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Tear Up The CVs

When I received yet another CV yesterday saying that the candidate could "work well in a team and also autonomously" I wondered, what is the bloody point of this? Why do we still insist on receiving a daunting stack of CV's for every job we recruit when they have by and…

Jonathan RiceApril 11, 2013

Employment Job Boards Recruitment

Facebook Leaps into LinkedIn’s Recruiting Sandpit

At the recent Recruiter's HUB conference here in Auckland, Paul Jacobs delivered an afternoon session where everyone had to clump together into groups depending on which social media platform they believed held the future for effective sourcing and recruitment. The largest group, predictably, was the sharp-suited LinkedIn gathering, gazing upon…

Jonathan RiceNovember 15, 2012

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

The Uncertain Future for Recruitment Agencies

I've had a number of reasons to ponder the future of recruitment this week, particularly on the agency side, and it's been a week of incredible conflicts. This time of year is always a time for introspection, as things wind down a bit towards Christmas, and the general sense I…

Jonathan RiceNovember 8, 2012

Human Resources Recruitment

New Zealand is LinkedIn’s Lab Rat

Many of you will by now have noticed that LinkedIn have added a snappy new "Endorsements" functionality to the Skills & Expertise section of your Profile Page. What you may not have been aware of is that they are actually using New Zealand to trial the new function so we are…

Jonathan RiceSeptember 13, 2012

Employment Job Boards Recruitment

SEEK eats LinkedIn for Breakfast

Quick one this week. As you read this I should be well on my way to the mountain to show my kids snow for the first time. Hopefully there's a spare carrot somewhere in Ohakune for the snowman's nose. It was good to see a number of you at the LinkedIn…

Jonathan RiceAugust 23, 2012

Recruitment

How to Buy Friends and Influence People

Recruiting recruiters can be a tricky assignment at the best of times. Like many sales people, recruiters are usually very good at presenting themselves in a positive light, finding smart ways to accentuate their virtues whilst glossing over their shortcomings. This can make assessing the skills and abilities of a recruiter…

Jonathan RiceAugust 2, 2012

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

The Internal Recruitment Pie: Do you really want a slice?

Those who follow our usual Blogger Jon Rice on Twitter will know that he has taken a well-earned holiday. Being the dynamic yet empowering leader that he is, and nothing to do with the fact that he’ll be drinking cocktails on a Samoan beach right about now, he’s handed the…

Jonathan RiceJune 7, 2012

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

The Silencing of the LinkedIn Lambs

Did you know that changing jobs and updating your LinkedIn profile to reflect your new employer's name, your new title, or your new contact information is tantamount to breaching non-solicitation clauses in your Restraint of Trade? No? Well ok then, calm down now, it isn't. Not yet anyway, and never…

Jonathan RiceMay 31, 2012

Employment Recruitment

Why Clients Shouldn’t “Do It Themselves”

I saw a Harcourts ad on a bus this morning saying that "Nurses Make Great Estate Agents" in an effort to attract more agents to their books. Interestingly, on the day following an unexpected jump in jobless figures to 6.7%, the same bus also proclaimed from its electronic screen above…

Jonathan RiceMay 3, 2012

Employment Recruitment

Pinterest: The best social recruiting tool since LinkedIn

Good Friday to you all - ahaha. Obviously being Easter time not many of you will be reading this, having swapped your Friday doses of Whiteboard news, views and general tittle tattle for groaning traffic jams en route to rain soaked campsites but hey, it's still Friday, so I still…

Jonathan RiceApril 5, 2012

The Uncertain Future for Recruitment Agencies

Why Clients Shouldn’t “Do It Themselves”

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