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Hudson harness Linked In to put themselves about town

  OK let’s see a show of hands.  Who out there received an “approach” from Hudson this week? No?  Not you? Well either you aren’t a recruiter currently operating in New Zealand or Australia, or you haven’t adequately described and categorized yourself on your Linked In profile (I know there…
Jonathan Rice
September 23, 2010
Recruitment

Fraudulent CV Saga starts to lack Momentum

  Ali Dia arrived at English Premier League Southampton back in November 1996.  He had been signed by the then manager, Graeme Souness, purely on the basis of some hazy video footage and a phone call, purportedly from World Footballer of the Year George Weah, claiming to be the cousin…
Jonathan Rice
September 16, 2010
Recruitment

Movers and Shakers – Recruiting in Christchurch

  To those recruiting in Christchurch, we salute you… When the earthquake rumbled up from 10km under the Canterbury plains last Saturday morning the lives of many New Zealanders were thrown into disarray and panic.  But what has followed in the days since seems to be far, far worse.  As…
Jonathan Rice
September 9, 2010
Recruitment

RCSA New Zealand…is there a point?

Can anyone out there explain to me the reason for the RCSA in New Zealand?  My business has been up and running for almost a year now and I have to say that the existence of the RCSA has only come into my consciousness four times during that period: 1st…
Jonathan Rice
September 2, 2010
Recruitment

Does Boutique Mean Better?

This headline caught my eye as I was walking into Heron’s Flight Vineyard in Matakana a couple of months ago and it really got me thinking.  The article was laminated and stuck on the wall as you entered the cellar door area and essentially it explored whether the product, service…
Jonathan Rice
August 26, 2010
Recruitment

More Recruitment PR Stunts Please

The Whiteboard made an appearance on New Zealand TV last weekend when it was aired on the current affairs programme Sunday.  But, alas, not this blog, that will have to wait for another day.  No it was the whiteboard belonging to Queenstown based medical recruitment specialist MedRecruit. A fine whiteboard…
Jonathan Rice
August 13, 2010