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2024 SARA finalists announced. Here’s my picks.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Just when you think the well of blogging topics has run dry, SEEK go and announce the finalists for this year's SARAs. What has fast become a tradition, and even by request of SEEKs very own Dave Swift, here's my chance to upset everyone…

Sean WaltersOctober 18, 2024

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“WFH”: Great for you but bad for business

Yes, I know. I'm somewhat late to the party on this one, but let me explain. Firstly, I've already blogged about the topic and I try to be at least slightly original. Secondly, I just knew that every "thought leader" on LinkedIn would be posting inane commentary on the subject,…

Sean WaltersOctober 11, 2024

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Who are you sh*gging?

This week, I've been thinking about sex with colleagues. Not my own colleagues of course; only one of them is my type and he's far too young. I mean the concept in general. What prompted these thoughts was an article I read about Nadine Ahn, the former CFO of the…

Sean WaltersAugust 22, 2024

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How to get a pay rise in recruitment

With unemployment at a three year high, and very little recruitment going on, now's the perfect time to get a pay rise. Here's a guide. Move to the agency with the highest base salaries Staffed by former wife-beaters, drug addicts, and Somalian pirates, this move is sure to see you…

Sean WaltersMay 24, 2024

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How to future-proof your recruitment career

If we exclude the actions of global recruitment firms, which I typically do, the last 12 months have been the most tumultuous I've witnessed in my 13 years in the New Zealand recruitment industry. Even during Covid, most of us retained our jobs. Sure we took pay cuts, didn't shower,…

Sean WaltersApril 5, 2024

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Talent International acquire People&Co – and are back in the big time

I had a real zinger of a blog mentally drafted this week, but alas, some serious recruitment news hit my feed yesterday, pushing my planned blog down the ranks. Rest assured, these more tabloid-friendly blogs don't just disappear into the ether. They sit on my desk inside a folder labelled…

Sean WaltersNovember 3, 2023

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WTF is Quiet Quitting!?

I'm back baby, a little bit brown but heaps more grumpy 👴🏻😄

Scott BurnettSeptember 9, 2022

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Snog, Marry, Avoid 👄💍🚫

A VIRAL news story this week broke, Recruitment Consultants are in the top 3 of professions you would NOT want to marry! But, we're so loveable? 🥺🥰

Scott BurnettJuly 15, 2022

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You can work from wherever you want. Just not always.

What a time to be alive folks. Yes, petrol costs more than my bar tab and we’re on the brink of World War III, but work has never been more flexible. Once upon a time, recruitment worked like this: Firstly, we had to pick up a job. Now this is…

Sean WaltersMarch 17, 2022

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Views on Interviews

Attitudes towards interviewing seem to have shifted recently. Is this yet another knock-on from the borders being closed? 🤔

Scott BurnettFebruary 18, 2022

2024 SARA finalists announced. Here’s my picks.

“WFH”: Great for you but bad for business

Who are you sh*gging?

How to get a pay rise in recruitment

How to future-proof your recruitment career

Talent International acquire People&Co – and are back in the big time

Snog, Marry, Avoid 👄💍🚫

You can work from wherever you want. Just not always.

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