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Exit Wounds

I'm back! Due to shoulder surgery, I'm typing this blog one-handed; a skill I thankfully developed going through puberty in the early days of dial-up internet, so please excuse the brevity. Yes, I know it's not even been three weeks, but when you write a blog every week (without fail…
Sean Walters
July 17, 2026
EmploymentHuman ResourcesRecruitment

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 Walters
June 12, 2026
EmploymentHuman ResourcesPolitics

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 Walters
May 22, 2026
PoliticsRecruitmentUncategorized

Nobody wins a Mexican Standoff

Three Mexican fellas. All with guns. At least one is played by the always-excellent Danny Trejo. Everyone pointing at someone else. Nobody moves. Nobody wins. Perhaps a tired movie trope, but one that 2026 can’t resist playing out time and time again. I’ve avoided blogging about Iran to date because…
Sean Walters
April 23, 2026