Good morning recruiters, a quick one from me today as I have things to do and people to see around the glittering environs of Auckland's North Shore (much to Sean's dismay, he seems to think he needs a passport to cross the bridge...) A couple of people dug out a…
Quick one from me this week as I've got rather a lot on. Â When I say "rather a lot" I mean that in the same context as "China has quite a few people" or "Wayne Rooney makes a fair few bob each week" but then I've never been one to…
this week's whiteboard is brought to you from the indignantly furrowed brow of Sean Walters while your regular blogger battles pesky leeches on the Central Coast bush walks of NSW... The word round the camp fire is that 2014 has started with the recruiting gusto that every January has promised,…
There's an intriguing range of wild and wacky economic indicators being bandied about by some lighter-hearted economists these days. Â Have you heard about burgernomics and the Big Mac Index that measures the currency level of a nation against it's average Big Mac price? Â (NZ is bang on the money). Â Or…
Welcome to another Friday Whiteboard and I hope you all had an enjoyable ANZAC Day off yesterday. Â I received an offer for a candidate which wasn't entirely expected on a public holiday, but there you go, always recruiting and all that. Â I made the call before 1pm too so hopefully…
In our business the past six months or so has been typified by an ever increasing surge of interest from agency recruiters in defecting transitioning across to the parallel universe of internal corporate recruitment. I say "parallel" because, whilst many believe internal recruitment to be a cosy utopia of no sales calls, KPI's or stress,…
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…
I was going to write a post this week that followed up on last week's runaway train blog on the All of Government e-tender. An obvious topic to cover would have been to put to the floor the vigorous debate that has sprung up around price versus quality in recruitment…
Having to follow on from Sean Waltersâ epic blog offering featured last Friday on the Whiteboard, I must admit to approaching this entry with a degree of trepidation. Itâs not that I think Iâm less entertaining or insightful than Sean, itâs just these characteristics are best displayed in a face…