Destination Talent

Recruitment Sourcing

Sourcing Summit 2015: The Best Bits

Earlier this week witnessed the gathering of the glitterati of the New Zealand recruitment community at the 2015 Sourcing Summit. Well that might be over egging the pudding slightly, but it was certainly a damn good-looking bunch of recruiters, agency and in-house, a smattering of HR, and edifying in the…

Jonathan RiceJuly 30, 2015

Human Resources Recruitment

The Leprosy of the Recruitment Conference Exhibitor

I'm looking for a little bit of feedback today from anyone who has paid for, stood at, and run an expo stand at a conference. Is it really worth the time, effort and money? I ask for two reasons: Last week I popped into the expo stand area of the…

Jonathan RiceSeptember 25, 2014

Recruitment

The Good, The Bad and The Irony at #IT18NZ Talent Conference

Hands up who's feeling a bit weary and strung out as we near the end of a 5-day work week? It's become a bit of a novelty recently, especially in this part of the world with ANZAC Day following Easter. I'm glad, though, because it enabled me to attend another…

Jonathan RiceMay 1, 2014

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment Sourcing

Just Another Week in #NZRec Recruitment

Noting special really happened this week. Oh hang on... Now some flashbacks are starting to filter through the fug of memory. Goodness. Wow. Really? Oh yeah that and that and that. And that! Actually this week has to have been the most edifying, uplifting and satisfying since I dragged my…

Jonathan RiceOctober 10, 2013

Recruitment Sourcing

7 Random Observations from Sourcing Summit NZ

Hands up if you were at the inaugural Sourcing Summit NZ at the Hilton in Auckland yesterday? Good for you. I hope you had fun, learned lots of stuff, met some people and have an equally fuzzy head as I do this morning. Now I have returned to my recruitment…

Jonathan RiceMay 23, 2013

Employment Recruitment

#RHUBNZ – A Glimpse at Recruitment’s Future

Over the past two days the Recruiter's Hub roadshow rolled into Auckland and I must say I have been blown away by the whole event. Having attended these in Australia I was keen to see if we could put on a similar kind of show in New Zealand. By the end of the…

Jonathan RiceOctober 18, 2012

Employment Recruitment

Job Search Scam Further Damages Recruitment’s Reputation

For an industry often compared unfavourably with those selling used cars and snake oil the recruitment industry has been keeping its nose pretty clean in New Zealand in recent months. That was until tonight when I saw the 6 o'clock News report that revealed a job search scam seemingly set…

Jonathan RiceSeptember 6, 2012

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Can We Bring Recruiters Hub to New Zealand?

Here I am again just 7 months after the last time. Sydney Koru Club lounge, bashing out a hastily compiled Whiteboard post, following another brilliantly-executed conference by Philip Tusing from Destination Talent. Recruiter's Hub 2012 opened with a flourish with the quick-talking Californian tones of HR Marketing oligarch Kevin Grossman. …

Jonathan RiceMarch 22, 2012

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment Uncategorized

Recruiters, Get Your Heads Out Of The Sand And Embrace The Future

The squeeze is on. Recruitment agencies are doing it tough right now. The entire recruitment landscape post-recession has changed and for many it is a weird moonscape causing a great deal of displacement and discomfort. January was a particularly sluggish month for recruitment with many key client decision-makers taking virtually the whole (rain-soaked)…

Jonathan RiceMarch 1, 2012

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment