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BORING!

I've worked many boring jobs. I've sorted mail, built beer cooling machines, mixed spices, sat on the end of conveyer belts, worked in two(!) different garlic factories, calibrated fruit machines, bottled water, and even cleaned out sanitary bins (not a job for a young man trying to maintain a positive…

Sean WaltersNovember 21, 2025

Human Resources Recruitment Work

An alternative guide to surviving the work Christmas party

LinkedIn is currently full of content like this. Typically however, it’s the creation of some poor social media intern hired by a marketing agency hired by an international job board, who is tasked with churning out 500 vanilla words. Given that we can’t afford a social media intern, it will…

Sean WaltersDecember 13, 2024

Job Boards Recruitment

2024 SARAs: And the winners are…

As you may know from the number of hungover Recruiters lurching around town this morning, last night was the SARAs. Sadly, there were no punch-ups this year, but it was held in a beautiful venue and the vibe was pretty good. Many people came up to me and complained about…

Sean WaltersNovember 29, 2024

Job Boards Recruitment

Why SEEK can never lose

There seems to be a few misconceptions regarding my view of SEEK. It appears that in 2024, you can't criticise their account management, their communication, the scam that is variable pricing, and take the p*ss out of their awards, without being accused of not liking something. For the record, I…

Sean WaltersOctober 25, 2024

Employment Job Boards Politics Recruitment

Greetings (and some observations) from the UK

Greetings from the UK one'n'all. This blog comes from you from Bristol in the South West of England. A fun fact about Bristol: it is both a city and a county. Something I didn't realise until about a day ago, and something I'll never consider again. Nor should you. This…

Sean WaltersAugust 2, 2024

Job Boards Recruitment Technology

Is SEEK’s “variable pricing” a scam?

Given that it was only this week that we entered the annual SARA Awards, now is not the time to be bagging SEEK in a blog. However, regular readers will know that this blog isn't about being commercially astute. It's about gossip, rumours, wild conjecture, and calling it as it…

Sean WaltersJune 21, 2024

Employment Recruitment

Why job ads don’t (and shouldn’t) name the company

A blog I wrote recently was tagged in a response to a LinkedIn post from a job seeker. This job seeker had eloquently bullet-pointed some observations made during their recent job hunt. In the most part, it was a good post, and the sort of thing that gains real traction…

Sean WaltersFebruary 16, 2024

Employment

That’s a Wrap!

Today is my last day at Rice Consulting. Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened 😊

Scott BurnettDecember 2, 2022

Recruitment

Candidate Delusion Calculator

I stumbled across something from the desk of a jilted insecure American man this week but, does he have a point? 🤔

Scott BurnettNovember 18, 2022

Recruitment

Annual Leave, Do We Need It? 🤔

Less people are taking annual leave. But why? And what impact does that have on employees and employers? 🧐

Scott BurnettOctober 21, 2022