Employment in New Zealand

Let’s assume and present two example countries in a mathematical equation: let’s say, if Country 1 = X then Country 2 = 10X In other words Country 2 is 10 times bigger than Country 1 in terms of its size, economy, resources, population, army, arsenal, security intelligence etc. Question: Which country do you think will win if they were to have war? It’s a no-brainer; Country 2…. Right? Suppose we were to study all the wars in the last 200 years in this world where very large countries (the 10X types) have had wars with very small countries (the X types), how often do you think the bigger side won? Most of us, would like to answer the number close to 100%. After all how can you overlook the ‘10 times’ difference? It’s actually a lot. But the answer might surprise you!! International Relations Professor and author of the book “How the Weak Win Wars: A Theory of Asymmetric Conflict” Ivan Arreguin-Toft did the calculation few years ago and concluded, it’s

Wow…Is that your best excuse for struggling to get into employment??  If yes, sob…sob…sigh…sigh actually suits you. Come to think of it…if recruiters are not talking to you, may be you don’t know how to work with them or it may simply be that you’re not suited for the jobs you’re applying for and you are a little paranoid having that extreme and irrational fear or distrust on them. Whatever the reason you can’t make this an excuse for your struggle. Nah…I am not going to talk about who’s right and who’s wrong. Enough has been said about what makes you a great candidate and what the characteristics of a good recruiter are. All I am interested in is asking you is this ONE question. You going through a recruiter; is that the only channel available for you to get into your desired role? Candidates who don’t get placed by recruiters, don’t get jobs…right? Wrong…. You would’ve seen candidates who were continuously getting rejected by recruiters finding jobs. I can