All of Government

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

The Uncertain Future for Recruitment Agencies

I've had a number of reasons to ponder the future of recruitment this week, particularly on the agency side, and it's been a week of incredible conflicts. This time of year is always a time for introspection, as things wind down a bit towards Christmas, and the general sense I…

Jonathan RiceNovember 8, 2012

Employment Recruitment

Moving On…and Ten Tips to Develop a Winning Recruitment Culture

So the All-of-Government panel for recruitment services was officially announced this week. Well done to the 44 firms who made the panel and my apologies to Mana Recruitment and Careering Options who were missed off the leaked document from a couple of weeks ago. It's an interesting quote from Steven…

Jonathan RiceOctober 4, 2012

Human Resources Recruitment

Leaked Document Reveals the AOG Recruitment Panel

I've spent a bit of time in Wellington this week and it has been quite a bizarre trip. Yesterday morning I checked out of my hotel room at "Ohtel" and took advantage of their breakfast buffet before heading out. To my surprise I found myself sharing a breakfast table with…

Jonathan RiceSeptember 20, 2012

Recruitment

Sir Graham Henry Embraces Recruitment

Those of you browsing these pages this week for updates, commentary and salacious gossip around the awarding of the All-of-Government recruitment contract will be sorely disappointed. Surely you are all aware that the MBIE "would just like to remind you of the continued requirement as to confidentiality and commercial sensitivity…

Jonathan RiceAugust 30, 2012

Employment Recruitment

Tumbleweeds Rolling Across New Zealand’s Recruitment Industry

There's nothing happening in the New Zealand recruitment industry. OK I admit that's not the most attention grabbing opening line of The Whiteboard blog that you'll ever see. But, after spending the week in Wellington, it's just the way it is right now. I'm here to bring you news, views…

Jonathan RiceAugust 9, 2012

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Olympics Security Shambles Reveals the Fallacy of “Talent Pooling”

As Sir Alex Ferguson might say, it's "sqweaky bum time" in the New Zealand recruitment agency world as firms of all shapes and sizes await the MED Procurement team's decision of who to award panel places on the all of Government recruitment contract. Meanwhile, on the other side of the…

Jonathan RiceJuly 19, 2012

Human Resources Recruitment

Top Three Recruitment Myths that are…Utter Bollocks

I was going to write a post this week that followed up on last week's runaway train blog on the All of Government e-tender. An obvious topic to cover would have been to put to the floor the vigorous debate that has sprung up around price versus quality in recruitment…

Jonathan RiceJuly 12, 2012

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

All-of-Government Recruitment a Bitter Pill to Swallow

There will be some sore heads in Wellington this morning. Some perhaps from the collective palm-meets-forehead moments when recruitment managers and sales managers saw how low the bidding was going for the privilege of recruiting for All-of-Government. But mostly from the boozy wake that must surely have been held to…

Jonathan RiceJuly 5, 2012

Recruitment

All of Government Round Two: The “VFM” Factor

Ding Ding. Round Two of New Zealand's "All of Government" recruitment tender is about to get underway. The impressive communication channels between MED and the bidding recruiters have hummed into life once more and further instructions sent out over the past week. The pertinent points: 82 recruitment firms submitted tenders to provide external recruitment services…

Jonathan RiceJune 28, 2012

Recruitment

Wellington Recruiters play the Waiting Game

I'm back in sunny Auckland this morning after a couple of days in Wellington where I went on a mission to cram in as many client visits as possible to get a feel for the mood of our capital's recruitment community following the submissions of the tenders for the "All of…

Jonathan RiceMay 24, 2012

The Uncertain Future for Recruitment Agencies

Moving On…and Ten Tips to Develop a Winning Recruitment Culture

Leaked Document Reveals the AOG Recruitment Panel

Sir Graham Henry Embraces Recruitment

Tumbleweeds Rolling Across New Zealand’s Recruitment Industry

Olympics Security Shambles Reveals the Fallacy of “Talent Pooling”

Top Three Recruitment Myths that are…Utter Bollocks

All-of-Government Recruitment a Bitter Pill to Swallow

All of Government Round Two: The “VFM” Factor

Wellington Recruiters play the Waiting Game

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