Today is my last day at Rice Consulting. Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened 😊
Scott BurnettDecember 2, 2022
I was recently asked by a marketing firm to provide them some content around what companies should look for when choosing which recruitment agency to partner with. After 15 years working in recruitment and over a decade of that being deeply immersed in the NZ recruitment industry as a Rec-to-Rec…
Jonathan RiceApril 11, 2019
Thanks to everyone who attended the RicePowWow last night, it was a great evening. The talk from Jacqui Wall from Umbrella on building resilience in recruitment is certainly coming in handy with the somewhat fragile nature of me and my team this morning. One comment made last night, out of the…
Jonathan RiceMarch 30, 2017
2016 was mental. Do you remember? Or is it all a distant memory already? Mentally busy, that is, for many of us in recruitment. I know it was mental in many other celebrity-deaths, global-politics, underdog-sporting-heroes kind of ways but I'm here to talk about recruitment. Many agencies posted strong results,…
Jonathan RiceJanuary 19, 2017
Or not, depending on your particular point of view. Or more realistically, depending on how many clicks you are trying to get on your article. Or how many eyeballs you're trying to direct to your snazzy new bauble that will supposedly disrupt us recruiters and the recruitment industry. Again. I've…
Jonathan RiceNovember 24, 2016
Recruiters tend to get a lot of stick from those outside the industry. Well we actually like to give stick within the industry too, come to think of it. We are a great big bunch of stick givers. Our industry is a lightning rod for opprobrium and discontent, given that…
Jonathan RiceNovember 3, 2016
We live in a vainglorious world. Technology has brought us the phenomenon of selfies and social media provided the platform for us to share our pouting selves with all and sundry. Even in recruitment we talk about how essential personal branding is to be a successful recruiter these days, whatever…
Jonathan RiceOctober 6, 2016
Rumours have been swirling around Auckland's recruitment community this week after a story emerged in the Herald at the weekend about a cocaine sting at a hairdressers in Newmarket. It appears as if the hairdresser, a fashion designer, and a patched gang member have been using the business as a…
Jonathan RiceSeptember 29, 2016
Again this week, like moving from provincial rugby to Super 15, the topic of recruitment has leapt from obscure industry blogs such as this, to the mainstream press. It turns out that an ethical recruiter has gone the extra mile to help a disadvantaged candidate secure their dream role. I…
Sean WaltersJuly 14, 2016
