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RCSA Awards Finalists Announced – Hello?? Is anybody there??

This blog was meant to go out last week, but was pushed down the list by recruitment's answer to Carmen Sandiego. With a slow news week, we're back to writing a blog that, if I'm honest, pains me. With two recruitment awards a year in NZ, and each requiring a "prediction"…

Sean WaltersJune 19, 2026

Employment Politics Recruitment Work

New Hudson Vacancy: Person to switch off the lights

I might have a very big blog coming your way about a global recruitment firm which may have a similar name to me, but that will have to wait. Like lamb shanks, Guinness, and used panties, some blogs need just a little longer to simmer, settle, and ripen. Until then,…

Sean WaltersJune 5, 2026

Politics Recruitment Work

Debt. It’s a hell of a drug.

I owe the bank loads of money. In fact, apart from a year long holiday back in 2014, I've owed the bank lots of money since 2004. Unlike our parents, the amount I owe the bank did not start high in 2004, dwindling to almost nothing today. Instead, I (believing I…

Sean WaltersMay 8, 2026

Employment Recruitment Technology Work

Down the River: The Fall of Hudson Australia

This blog was hard to write. Not because I have a particular affinity with any global recruitment brand, but because I have a new laptop and have forgotten all my passwords, including the one for WordPress where these things are crafted. More on this later. The plight of the global…

Sean WaltersMay 1, 2026

Employment Human Resources Recruitment Sourcing Technology Work

The AI Headf*ck

And we’re back on AI. Sorry everyone, but this was prompted by a couple of things. Firstly, there was this article here. If you can’t be bothered reading it, and I wouldn’t blame you, it’s the usual disgruntled-candidate-rejected-by-computer click bait. To summarise more accurately, a mum is annoyed that her…

Sean WaltersMarch 27, 2026

Employment Recruitment Sourcing Work

Recruiters who play God

A mental health professional once diagnosed me as being a "Charismatic Narcissist". Apparently that's a thing. Personally (which I don't take it), I put the emphasis on the first word. Others close to me, including my wife, place it on the latter. I am aware that this differing interpretation would…

Sean WaltersMarch 20, 2026

Employment Recruitment Work

Terms: A Triple Word Score

Given the number of typos I run with, you may be surprised to know that I love a bit of Scrabble. I play my wife who is a very intelligent woman, but overall, I still edge it a bit more than she does. Scrabble isn't just about spelling. It's about…

Sean WaltersMarch 13, 2026

Employment Recruitment Work

Infrawork (that’s Extrastaff to you) sells for…$56 million

Yes, that’s right folks. In case you didn’t know, last week saw New Zealand’s biggest ever recruitment acquisition when ASX-listed PeopleIN completed the purchase of Infrawork for an eyewatering $56m. Infrawork, who you’ll most likely know as the skilled trades and labour recruitment firm Extrastaff, also include an immigration firm,…

Sean WaltersFebruary 27, 2026

Employment Recruitment Work

The RCSA Paywall Awards

I gave myself the luxury of starting 2026 with some frivolous blogs. Unfortunately (for everyone), I'm now back in the business of serious recruitment codswallop. Last week I noticed a few posts, some of them cringeworthy, about changes to the annual RCSA Awards submission policy. For the first time ever,…

Sean WaltersFebruary 13, 2026

Human Resources Recruitment Work

Christmas is a confidence game (and I’m all in)

Regular readers may assume that I hate this time of year. The commercialism. The inability to get a seat or pie at Vultures unless you queue. The d*ckheads in Santa hats and Hawaiian shirts. The obligation to talk to (and even spend time with) distant relatives, neighbours you hate, and…

Sean WaltersDecember 19, 2025

RCSA Awards Finalists Announced – Hello?? Is anybody there??

New Hudson Vacancy: Person to switch off the lights

Debt. It’s a hell of a drug.

Down the River: The Fall of Hudson Australia

The AI Headf*ck

Recruiters who play God

Terms: A Triple Word Score

Infrawork (that’s Extrastaff to you) sells for…$56 million

The RCSA Paywall Awards

Christmas is a confidence game (and I’m all in)

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