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A Poor Sense of Timing from Manpower Professional

For a change I don’t have a lot to say this morning, other than to gather your thoughts on this job posted on SEEK at 1.18pm yesterday: Engineering opportunities across the ditch Get paid to move away Great career progression opportunity Excellent travel opportunity for the family Our hearts go…

Jonathan RiceFebruary 24, 2011

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Is Recruitment the Real Barometer for Economic Recovery?

This week I made a placement into a recruitment firm that came with a $5k signing-on fee for the candidate. I felt a little bit like how Fernando Torres’ agent must have felt when he negotiated a £50 million signing-on fee from Chelsea (ok ok…I said “a little bit”) But…

Jonathan RiceFebruary 17, 2011

Employment Human Resources Job Boards Recruitment

The Future of Recruiting? Predictions from 2004 vs. Realities of 2011

Last night I had an interesting chat with Dave Thomas who is the Chairman of CXC Global Board of Directors, ahead of his visit to New Zealand next week to make some presentations to our recruitment community and leaders. Dave is an affable, straight-talking South African / Australian who founded…

Jonathan RiceFebruary 3, 2011

Employment Job Boards Recruitment

How Effective is Linked In for Recruitment?

I clicked over that holy grail of social media targets this week when my Linked In network exceeded the 500+ mark. I was quite chuffed with myself. Social media is a key part of my marketing and branding strategy and, particularly as a recruiter, Linked In is a critical tool…

Jonathan RiceJanuary 27, 2011

Recruitment

Sharpen Your Sales Pitch by Explaining Recruitment to Your Parents

Do you remember when you first tried explaining recruitment to your parents? I can still picture that glazed look of befuddlement now. I’d been with Hays in Australia for about 6 months when they came over to visit from the UK and see how their son was coping over here…

Jonathan RiceJanuary 20, 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 RiceJanuary 13, 2011

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

Nine Factors to Shape Recruitment in 2011

This will be the last proper Whiteboard post for 2010. I say “proper” because I will probably do something next Friday, but being Christmas Eve I really don’t think there will be much interest from you lot. But I’ll give you something, nothing much, but something nice from The Whiteboard…

Jonathan RiceDecember 16, 2010

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How NOT to Remunerate Recruiters

I’ve been contacted by a number of different recruitment firms over the past few weeks who are looking for advice from me on pay structures for their recruitment consultants. This is a good thing. It shows that firms out there are thinking properly about talent management, risk and reward, and…

Jonathan RiceNovember 18, 2010

Recruitment

Who’s Got The Best Christmas Party This Year?

Good morning everyone and it’s a bright and breezy one today as I’m off to Greg Savage’s RCSA brekkie seminar in Auckland this morning. Perhaps I will have already met many of you readers by the time you read this, who knows? If you did then lucky you as today…

Jonathan RiceNovember 11, 2010

Recruitment

Linked Out – recruiters forced to delete Linkedin contacts

I’m generally a pretty easy-going chap but there are some things, I’ll admit, that make my blood boil. Technology that won’t do my bidding or listen to reason and insist on freezing no matter how many times I press CTRL / ALT / DELETE. David Bentley at Spurs. Pretty much…

Jonathan RiceOctober 7, 2010

A Poor Sense of Timing from Manpower Professional

Is Recruitment the Real Barometer for Economic Recovery?

Sharpen Your Sales Pitch by Explaining Recruitment to Your Parents

10 New Year’s Resolutions for the Modern Recruiter

How NOT to Remunerate Recruiters

Who’s Got The Best Christmas Party This Year?

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