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The lost art of the “boozy lunch”

Booze and recruitment have historically gone together like gin & tonic. When I started in this industry, you could not meet a recruiter who was teetotal. Actually, there weren't even occasional or "social" drinkers. Recruiters, like sailors, soldiers, dockers, and the homeless, tended to be habitual binge drinkers, 'cept everyday…
Sean Walters
January 31, 2025
EmploymentRecruitment

The weird world of “Rec-to-Rec”

Regular readers and ex-girlfriends will know that I like things to be slightly weird. Perhaps it was this innate desire to stray from the norm which caused me to turn my back on the lucrative world of taxidermy and become a recruiter. Not just a recruiter, which is hard enough…
Sean Walters
September 13, 2024
Recruitment

Go Medium-Large, or Go Home

Today's blog is about Football. Historically I've always avoided the topic, as previous Rice bloggers have more than made up for my lack of participation in the subject. Just behind AoG, the RCSA and thinly-veiled criticisms of Consult, football would rank up there with the most fertile of blogging potting…
Sean Walters
March 15, 2024
EmploymentPoliticsRecruitment

The year that never happened

Our fictionalised conversation starts in April 2023. Me: So you've briefed me. I've introduced the candidate. They've met you, the team, and completed testing. Everyone loves them, so do you want me to move to references, or do you want to offer subject to references? Client: Ah Sean. I've been…
Sean Walters
October 20, 2023
EmploymentRecruitment

Do something different today

Auckland is a difficult place to live currently. No summer, followed by what feels like a lifetime of rain. The whole city turned into a massive building site. 2 hour commutes home into a damp house with a f*cked retaining wall with the warmer months seemingly a lifetime away. Although…
Sean Walters
June 2, 2023