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Loose lips sink (relation)ships

I heard a story doing the rounds this week which can be traced back to an NZ-based global recruitment firm. Apparently, a Consultant, whilst about their business, spotted a colleague "interviewing" with a competitor. And being the grade-A corporate snitch that they are, decided to take a surreptitious photo of…
Sean Walters
September 20, 2024
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
EmploymentHuman ResourcesRecruitment

Recruiters and their handcuffs

We're all mature enough to admit that sometimes nothing beats being handcuffed to a bedpost and spanked by a friend, colleague, or loved one. Not all handcuffs provide stressed-out recruiters with kinky relief however. Some bind us to doing jobs we really don't want to be doing. Actually, it's not…
Sean Walters
May 10, 2024
Human ResourcesRecruitment

Who killed Internal Recruitment?

It's been a week here at Rice & Co. Claudia is attacking the agency rec to rec desk like a woman possessed. We made a big placement which will set tongues a-waggin' across the industry. And I received a call that vindicates the many hours I spend writing opinionated nonsense…
Sean Walters
May 3, 2024