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Good Recruitment Ads Don’t Work

Seemingly impervious to the recent Auckland cold snap, Jon has once again handed over the whiteboard market to me as he heads down to Queenstown for the long weekend. Regular readers of the Whiteboard will know of Jon’s propensity to support innovation, disruptive ideas, and l'enfant terribles within the recruitment…
Jonathan Rice
May 29, 2014
RecruitmentUncategorized

The Whiteboard Turns Four

Following on from last week's scarcely viewed Good Friday blog (just look at the treat you missed out on) I suspect that this week's blog might fly similarly low beneath the radar.  Thanks to the vagaries of 2014's calendar this year sees Good Friday followed a week later by ANZAC…
Jonathan Rice
April 24, 2014
RecruitmentUncategorized

Happy Easter from The Whiteboard

The Whiteboard has wheeled off up North for its Easter hols, hoping the permanent marker can withstand the rainy holiday weather.  Have a good break everyone, safe travels, and see you again the other side of ANZAC Day.   Happy Easter from "all of us" at www.rice.co.nz and www.joyn.co.nz  
Jonathan Rice
April 17, 2014
Recruitment

Spitting the Recruitment Dummy

Since entering the recruitment industry over eight years ago I've heard more than the fair share of phrases like "spitting the dummy", "throwing toys from the pram" and "playing in a different sandpit". And no, this isn't in relation to childlike behaviour from clients and candidates, but rather they're metaphors…
Jonathan Rice
September 26, 2013
EmploymentHuman ResourcesRecruitment

The Recruiter Two Year Itch

For some reason or other the (lack of) tenure of recruitment consultants staying with one firm keeps cropping up in conversation recently.  I blogged about job hopping recruiters back in June.  The post was conspicuous by the absence of comments, almost as if this has just become an undeniable fact…
Jonathan Rice
September 12, 2013