Day 3 in lockdown. Hopefully, this is cohesive. I've been practicing my writing with religious scripture on the outside of my house 🙃
Scott BurnettMarch 27, 2020
No, the industry isn’t going all NBA with an imposed salary cap. I’m using the patois of my peers, the cultural casual vernacular where ‘cap’ effectively means bullshit. Those of Sean’s age feel free to thank me for keeping you relevant. It’s time to bring to light some of the…
Scott BurnettAugust 1, 2019
The best thing my ol man said he did with his money was enrolling me and my brother into Victoria College. An Educational institution steeped in tradition that taught us important lessons not just in the classroom but installing all students with a specific set of values; ‘manners maketh man’…
Scott BurnettMay 9, 2019
How was your commute today? Â That is a question predominantly aimed at all of my Auckland readership. Â If the hysteria being whipped up by the media around the Auckland bus strike is anything to go by, I'm assuming many of you will be reading today's blog post from your car,…
Jonathan RiceFebruary 18, 2016
Today is the Rice Consulting Christmas party and we have an early start out in Woodhill Forest. Seeing as our South Island Business Manager Mary Batchelar is up visiting Auckland for the occasion I thought she should take over the Whiteboard marker pen this week and share a post of…
Jonathan RiceDecember 10, 2015
They say there are five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and, finally, Acceptance. When Wellington's recruiters had the All of Government recruitment services contract foisted upon them back in 2012, they were told in tender documents that one of the chief aims of the exercise was to cut…
Jonathan RiceFebruary 12, 2015
I've been to quite a few recruitment and sourcing related conferences over recent years but this week saw something a bit more progressive, more technical perhaps, hit our shores. Â Trevor Vas and his merry band of talent futurists and thought leaders, better known in our industry for the annual Australasian…
Jonathan RiceApril 3, 2014
Special Offer for readers of The Whiteboard and friends of Rice Consulting: CLICK HERE to get either 10% off the ticket price, or buy 3 tickets for the price of 2, to The Inaugural Strategic Workforce Planning Conference 2014 to be held in Wellington on 1st - 2nd April.…
Jonathan RiceFebruary 10, 2014
For some reason or other the (lack of) tenure of recruitment consultants staying with one firm keeps cropping up in conversation recently. Â I blogged about job hopping recruiters back in June. Â The post was conspicuous by the absence of comments, almost as if this has just become an undeniable fact…
Jonathan RiceSeptember 12, 2013
Hey LinkedIn.  What are you up to?  You're the professional social network that is supposed to be the future of recruitment... Are you finding it difficult to juggle being the altruistic nirvana for professional networking and a publicly listed corporation monetising and commercialising left, right and centre to to sate your voracious…
Jonathan RiceJuly 25, 2013
