Candidates

Listen to me! LISTEN TO ME!!

Have you ever given advice only to wonder why you even bothered? Of course you have, and of course that’s a very grumpy opener given I’m currently drinking breakfast cocktails in Fiji. Bear with me however as we might salvage some positivity from this one. The reason I’m in Fiji…

Sean WaltersNovember 6, 2026

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Rejected in Five Seconds (You’re Welcome)

How long does it take you to reject a CV? Answer truthfully. And I'm not asking about the "maybe" pile. I mean the CV that you won't be progressing. The CV that does not require further consideration. I'll go first. If it were to take me 5 seconds, I'd be…

Sean WaltersSeptember 11, 2026

Employment Recruitment Work

No Win, No Fee, No Point

Some things you know to be true, but that doesn't mean they've truly dawned on you. No man ever thinks his wife is going to leave him no matter how many times she threatens, until she runs off with the landscape gardener. 5 more minutes until bed isn't actually 5…

Sean WaltersAugust 28, 2026

Employment Politics Recruitment Work

“Loyalty” and the Politics of Recruitment

I f*cking love politics. I love it in a way that some love reality TV. Although I didn't appreciate it, I come from a long line of males who were politically minded. My great-grandad - an east-end docker - wouldn't let you in the house if you voted anything but…

Sean WaltersAugust 14, 2026

Employment Politics Recruitment

How to secure 171,000 jobs

I should probably be writing a blog about unemployment reaching an 11 year high. I should, but I won't. A few reasons for this; firstly, it's an inherently boring, complicated, and misunderstood statistic, and I don't have the energy to dissect or understand it myself. Secondly, everyone else, thanks to…

Sean WaltersAugust 7, 2026

Employment Recruitment Sourcing Work

Where have all the recruiters gone?

I quite like a bit of folk music. Well, to be clear, I like all music. Country AND western. I was tie-dying some curtains and smoking a reefer last night to Peter, Paul and Mary's "Where have all the flowers gone", thinking about Vietnam, civil rights, and excessive body hair,…

Sean WaltersJuly 31, 2026

Employment Job Boards Recruitment Sourcing

$911 Million Problems (and a Job Ad Ain’t One)

I read an article a few weeks ago on RNZ. I've only recently started reading RNZ articles after National cut their funding, working on the basis that if National don't like them, they must be good for society. This one was a puff piece of marketing dressed up as journalism…

Sean WaltersJuly 24, 2026

Politics Recruitment Uncategorized

Nobody wins a Mexican Standoff

Three Mexican fellas. All with guns. At least one is played by the always-excellent Danny Trejo. Everyone pointing at someone else. Nobody moves. Nobody wins. Perhaps a tired movie trope, but one that 2026 can’t resist playing out time and time again. I’ve avoided blogging about Iran to date because…

Sean WaltersApril 23, 2026

Employment Human Resources Recruitment Sourcing Technology Work

The AI Headf*ck

And we’re back on AI. Sorry everyone, but this was prompted by a couple of things. Firstly, there was this article here. If you can’t be bothered reading it, and I wouldn’t blame you, it’s the usual disgruntled-candidate-rejected-by-computer click bait. To summarise more accurately, a mum is annoyed that her…

Sean WaltersMarch 27, 2026