Rice Consulting

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

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 RiceSeptember 12, 2013

Job Boards Recruitment

The Recruitment Rollercoaster Heads Upwards

I have to say this has been one of the most positive weeks I've seen the New Zealand recruitment sector go through in many years. I'm feeling good, damn good, and no it's not the delicious Pale Ale accompanying me through this blog writing exercise (I should point out these…

Jonathan RiceAugust 8, 2013

Employment Human Resources Recruitment Sourcing

Alternative Uses Of Whitepapers…and launching www.rice.co.nz

Some recruitment companies go about their business development activities by working hard at developing long-lasting relationships with clients, finding problems to solve, devising solutions, offering true value-add services, and eventually forming a trusted partnership status with the client over a longer period of time. Others take a different tack,…

Jonathan RiceJuly 4, 2013

Recruitment Sourcing

7 Random Observations from Sourcing Summit NZ

Hands up if you were at the inaugural Sourcing Summit NZ at the Hilton in Auckland yesterday? Good for you. I hope you had fun, learned lots of stuff, met some people and have an equally fuzzy head as I do this morning. Now I have returned to my recruitment…

Jonathan RiceMay 23, 2013

Uncategorized

Good Friday Whiteboard Marshmallow Goodness

Friday = a post on The Whiteboard. Good Friday = looong weekend coming, as well as a new shed delivery in half an hour and then a BBQ round some mates house. So all that's left to say for today is Happy Easter everyone, from your favourite Rice Consulting peeps...…

Jonathan RiceMarch 28, 2013

Employment Recruitment

The Finely Balanced Issue of Remote Recruiting

Recruitment is one industry that technology has influenced more than many others. The process was sped up with e-mails, the advertising of jobs amplified by online job boards, and nowadays we have smart phones, tablets, cloud-based CRM systems and Skype interviewing enabling us to recruit on the move, from anywhere, with instant…

Jonathan RiceFebruary 28, 2013

Employment Recruitment

Technology Enables Recruiting in the Craziest of Places

Happy New Year Whiteboarders and welcome back to my squeaky-clean new expanse of whiteness for 2013. I'm sure that many of you, like me, are beginning to grow weary of the client meetings and candidate calls with seemingly endless salutations of new year well wishes sparking off the conversational exchange. But…

Jonathan RiceJanuary 17, 2013

Employment Human Resources Recruitment

The Uncertain Future for Recruitment Agencies

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…

Jonathan RiceNovember 8, 2012

Employment Recruitment

#RHUBNZ – A Glimpse at Recruitment’s Future

Over the past two days the Recruiter's Hub roadshow rolled into Auckland and I must say I have been blown away by the whole event. Having attended these in Australia I was keen to see if we could put on a similar kind of show in New Zealand. By the end of the…

Jonathan RiceOctober 18, 2012

Recruitment

Essential Stats from the Recruitment Industry Benchmarking Report

I was going to write this post a couple of weeks ago after attending an RCSA breakfast seminar in Auckland but some more pressing issues arose. The seminar was a presentation from Nigel Harse who runs the RIB Report comparing year on year key performance results for recruitment firms and it…

Jonathan RiceOctober 11, 2012

The Recruiter Two Year Itch

The Recruitment Rollercoaster Heads Upwards

Alternative Uses Of Whitepapers…and launching www.rice.co.nz

Good Friday Whiteboard Marshmallow Goodness

The Finely Balanced Issue of Remote Recruiting

Technology Enables Recruiting in the Craziest of Places

The Uncertain Future for Recruitment Agencies

Essential Stats from the Recruitment Industry Benchmarking Report

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