Business
Post Lock-down Update for the Legal Job Sector
The legal sector is not your typical recruitment market, so it’s been fascinating to observe how firms have reacted and responded to the lock-down and their hiring intentions and workforce planning. While it’s early days, there are some firms who are already pulling ahead of the...
How We Changed the Commuting Habits of Our People
Habits may be hard to change but through initiatives like a public transport allowance and carpooling scheme, we have managed to change the commuting habits of our employees, making getting to work less challenging and more sustainable. staff transport and the benefits it's brought. This interview first appeared in their newsletter. Firstly,...
The Questions Top Talent Will Ask You in an Interview Right Now
Now, I’m not saying that I was a ‘top grad’ by any stretch of the imagination. Graduating in a class of about 700 from the University of Otago, I headed to Auckland armed with my Marketing and Japanese degrees (20 years later I am FINALLY...
Risk & Compliance Market Update With Tom Shaw
It’s an exciting time to be in the risk & compliance sector because there is a lot of change happening that is being driven by the regulators. Therefore, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved in many key critical projects for a variety of...
What to Focus on When Hiring Sales Talent
This week Richard Gray-Smith, our Division Manager - Sales, Marketing and Business Support, shares what he believes is important to look for when hiring sales talent: Don’t worry about the fact that they potentially don’t have relationships with your key customers. Focus on hiring people that move...
Do Counteroffers Really Work?
Whew!!! It sure is an active employment market out there! Whenever there is strong demand for specific skill sets or types of people, salaries rise and counteroffers become a retention tactic. Which is where we are right now for many job functions in NZ. Employees leaving...
Why Internal Recruitment is Struggling Right Now
I am totally showing my age - because I have seen this before - it was the recruitment glory days of 2005 - low unemployment, huge demand for talent and a very, very busy recruitment market. And we are back here again - 2019 has been...
What the Best HR Talent has in Spades
To do a HR role well is incredibly hard. Pulled in a multitude of directions, your typical HR expert will wear a bunch of different hats - employment relations, union negotiations, REM analysis, leadership & training, employment and people policies, culture, wellness, HRIS and the...