Assuming 2011 is a year of gradual economic recovery, with a corresponding increase in job vacancies, what do you think is standing between you and your dream job? With so many careers treading water over the past couple years as job security grew in importance, the upturn is going to see considerable interest in jobs… Continue reading Securing the next step on your career ladder
Whether you own a business or work for one, 2011 looks to be shaping up to be a much better year than 2010. The downturn did however remind people that one of their most valuable assets is their career. A recovering market brings opportunities to secure new business and reap the rewards of maintaining strong… Continue reading What is your career & business worth to you?
New Zealand Herald – 17th November 2010 Act to Reward the Faithful By Steve Hart Retaining good staff will start to get tougher next year as the job market warms up and people reach bursting point to move on to fresh jobs. Many workers sat tight during the year, grateful to have a job, but… Continue reading People Central in the News – NZ Herald 17th November 2010
How do the world’s most respected organisations with cutting-edge HR expertise select new staff and determine who to invest in to meet clearly defined succession plans? People asking these types of questions quickly reach the logical next step of whether they can replicate absolute best practice into their own businesses, and we have been fortunate… Continue reading Recruitment & Development Masterclass – Two Case Studies on Absolute Best Practice
A Guide for Candidates An ever growing number of organisations use testing and assessment as part of their selection process in order to get the most objective view of candidate’s abilities, strengths and potential. As interviews are notoriously poor at predicting whether a candidate is likely to perform at the level their CV suggests, employers… Continue reading Top Tips for Candidates when faced with Testing & Assessment in Recruitment
If you’re in the midst of recruiting for process-oriented jobs and are looking to assess the aptitude of candidates, our Industrial Proficiency Test (IPT) is a robust measure of cognitive ability specifically designed for warehousing, factory and process orientated jobs. This assessment is ideally suited to individuals with a basic level of education and includes… Continue reading Recruiting Candidates for Warehousing, Factory & Process Oriented Jobs?
Based on the work of Professor Steve Poppleton, author of the highly effective Poppleton Allen Sales Aptitude Test (PASAT), the core competencies associated with success in a sales environment are listed below, together with a suggested questions for sales staff interviews. Motivation High performers are motivated by targets, set personal targets above those set by… Continue reading Questions for Sales Staff Interviews
Too often, the focus for using Outplacement and Career Transition Services is placed on the obvious benefits to employees affected by redundancy, restructure and reorganisation. However, the tangible benefits to the businesses that engage outplacement services need to be brought to the fore during turbulent economic times. In 2002 the US Centre for Organisational Research… Continue reading ROI for Businesses using Outplacement & Career Transition Services
Before we get into the prickly subject of teasing out the sales superstars from the ‘also rans’ when hiring new sales staff, we need to understand that the main tool that we use to select staff is at best going to give a seasoned interviewer a 1-in-4 chance of getting it right and in the… Continue reading Three Practical Steps to Sharpen Up Sales Staff Recruitment
So, you have spent most of the year doing everything for your clients, colleagues, staff, suppliers, friends and family. How about taking a moment as the year draws to a close to think about yourself? Is your career, your business and everything outside of work going as well as you would like? Even if the… Continue reading Is Your Career Worth $370?
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