Sourcing

The Politics of Headhunting

Although my casual appearance and demeanour may suggest otherwise, I actually started my career in what pompous London Recruiters call "Executive Search". Back then, there was no LinkedIn, and although Executive Search was positioned (and priced) as something quite classy, the role of a Researcher looked as follows; If we…

Sean WaltersMay 26, 2023

Recruitment Sourcing

“Poaching” isn’t a dirty word. It’s just incorrect.

A recent post from the RCSA was highlighted to me today. Now I'm not one to read these things usually, but given their commendable involvement in dealing with the clowns at MBIE recently, I've taken a bigger interest in our(*) governing body of late (*yours, not mine). The post can…

Sean WaltersOctober 14, 2022

Employment Recruitment Sourcing

Internal Recruiters aren’t Recruitment Consultants

Last week my fellow blogger Scott Burnett took me down memory lane with his playful jab at the internal recruitment market. Once upon a time, The Rice Whiteboard was a hot bed of scandalous opinion, hearsay, and on occasion, facts. Perhaps of late, and with age, we’ve become slightly toothless,…

Sean WaltersApril 1, 2022

Recruitment Sourcing

Recruitment’s Unsettling Truth

Happy New Year readers. Although some would argue I’m 3 months late, if you’re anything like me, there’s only one “new year” which I celebrate and/or commiserate. Last Thursday, we marked the end of the financial year with the first Rice PowWow in what seems like an eternity. 80+ semi-pissed…

Sean WaltersApril 9, 2021

Recruitment Sourcing

“We don’t use agencies” and other lies

Not all lies are created equal. Sometimes we lie to save our own skin. Sometimes we lie to be kind. And other times, we lie to ourselves. In the most part, recruiters have a reputation for the telling the kind of barefaced porkies we’d tell our parents when disappearing off…

Sean WaltersNovember 27, 2020

Job Boards Sourcing

Tinder & Job Boards Are For Losers. And I’m Proud To Be One.

When I was a single man, I used to love Tinder. Now I know everyone is using Bumble and Hinge for their online dating endeavors these days , but back in my day, Tinder was king. And I know what you're thinking. Me, sitting like a lonely loser, underpanted in…

Sean WaltersSeptember 4, 2020

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment Sourcing

Don’t Look Back in Anger

The whiteboard has kept true to its pledge of providing consistent quality content for the last 9 years, an uninterrupted run that draws comparisons to dynasties like M.A.S.H or The Simpsons. Like any longstanding TV show eventually the writers eventually need to slack off and as a result, we get…

Scott BurnettOctober 10, 2019

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment Sourcing

All Good Things…

Blog topics are sometimes hard to come by, nine times out of ten they’re usually a cathartic exercise used to expel some of the recruitment demons we’ve experienced in the week. The importance of packaging a candidate, counter offers or salary expectations are brought into focus by a wayward candidates,…

Scott BurnettAugust 29, 2019

Employment Recruitment Sourcing

Salary Cap

No, the industry isn’t going all NBA with an imposed salary cap. I’m using the patois of my peers, the cultural casual vernacular where ‘cap’ effectively means bullshit. Those of Sean’s age feel free to thank me for keeping you relevant. It’s time to bring to light some of the…

Scott BurnettAugust 1, 2019

Employment Human Resources Recruitment Sourcing

If you love something…

The departure of our beloved Tash from the Rice team has had an inevitable knock-on effect. Aside from having absolutely no one to talk about the inner workings of Casa Amor or any aspect of Love Island, there is a slightly more frequent problem. I and Sean are now locked…

Scott BurnettJuly 4, 2019

The Politics of Headhunting

“Poaching” isn’t a dirty word. It’s just incorrect.

Internal Recruiters aren’t Recruitment Consultants

Recruitment’s Unsettling Truth

“We don’t use agencies” and other lies

Tinder & Job Boards Are For Losers. And I’m Proud To Be One.

Don’t Look Back in Anger

All Good Things…

Salary Cap

If you love something…

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