rice
July 3, 2014
Recruitment

Dodgy Recruitment Referees

The issue of dodgy refereeing has been prevalent at the World Cup over the last couple of weeks.  Even our very own kiwi ref Peter O'Leary has become enemy number one in Bosnia by upholding an incorrect offside decision, effectively denying Bosnia-Herzegovina a route through to the last round of…
Jonathan Rice
June 26, 2014