Economy

Aren’t we waiting ’till after the election??

Is it just me struggling to get excited about this election? Typically, rightly or wrongly, I love a bit of politics. Maybe it was my upbringing in the gulags. Maybe it's my love of argument, insult, and division. Or maybe it's because I'm so community spirited (I have never met…

Sean WaltersOctober 9, 2026

Politics Sourcing Technology Work

The AI-Contra Deal

If you have any sense, then you've probably never heard of Nick Land. If you're wise, you've spent your youth idolising more wholesome people. People like Anthea Turner, Michael Jackson, Mel Gibson, and Steven Seagal. My upbringing, between riding the rails with Pops in the Great Depression, and being forced…

Sean WaltersOctober 2, 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 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 Recruitment

Hays: Ten Before Ten (and Seven Before Twenty-Seven)

Good morning world. Today sees me in Newcastle. No, not the birth place of Sting, Bryan Ferry, Gazza, and domestic violence - the other Newcastle. What brings me here is a story too long to explain within this world count, however, fate has placed me with three middle-aged recruiters who…

Sean WaltersJune 26, 2026

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

One in, One out

These blogs tend to go through phases. A few months writing about "All of Government". A few bemoaning the RCSA. A month or two of trite comedy pieces. Currently, I'm on a global recruitment buzz. This is of course good news if you don't work at a global recruitment firm…

Sean WaltersJune 12, 2026

Employment Politics Recruitment Work

New Hudson Vacancy: Person to switch off the lights

I might have a very big blog coming your way about a global recruitment firm which may have a similar name to me, but that will have to wait. Like lamb shanks, Guinness, and used panties, some blogs need just a little longer to simmer, settle, and ripen. Until then,…

Sean WaltersJune 5, 2026

Employment Human Resources Politics

Wellington?? Really?? Again???

And here we are again. Well here you are, I'm actually in Fiji, but regardless; the government announced this week that it's cutting nearly 9,000 public sector jobs over the next three years. Finance Minister Nicola Willis framed it as a modernisation story: fewer silos, more AI, $2.4 billion in…

Sean WaltersMay 22, 2026