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More Recruiting Shock Tactics
Vend’s use of the F-bomb in a job advert got lots of air time across various social channels recently. So much so that it probably helped them attract the right type of applicants and no doubt they’re...
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Sacking Your Recruitment Prima Donna
Not a great deal to report on from the world of New Zealand recruitment this week. The very public spat between Jeremy Clarkson and the BBC following his physical assault of a Top Gear producer is a...
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Candidate Power Returns With A Bang
Some real life examples of poor manners and behaviour from candidates of ours in recent days: Cancelling interviews one hour prior, via email, because they feel they have “enough options to consider...
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How Honest Can Recruiters Afford To Be?
The notion of “no publicity is bad publicity” was severely put to the test by Annette Sleep of O’Neil’s Personnel last weekend. Telling a candidate for one of her vacancies that she couldn’t represent...
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Are the kids really alright?
I try and stay positive. Recruitment has a habit of beating you down occasionally, but to last in this industry, you have to have hope. Hope that a candidate shows up to an interview. Hope that the...
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Recruiters Putting the Social into Networking
The topic I had planned to blog about today has been put back a week. So now I’m like a desperate press industry hack scrabbling around for inspiration with some portly, cigar-smoking, sociopathic...
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Rate Your Recruiters
Thanks to everyone who attended the final #RicePowWow of 2015. It was awesome to see so many of our clients, candidates and general supporters celebrate the festive season in true kiwi style (drinks,...
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Sourcing Eggs
No Whiteboard blog this week for it is Good Friday, as I’m sure you well know. I’ll be busy hiding eggs and such forth so from me and all of us at Rice Consulting, Happy Easter. Now go put your...
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End Of An Era for Rice Consulting
*** Please note that what you read below was written on Friday 1st April in New Zealand. A date known for nefarious pranks and mischief. We are truly grateful for the deluge of well wishes that...
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Fear And Loathing Among Recruitment Leaders
I was fortunate enough to be involved in the RHUB Edge conference this week, which was focused (for a change) more towards the agency side of recruitment. There was not one single mention of some...
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