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NZ and Me: The Story of a Droopy Pecker

"Keep ya pecker up" 'tis what they say. And having gone through a run of personal bad luck recently, I couldn't agree more. Without dwelling on it, I've had a motorbike stolen, a bathroom and bedroom destroyed by flood, shingles, two weird growths cut out of my body, and a…

Sean WaltersNovember 7, 2025

Employment Job Boards Recruitment Work

Submission Accomplished

This week I’ve been thinking about submissions. No, not arm bars, rear-naked chokes, or paying a leather-clad escort to urinate on me (although that has crossed my mind). I mean the increasingly common necessity for us recruiters to write stuff telling people how great we are at something in order…

Sean WaltersOctober 17, 2025

Job Boards Recruitment Work

2025 SARA finalists announced. Here’s my picks.

Santa comes but once a year, but when he does he empties his sack. Well here I am folks, ready to empty my sack over this year's SARA nominees. Metaphorically of course. Last year I managed a meagre 1 out of 8. The year before, slightly better with a statistically…

Sean WaltersOctober 10, 2025

Employment Recruitment Work

I came to rant… but the market wouldn’t shut up

I don’t know what's going on currently. Each Friday, I sit here thinking I can go on some random tirade, and each Friday I seem to be presented with some actual recruitment news. In what should be a stagnant market, there seems to be plenty of winners, losers, launchers, sellers,…

Sean WaltersOctober 3, 2025

Employment Recruitment Work

Emergent SOLD! Guess who bought it…

I have many strange hobbies. I collect knives. I train and teach Aikido. I collect gold and silver bullion. And I stay up until the wee hours watching documentaries on serial killers, fraudsters, forgotten weapons, and unsolved mysteries. Perhaps strangest of all is my addiction to the Companies Office website.…

Sean WaltersSeptember 12, 2025

Human Resources Recruitment Work

I don’t believe in post-placement candidate care. (And I don’t believe in free replacements either).

I have a big bit of news which, out of respect for those involved, I can't share with you this week. Apologies. Instead, I'd like to share one of my less popular views. Given that most of my views fly in the face of sound reasoning, that's quite a statement.…

Sean WaltersAugust 8, 2025

Recruitment Work

Remote working or not remotely working?

As some may know, I've been overseas for the past month. Mostly a "holiday", it coincides with my wife attending a conference, the societally-imposed guilt she feels to see her family, and some "me time" in both Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpar. As she is sort-of-working, so am I. A…

Sean WaltersJuly 18, 2025

Human Resources Politics Recruitment Work

More job losses at Robert Walters highlight the cost of (mis)management

It's been another tough seven days at Robert Walters. Regular readers may remember my blog from last November, back when Robert Walters pulled-pin on their Christchurch operation, leaving 7 or so employees without a job just before Christmas. If my sources, and there are plenty of them, are anything to…

Sean WaltersJune 6, 2025

Employment Recruitment Work

RCSA Awards Finalists Announced. Here’s my wildly inaccurate predictions

Yes, I know this is old news, but bear with me. A run of workless Friyays and then some BIG recruitment news last week had buried this one. As last week's blog was one of the most read ever, this week was always going to be a struggle. Thankfully, many…

Sean WaltersMay 9, 2025

Employment Recruitment Work

Evolve Recruitment: the death knell for Consult?

I had another blog planned for today. However, following some "hot off the press" news, I have become a victim of my own cutting-room floor. Instead of a thoroughly boring blog about the RCSA Awards, today's blog finds us delving into recruitment's newest kid on the block, Evolve Recruitment. A…

Sean WaltersMay 2, 2025

NZ and Me: The Story of a Droopy Pecker

Submission Accomplished

2025 SARA finalists announced. Here’s my picks.

I came to rant… but the market wouldn’t shut up

Emergent SOLD! Guess who bought it…

I don’t believe in post-placement candidate care. (And I don’t believe in free replacements either).

Remote working or not remotely working?

More job losses at Robert Walters highlight the cost of (mis)management

RCSA Awards Finalists Announced. Here’s my wildly inaccurate predictions

Evolve Recruitment: the death knell for Consult?

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