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Employment Human Resources Recruitment Sourcing

Tis The Season!

Xmas parties As the sun pours down on another glorious day that the weatherman predicted would be thunder and lightning Rice avec JOYN are preparing for our Xmas party. As a fairly agile and dynamic crew, we are a little way off hiring the Sydney Opera House for Jon &…

Scott BurnettDecember 13, 2018

Employment Recruitment

Seek & You Will Find

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you” I can’t think of another whiteboard entry that started with a bible quote but in the same way Jesus H Christ rose from the dead, I have managed…

Scott BurnettNovember 22, 2018

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Unemployment Down – But is that good news for everyone?

Headlines this week have been the stuff capitalist dreams are made of, as the number of people unemployed in New Zealand hit a 10-year low. Flying in the face of relentless reports citing low business confidence, the stats now reflect what we in recruitment have been seeing for months: appetite to…

Natasha FosterNovember 8, 2018

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

“I’m going out ‘on my own’ and I may be some time”

For those who aren’t familiar with the story of Capt Lawrence Oates, he was an explorer, a gentleman, and owner of the most unassuming exit in history. During Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition Lawrence and a companion were trapped by a blizzard, low on provisions with certain death staring…

Scott BurnettNovember 1, 2018

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Candidates are Calling the Shots

The tide has been turning for some time, and now more than ever it feels like a candidate’s market out there. In recent weeks I’ve seen bidding wars kick off over decidedly average candidates, egos growing disproportionately alongside; contractors who might have been scrambling for gigs six months ago now…

Natasha FosterOctober 18, 2018

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Politics Recruitment

R&R In Rec

Good morning! Or is it afternoon? Is it September here?? Forgive me if the blog has a somewhat improvisational tone today but I arrived back in the land of the long white cloud at 6 am yesterday, you know your brains not at the races when you refer to the…

Scott BurnettAugust 30, 2018

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Monday Bloody Monday

We are all creatures of habit; get up, work, sleep, repeat. We feel more at ease when we have a plan and structure in place something that gives us a sense of not only purpose but accomplishment. The ascendancy of my career in recruitment was rife with structure; core hours,…

Scott BurnettJune 28, 2018

Employment Human Resources Recruitment Sourcing

Square Peg Round Hole

There are certain catchphrases we hear on a daily basis in recruitment; work hard play hard, champagne and razorblades, fake it till you make it. A time-honored line that usually gets used in the process of feedback is “square peg round hole” which when you break it down refers to…

Scott BurnettJune 7, 2018

Employment Recruitment

Art Imitating Life – Sales Films

For those who may not know, other than my love first love: recruitment, I am an avid film buff. Cannes Film Festival is in full swing and will be concluding on Saturday and we, the non-celebrities, get to glimpse at a smorgasbord of new releases. Spike Lee is teaming up…

Scott BurnettMay 17, 2018

Employment Human Resources Uncategorized

The Key To Access

This week I am writing about something dear to my heart, even though my beloved Liverpool FC have all but secured their place in the final of the Champions League I will refrain from gushing with pride and potentially leaving me open to egg on my face. I’m talking about…

Scott BurnettApril 26, 2018

Seek & You Will Find

Unemployment Down – But is that good news for everyone?

“I’m going out ‘on my own’ and I may be some time”

Candidates are Calling the Shots

R&R In Rec

Monday Bloody Monday

Square Peg Round Hole

Art Imitating Life – Sales Films

The Key To Access

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