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What’s The Word On The Street?
As specialist accounting and finance recruiters, our team spends a lot of time talking to accounting and finance types. And I mean a LOT. Shooting the breeze with New Zealand's ...
Three Poisonous Words That Kill Your Credibility
I hear these three appalling words every day. Usually from people trying to impress, and make a fast connection. They resort to these three words to attempt to show authenticity ...
Fun And Money: The ONLY Two Reasons To Come To Work
There are only two reasons to come to work. Fun and money. And you have to have both. One of them will not be enough. Not if you want to ...
6 Reasons Why Accepting A Counter Offer Is Madness
There’s an oft-quoted statistic in the recruitment world that 80% of job seekers who accept a counter offer go on to leave their job within six months anyway. Despite considerable ...
Asking For A Pay Rise? Avoid These 5 Blunders
You’ve done your research and discovered you’re underpaid. What now? If you’re waiting for your boss to spontaneously address this oversight, you may as well pull up a chair and ...
Are You Fit Enough For Your Career Marathon?
If you retire when you're 65 years old, how many years have you got to go? Less than 10, between 10 and 20, 20 and 30? More than 30? For ...
5 Signs You’re Underpaid
So you have a nagging feeling you're underpaid. Maybe you overheard some gossip in the staff room about how much one of your colleagues is earning. Or perhaps you’ve just ...
YOU Own Your Career. You, And No-One Else.
Many people are advised that they should look for a company that ‘provides a career’. Often I hear candidates say they want to leave a job because their current employer ...
Travel A Lot For Work? Here’s How To Make It A Pleasure (Not A Chore)
As Co-Founder and CEO of a tech start-up with offices in Auckland, San Francisco, Toronto, Hong Kong & the Philippines, I travel a LOT. I’ve discovered a few strategies that ...
10 Everyday Phrases That Basically Mean “Get *****d”
We use them, and hear them, all the time. Politely worded little sentences that in fact contain a very clear message. And that message is often highly aggressive, or at ...
Stop Indulging In This Career-Damaging Luxury
David Gonski is a fixture in the Top 10 Most Influential People in Australia annual rankings. He’s on multiple boards, is much sought after as an advisor and is generally ...
Must-Have Tech Tools That Will Change Your Life
I’m Co-Founder and CEO of Booktrack, a tech start up that adds movie-style soundtracks to eBooks (think music and ambient audio matching what you read). We started here in Auckland, ...