What will 2020 bring you? With wellness dominating a lot of resolutions what personal improvement can we show in working lives?
Scott BurnettJanuary 17, 2020
Truthfully? To be honest, everyone lies. There is however a big difference between embellishing your salary by a couple of G's and falsifying a payslip.
Scott BurnettDecember 6, 2019
The recruitment industry gathered under a silk cloth of glamour last night as the Auckland War Memorial played host to the 17th annual Seek Awards. A night fraught with winners, losers, jeers, and cheers. Other than the Pow Wows of old, it's the only time I get to observe all…
Scott BurnettNovember 22, 2019
"I'll teach you. I'll teach you to cover your arms and not be such a lazy, tattooed oaf." Bob Walker, October 2019, Rice HQ The above broadside was aimed at me last week by the inimitable Bob Walker. Bob's been spending a bit of time at Rice Towers recently, working…
Sean WaltersNovember 1, 2019
Little light-hearted blog this week in light of recent events. For those readers 50 and over; the blue words are links to websites 🤭
Scott BurnettOctober 25, 2019
For those who don't know already, we earn a living by recruiting recruiters. This is an activity that has been described as both "herding cats" and "aligning two constantly moving targets". I'd agree with both sentiments, and also add that having recruited across multiple sectors, both internally and agency-side, and…
Sean WaltersOctober 17, 2019
The whiteboard has kept true to its pledge of providing consistent quality content for the last 9 years, an uninterrupted run that draws comparisons to dynasties like M.A.S.H or The Simpsons. Like any longstanding TV show eventually the writers eventually need to slack off and as a result, we get…
Scott BurnettOctober 10, 2019
As recruiters, we are more than familiar with first days. Our BD call masquerading as a start check lets us share in a candidates Bambi like first steps. What I tend to tell people is that their first day will be unlike any other day you have, it’s usually fraught…
Scott BurnettSeptember 26, 2019
One of the things I hate to see is when a consultant, who has spent the entirety of their career at one agency, proceeds to leave the industry. It’s a waste and more often than not the result of poor judgment. Now, obviously I have a horse in this race,…
Scott BurnettSeptember 12, 2019
