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Never Mind The Gap: Women Face A Gender Pay Cap
“Recent survey shows that women face a gender cap,” - now that’s a headline that’ll stop in your tracks isn’t it?! I thought we were past all that gender-pay-carry-on? We are. Sort of. You may have heard of What The Buck: Again?! - the finest, dandiest accounting and finance salary...
The Benefits Of Working For A Small Business
I have interviewed thousands of people over the years and there has most certainly been a clear distinction between the 'corporates' and the 'non-corporates.' Without a shadow of a doubt, I fall into the latter group. When I moved countries, I went against my better judgement...
How To Have Private Calls During Work Hours
It’s Wednesday afternoon. You’re sitting at your desk. Suddenly, your phone starts to ring. Private number. You have no idea who it is - your doctor, your long-lost friend or even a recruiter. Your palms start sweating. Your stomach turns. Who could it possibly be? You...
Interview Cheat Sheet
Remember desperately cramming studying for your exams at university? You would take an educated guess at what questions were likely to be in an exam. You’d prepare and practice a range of answers. You’d make notes, and then refine them, and then refine them some more until you...
The Non-Recruiters Guide To The Recruitment Industry
It was time to take the plunge. Most people would probably like to escape the rat race and move to a quiet life in sunny Tauranga, but I’ve always been one to go against the grain. So I went the opposite direction of course! It’s now...
Should You Include Mum On Your CV?
We all know that being a parent is the toughest job around, and that staying at home to care for babies and young children cultivates in us new skills and attributes we didn't even know we had - resilience, patience, fortitude - and the ability...
Accounting & Finance Job Market Update: July 2017
We get asked many times a day what Auckland’s accounting and finance job market is doing. There’s a lot going on out there, but the answer is definitely not straightforward. Let’s try and make sense of a few things for you: At Consult, we’ve seen the job...
Show Me The Money
Growing up in Newcastle I was always told, “shy bairns get nowt," translated in common English as, “shy children get nothing.” We’re always advised if you don’t ask, you don’t get. Which is easy when it comes to the last slice of pizza, but what about...