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2024: A Year.

I've asked a few recruiters of late how 2024 has been for them, and comments have ranged from "worse than the GFC" to "f*ckin' sh*te mate". Thankfully, it is all but over. SEEK were kind enough to buy me a few beers and some lovely socks this week, and overall…

Sean WaltersDecember 20, 2024

Human Resources Recruitment Work

An alternative guide to surviving the work Christmas party

LinkedIn is currently full of content like this. Typically however, it’s the creation of some poor social media intern hired by a marketing agency hired by an international job board, who is tasked with churning out 500 vanilla words. Given that we can’t afford a social media intern, it will…

Sean WaltersDecember 13, 2024

Employment Human Resources Work

Tough times creating bad candidate experiences

Have you ever noticed how high demand affects the quality of customer service we experience? If you've ever found yourself shopping on Oxford Street in London at Christmas time, you'll see this. Chubby, sallow-skinned English women wrestling Zara tops from each other to then be treated like cattle by equally…

Sean WaltersJuly 19, 2024

Politics Recruitment Work

Five BIG stories from the world of Recruitment

Regular readers will know that I often find myself scraping around for a blog topic on a Friday morning. Not so today. Following the blog hotline ringing off the hook this week, here's a snapshot of FIVE big things that have happened to the industry. Think of this like a…

Sean WaltersMay 31, 2024

Human Resources Politics Recruitment Work

Merry Christmas. Please??

It's currently 8.19am on Friday 22nd December. I'm sitting alone in my office and have just poured myself a big glass of port. Many regular readers may assume that drinking fortified wine pre-9am was a regular occurrence for me on a blog day. Rest assured, it is not. Very rarely…

Sean WaltersDecember 22, 2023

Recruitment Work

IDK about WFH

I will wager that the recruitment agency you work for has delivered less revenue this year than they did last year. Yes, there will be exceptions, but in the most part, things have been tougher than the two previous years. I say this with a level of authority. We see…

Sean WaltersOctober 27, 2023

Recruitment Work

“Recruitment Entrepreneur” lands in NZ. What the hell is it?

It started with a LinkedIn connection request from a chap called Steve Tolen. Then a post from Tribe announcing themselves as "Regional Partners" for "Recruitment Entrepreneur", shortly followed by a job ad for a Country Director for the same organisation. And then several conversation with recruitment leaders who have either…

Sean WaltersAugust 25, 2023

Employment Recruitment Work

Tell me what you want, what you really really want

Well, here I am. In the absence of Sean and soon to be Jon, I’m writing the blog. In the 8+ years I have worked for Rice Consulting, the purist tradition is that ones weekly musings are pounded out the same morning it is published, powwow hangover or not. Personally,…

Anastasia LeeJune 30, 2023

Employment Recruitment Work

Do you have to be “competitive” to be a Recruiter?

When I get bored of the sound of my own voice, I occasionally ask candidates interview questions. One that I occasionally ask is; "Do you consider yourself a competitive person?". Why I ask this I don't know, but I suppose it fills the void of awkward and uncomfortable silence, before…

Sean WaltersJune 9, 2023

Recruitment Work

“Why are your margins so high?”

"I've spoken to two other agencies who do exactly the same thing as you, and both are considerably cheaper. Now can you either sharpen the pencil, or explain what magic you do that justifies that kind of margin?". And so goes my Thursday morning. Now I could have firstly explained…

Sean WaltersMarch 31, 2023

2024: A Year.

An alternative guide to surviving the work Christmas party

Tough times creating bad candidate experiences

Five BIG stories from the world of Recruitment

Merry Christmas. Please??

IDK about WFH

“Recruitment Entrepreneur” lands in NZ. What the hell is it?

Tell me what you want, what you really really want

Do you have to be “competitive” to be a Recruiter?

“Why are your margins so high?”

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