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How To Be More Productive At Work
It’s no secret that companies are expecting their workers to achieve more, with less help, over a shorter time frame. Instead of falling on the floor bemoaning the unfairness of it all, why not start thinking about what you can do to protect your job...
Accounting & Finance Job Market Update: October 2017
The last three months can be summed up with one word - change! Change has dominated politics - both in New Zealand and abroad (Trump, Brexit, etc). Change has hit our much-talked-about property market, and change has begun to hit the accounting and finance sector. The accounting...
Do You Know An Email E-diot?
It seems the more ways they invent for us to communicate, the worse we become at it. Email is pretty old-school these days (smart companies are replacing it, internally at least, with Slack and other social communication chat-type tools), but I am still constantly amazed and...
8 Ways You Should Never Describe Yourself In A Job Application
Job applications are often your one and only chance to impress a potential employer. Make sure that the words you use to represent yourself as a candidate for a job aren’t costing you success and that your resume and cover letter paint you in the best...
Wisdom Cheat Sheet: Part Two
Have you had a time in your career when you didn’t learn your lesson until it’s too late? Yep, us too. Here’s part two of the wisdom cheat sheet with 8 more career lessons that you’ll benefit from learning before it’s too late! SAY NO TO THE...
How To Keep Top Accounting And Finance Staff
Recruitment in the accounting and finance world right now is manic. The demand for top talent is ever-increasing and this is causing disruption in the market. 83% of the 9,500 people surveyed in our latest What The Buck: Again?! survey said they would move jobs if the right opportunity arose. Additionally, 33% of...
Wisdom Cheat Sheet
Want to wait until you’re in a wheelchair before you learn how to do your job properly? Nope, I didn’t think so. Sometimes if only we knew something earlier, we would have acted differently. Our priorities change as we gain experience and our values attune to...
How To Get Over That 3pm Slump
Don't ride the blood sugar rollercoaster. This one is hard to get off. We’ve all been there. You’re busy at your desk all day, you just grab something when you have a spare moment and the rest of the day goes by in a blur. Then...