Recruitment

The AI-Contra Deal

If you have any sense, then you've probably never heard of Nick Land. If you're wise, you've spent your youth idolising more wholesome people. People like Anthea Turner, Michael Jackson, Mel Gibson, and Steven Seagal. My upbringing, between riding the rails with Pops in the Great Depression, and being forced…

Sean WaltersOctober 2, 2026

Human Resources Politics Recruitment

Shape of a Coward

My wife started talking to me about "people pleasing" the other morning. Apparently, ignoring my recommendations, they were talking about "people pleasers" on a podcast that she listens to. She was making the point that true "people pleasing" comes from a place of gutter-low self-esteem. Wanting to please people is…

Sean WaltersSeptember 18, 2026

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Rejected in Five Seconds (You’re Welcome)

How long does it take you to reject a CV? Answer truthfully. And I'm not asking about the "maybe" pile. I mean the CV that you won't be progressing. The CV that does not require further consideration. I'll go first. If it were to take me 5 seconds, I'd be…

Sean WaltersSeptember 11, 2026

Employment Recruitment Work

No Win, No Fee, No Point

Some things you know to be true, but that doesn't mean they've truly dawned on you. No man ever thinks his wife is going to leave him no matter how many times she threatens, until she runs off with the landscape gardener. 5 more minutes until bed isn't actually 5…

Sean WaltersAugust 28, 2026

Employment Politics Recruitment Work

“Loyalty” and the Politics of Recruitment

I f*cking love politics. I love it in a way that some love reality TV. Although I didn't appreciate it, I come from a long line of males who were politically minded. My great-grandad - an east-end docker - wouldn't let you in the house if you voted anything but…

Sean WaltersAugust 14, 2026

Employment Politics Recruitment

How to secure 171,000 jobs

I should probably be writing a blog about unemployment reaching an 11 year high. I should, but I won't. A few reasons for this; firstly, it's an inherently boring, complicated, and misunderstood statistic, and I don't have the energy to dissect or understand it myself. Secondly, everyone else, thanks to…

Sean WaltersAugust 7, 2026

Employment Human Resources Recruitment Work

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 WaltersJuly 17, 2026

Employment Recruitment

Hays: Ten Before Ten (and Seven Before Twenty-Seven)

Good morning world. Today sees me in Newcastle. No, not the birth place of Sting, Bryan Ferry, Gazza, and domestic violence - the other Newcastle. What brings me here is a story too long to explain within this world count, however, fate has placed me with three middle-aged recruiters who…

Sean WaltersJune 26, 2026

Employment Recruitment Work

RCSA Awards Finalists Announced – Hello?? Is anybody there??

This blog was meant to go out last week, but was pushed down the list by recruitment's answer to Carmen Sandiego. With a slow news week, we're back to writing a blog that, if I'm honest, pains me. With two recruitment awards a year in NZ, and each requiring a "prediction"…

Sean WaltersJune 19, 2026