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It’s Tough at the Top

This week saw the resignation of Leader of the Opposition and former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Bill English. In language common only to politicians and sports team managers, Bill will be looking forward to "spending more time" with his family, and pursuing as-yet-to-be-announced endeavors outside of politics/football. Again in…

Sean WaltersFebruary 15, 2018

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Have you ever been to a gay bar?

Well, have you? If you haven’t, it’s like a normal bar, except with house music and washboard stomachs. Being a fan of classic rock and too much beer, it’s these factors rather than any latent homophobia that tends to keep me away. However, on occasion, I’ve enjoyed the odd sojourn…

Sean WaltersJanuary 25, 2018

Employment Human Resources Politics Recruitment

2018: Year of the #BossBitch

‘Girl Power’ was never not a thing for me. I grew up in the ‘90s, obsessing first over Matilda and The Baby-Sitter’s Club (a sassy group of entrepreneurial tweens who probably shouldn’t have been trusted with the level of responsibility they had) before growing up and into John Marsden’s Tomorrow,…

Natasha FosterJanuary 19, 2018

Recruitment

New Year, New Me

A shift has occurred, a changing of the guards and much like my day to day where I am attempting to fill the shoes of Mr. Jon Rice in a recruitment capacity I now get to measure up from a literacy perspective; I don’t know which one I am more…

Scott BurnettJanuary 14, 2018

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment Sourcing Uncategorized

The Last Post

Der derrrrr...der derrrrr...der der da da da da da da da daaaaaaaaa. Yes it's the last post. The Last Post. The last Whiteboard blog post of 2017 and also the last time you'll be hearing from me on a regular weekly basis on this here blogging forum. The Whiteboard will…

Jonathan RiceDecember 7, 2017

Recruitment

Thoughts On 2017 SEEK Awards Winners

Quick one from me this week as I've got way too much work related stuff going on for such a beautiful sunny Friday. Last night saw the annual SEEK "SARA" Recruitment Awards here in Auckland which followed on in the "new" format of awarding category winners based upon the decisions…

Jonathan RiceNovember 23, 2017

Employment Recruitment Sourcing

The Curse of Being Too Good

I'm currently reading a biography of the former Heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston. One of thirteen children of a dirt-poor sharecropping family born amidst the Great Depression, Liston didn't have the easiest of starts on this planet. Although slavery had been abolished 50 years prior to his arrival, little had…

Sean WaltersOctober 12, 2017

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

How Much is Your Office Costing You?

This week, one of our candidates made a career decision based primarily on office décor. They won’t admit this, but it’s the truth. And if you’re a recruitment business of a certain size, this week, one of your candidates did the same thing. The problem with this for recruiters, is…

Sean WaltersOctober 5, 2017

Employment Human Resources Politics Recruitment

The Hunger Game

Either I'm losing my touch, or Recruitment is getting harder. Once upon a time, I'd take a job brief, perform a quick search on the mobile database between my ears, and call an invariably keen candidate, all before I made it back to the office. A few cogs would turn,…

Sean WaltersSeptember 28, 2017

Politics Recruitment

The Whiteboard’s Guide to the 2017 Election

Never talk about religion or politics, or so American dinner party guests would claim. With the election looming, and my desk fourteen thousand kilometres from Manhattan, it’d be remiss of The Whiteboard not to stick its oar into the murky depths on the 2017 Election. Refreshingly, it’s not the forgone…

Sean WaltersSeptember 21, 2017