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Employment Human Resources Recruitment Sourcing

Just a formality

It’s safe to say that my working demeanor has somewhat relaxed since entering the rec to rec arena. This probably speaks to my client base. Previously, I was trying to bring some legitimacy to my unsolicited approach of property managers and architects. This meant looking like a Hallensteins mannequin and…

Scott BurnettJune 20, 2019

Employment Job Boards Recruitment Sourcing

We’re All F*cking Doomed

History has shown that given enough time, logic and reason trumps superstition and conjecture. Until science discovered bacteria, we believed that the only thing to make us sick was "Miasma" in the air. Likewise, it was once common knowledge that what a pregnant woman stared at dictated the physical characteristics…

Sean WaltersJune 13, 2019

Employment Recruitment Sourcing

You’re Not A Recruitment Agency? Really? Really??

If it looks like a rat, smells like a rat, and sounds like a rat, then it probably is a rat. Or so they say. Just who they are is open to debate. In recent years there has been a groundswell of Technology Consulting firms who are offering services that,…

Sean WaltersMarch 21, 2019

Job Boards Recruitment Sourcing

Scout: Trade Me’s Latest Play in Battle with SEEK

If you’re working in New Zealand’s recruitment and talent acquisition industry then you’ve no doubt heard about Trade Me Jobs’ new proactive talent finder platform Scout. Actually, let me rephrase that: If you work in those sectors and actually have any interest in trying to explore new ways of doing…

Jonathan RiceMarch 5, 2019

Employment Human Resources Recruitment Sourcing

Where Did All the Candidate Managers Go?

Many of us would have started out our recruitment life as candidate managers/sourcing specialist/talent finders or any semantical variation of the former. It’s a tried and tested path trodden by many a recruiter with airtight logic; learn the market from the candidates. As a junior consultant, there is an obvious…

Scott BurnettJanuary 24, 2019

Employment Human Resources Recruitment Sourcing

Tis The Season!

Xmas parties As the sun pours down on another glorious day that the weatherman predicted would be thunder and lightning Rice avec JOYN are preparing for our Xmas party. As a fairly agile and dynamic crew, we are a little way off hiring the Sydney Opera House for Jon &…

Scott BurnettDecember 13, 2018

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment Sourcing

Should I Give Up (Or Should I just Keep Chasing Adverts)?

This is how recruitment tends to work: When you get your first recruitment job, you are told of "active clients", "databases", and "training and development". You are told of huge earning potential, perhaps even shown a pay slip of a top biller. You are told of the "red-hot desk" that…

Sean WaltersOctober 25, 2018

Employment Human Resources Recruitment Sourcing

Witness The Homesickness

Charles Darwin would be proud of us consultants! Survival of the fittest at it’s finest. Like the nomad children of the Andaman sea who eyes have adapted to swimming underwater in search of food, we consultants will for sure pass on a thicker than average skin gene to our bloodline.…

Scott BurnettOctober 11, 2018

Employment Human Resources Recruitment Sourcing

Square Peg Round Hole

There are certain catchphrases we hear on a daily basis in recruitment; work hard play hard, champagne and razorblades, fake it till you make it. A time-honored line that usually gets used in the process of feedback is “square peg round hole” which when you break it down refers to…

Scott BurnettJune 7, 2018

Employment Recruitment Sourcing

A Story of Two Cars

Imagine just for a moment that you were buying a new car. Actually, no. Not a new car. A nearly new car. You know that there are many options on how to go about purchasing a motor vehicle. Your next door neighbour, who I shall call for the purpose of…

Sean WaltersMay 31, 2018

We’re All F*cking Doomed

You’re Not A Recruitment Agency? Really? Really??

Scout: Trade Me’s Latest Play in Battle with SEEK

Where Did All the Candidate Managers Go?

Should I Give Up (Or Should I just Keep Chasing Adverts)?

Witness The Homesickness

Square Peg Round Hole

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