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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
EmploymentPolitics

Who wants a threesome?

I've been thinking about threesomes more than normal recently. With the eventual announcement of a new coalition government spearheaded by Seymour, Peters, and anti-abortionist Chris Luxon, it's got me thinking about the weird power dynamics that shared leadership, and shared decision making can create. This can be hard enough in…
Sean Walters
December 1, 2023
EmploymentPoliticsRecruitment

The year that never happened

Our fictionalised conversation starts in April 2023. Me: So you've briefed me. I've introduced the candidate. They've met you, the team, and completed testing. Everyone loves them, so do you want me to move to references, or do you want to offer subject to references? Client: Ah Sean. I've been…
Sean Walters
October 20, 2023