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Hit the Ground Running Overseas

With our international alliance nicely up and running and delivering great opportunities we are seeing an increase in candidates looking to move away from New Zealand, at least for a while. For a while there the OE was as popular as ever but depressed global economies meant it was mostly an adventure rather than adding much […]

One Step Closer to World Domination

You may have seen that McLeod Duminy recently went global – well semi-global – via an exclusive partnership with Winchester Search and GPR Legal. It has given us access to roles, and importantly up-to-date knowledge, from London to Hong Kong and Australia via the Middle East and the Caribbean. With Kiwis being adventurous types, and […]

Who would want to be a lawyer?

I was determined not to do a boring old New Year, new job piece. Apart from being a hideous cliché, I’m not sure motivational quotes and regurgitated, common sense ideas are that useful. Instead I wanted to reflect on a conversation I had at the end of last year, which did contemplate the future but […]

A note about LinkedIn

This is not intended to be cheerleading for LinkedIn, nor is it intended as a critique. It is merely a note of caution to the many, many people who have created a LinkedIn profile and then promptly ignored it. It was born of the experiences of two candidates we were recently working with. In both […]