Yesterday I attended my first #SMCAKL - the monthly event organised by the Social Media Club in Auckland. It's been on my "to go" list for a long time and so it was apt that my first one was pertinent to my job - social media for recruitment. With over 170 registered to attend, the topic of recruitment was appealling. It promised better attendance than most events organised by the recruitment industry, for the recruitment industry!I wasn't sure what to expect, as I knew most of the panellists. I...

With the Olympics just around the corner it seems a fitting analogy to compare the recruitment process to a 110m hurdle race. Each stage of the recruitment process represents a hurdle and unless you successfully navigate over each one in turn, you will never make it to the finish line.Falling at the final hurdle has got to be the worst of all given the time and energy expended as well as the anticipation of success at the finish line. Picking yourself off the floor at that point is an effort in ...

When community-based counselling service Home & Family Counselling approached us at the start of the year, we could not pass up the opportunity to assist. While we had made cash donations to support not-for-profits in the past, this time, we provided Home & Family Counselling recruitment services, completely free of charge. Our Auckland-based Consultant Mandy Mella took on the job, and for two weeks she worked alongside the not-for-profit to find them a permanent staff member for their p...

The Dominion Post spoke to me earlier this year about the rise of social media activities amongst employers. Here is the article reproduced courtesy of The Dominion Post (I personally would have titled it "Social Media Marketing Pays Dividends"...). New Zealand companies are increasingly interacting on social media to jostle for in-demand candidates, says Madison Recruitment’s Shereen Low.Madison’s latest trends report shows there’s more awareness around social media activities and use of these ...