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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

Employment Recruitment Technology Uncategorized Work

A prediction for 2025 (and the following 79 years)

This week saw me sticking to my policy of only eating breakfast if provided by a job board. It was TradeMe Jobs this time round, meaning an earlier (and wetter) start, but the promise of a Full English lured me from my bed at 6am. Unfortunately, this is 2025, so…

Sean WaltersApril 4, 2025

Employment Human Resources Work

Weighing in on the “open to work” debate.

Yes yes. I know I am very late to the table on this one. Those who know me however will realise that it is within my contrarian nature to intentionally avoid any topic that any normal person may be interested in at any given point of time. Instead, Luxon’s desire…

Sean WaltersMarch 21, 2025

Employment Recruitment Sourcing Uncategorized Work

Evenings are for wine. Not texting.

I will keep today’s blog brief. Brief because I am lazy. Brief because myself and many of you had a late night last night. For those not in attendance, last night was the Rice PowWow – New Zealand’s premier recruitment networking event. If the turnout is in anyway a barometer…

Sean WaltersFebruary 21, 2025

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?

A prediction for 2025 (and the following 79 years)

Weighing in on the “open to work” debate.

Evenings are for wine. Not texting.

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