With job boards breaking recent records there's jobs-a-plenty at the moment. Here's a little reminder about candidate expectations 🏡
Scott BurnettApril 16, 2021
Unless you’ve been really into the America’s Cup, you will have seen the announcement of SEEK’s new dynamic pricing model. Like the first review of almost every classic album, the overwhelming response from the market has been “1 star”, “would not recommend”, and “go fuck yourself SEEK”. In its simplest…
Sean WaltersMarch 18, 2021
When I was a single man, I used to love Tinder. Now I know everyone is using Bumble and Hinge for their online dating endeavors these days , but back in my day, Tinder was king. And I know what you're thinking. Me, sitting like a lonely loser, underpanted in…
Sean WaltersSeptember 4, 2020
I've been listening to a lot of Country music recently. Maybe it's my Titirangi-bound self isolation conjuring up fantasies of a lonesome cowboy, squinting across the prairie. Or perhaps the bleak economic outlook has slung me into a bout of maudlin self-pity which makes songs like "She's actin' single (I'm…
Sean WaltersMay 1, 2020
The recruitment industry gathered under a silk cloth of glamour last night as the Auckland War Memorial played host to the 17th annual Seek Awards. A night fraught with winners, losers, jeers, and cheers. Other than the Pow Wows of old, it's the only time I get to observe all…
Scott BurnettNovember 22, 2019
"Failure to prepare, prepare to fail" – Benjamin Franklin – Scott Burnett It’s always been a mantra close to my heart. Last year I was honored to be given the title of best man at my best friend’s wedding back home. I’m a visual learner and the only way I…
Scott BurnettJuly 18, 2019
History has shown that given enough time, logic and reason trumps superstition and conjecture. Until science discovered bacteria, we believed that the only thing to make us sick was "Miasma" in the air. Likewise, it was once common knowledge that what a pregnant woman stared at dictated the physical characteristics…
Sean WaltersJune 13, 2019
If you’re working in New Zealand’s recruitment and talent acquisition industry then you’ve no doubt heard about Trade Me Jobs’ new proactive talent finder platform Scout.  Actually, let me rephrase that: If you work in those sectors and actually have any interest in trying to explore new ways of doing…
Jonathan RiceMarch 5, 2019
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you” I can’t think of another whiteboard entry that started with a bible quote but in the same way Jesus H Christ rose from the dead, I have managed…
Scott BurnettNovember 22, 2018
Last weekend I was lucky enough to catch the fantastic Gallipoli Exhibition at Te Papa. It’s with a degree of arrogance that I say I come from a country with some of the best museums in the world, but this exhibition, with the assistance of Weta Workshop, ranks up there…
Sean WaltersJune 21, 2018
