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Gender Pay Equality in Recruitment

And so, surprise surprise, the Chief Executive of the Employers & Manufacturer's Association (Northern), Alasdair Thompson, was finally sacked by his board this week after a radio interview in which he attributed the gender pay gap to women's monthly period pains and childcare requirements.  For those of you living under…
Jonathan Rice
July 7, 2011
Employment

The Knotted Tie: An Obituary

I have an announcement to make that won't come as much of a surprise to many of you: The tie is dead. It used to be that a knotted silk neck tie formed the very essence of a male recruiter's appearance.  The suit, the shirt, the shiny shoes, the oversized watch…
Jonathan Rice
June 2, 2011
EmploymentRecruitment

Cover Letter Fails Meet My Delete Button

Wow.  Friday already.  These short weeks are great aren’t they?  Australia had Tuesday off as well so I doubt many of them even bothered engaging the work side of their brains this week.  Just think of all the extra temp hours generated in New Zealand this week over our Aussie…
Jonathan Rice
April 28, 2011
EmploymentRecruitment

Fee Splits: Right or Wrong?

I received a call this week from a highly experienced and long-standing Executive recruiter whose nose had been severely put out of joint and they wanted to tackle me on a certain issue.  I know what you’re all thinking but sorry to let you down – it wasn’t me or…
Jonathan Rice
March 31, 2011
Job BoardsRecruitment

Croquet and Pimms at the SEEK Estate

SEEK did something quite unexpected yesterday.  They hosted a very pleasant, convivial, civilised and not-at-all-brash garden party at Alberton House the “SEEK Estate” to host a range of clients, recruitment and corporate, to say thanks for our business.  How jolly decent of you SEEK and thanks for having us all…
Jonathan Rice
March 10, 2011
Recruitment

10 New Year’s Resolutions for the Modern Recruiter

  Welcome back to a sparkling, shiny, brand new world of recruitment in 2011.  All across our region the fair knights and damsels of recruitment are once more donning armour of designer suits, wielding handshakes and smiles and brandishing the shields, otherwise known as black folders, that identify you as…
Jonathan Rice
January 13, 2011
Recruitment

Hudson harness Linked In to put themselves about town

  OK let’s see a show of hands.  Who out there received an “approach” from Hudson this week? No?  Not you? Well either you aren’t a recruiter currently operating in New Zealand or Australia, or you haven’t adequately described and categorized yourself on your Linked In profile (I know there…
Jonathan Rice
September 23, 2010