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Many candidates say they want employers to be more open about salaries. But does transparency help to drive equality, or does it mean greater challenges that can alienate staff? Talking about salary is rarely easy, and for some candidates, discussing remuneration is something they avoid altogether. SEEK research reveals 79% of candidates agree there should… Continue reading Should Your Pay Policy Be More Transparent?

If you’ve ever been asked in an interview what your current salary is, you may have felt uncomfortable answering. And that’s fair enough. Some questions are tough and we naturally want to avoid giving an answer if we think it won’t help our chances of getting the new job. In fact, SEEK recently conducted research… Continue reading Avoid lying with these clever answers to curly interview questions

Charles Read used to think that employees should leave their personal problems at home. For years, the president and CEO of a payroll company with 17 employees—offered employees three days of paid bereavement leave and believed that gave them enough time to regroup and return ready to work. But when Read’s 29-year-old daughter, Shelley, died… Continue reading Grief in the Workplace: When It’s Not Business as Usual

People keen for a career change might want to keep reading – the most in-demand jobs and skills in New Zealand have been revealed by new data. The Hays Job Report for January-June 2020 has been released, with data on the most highly-valued skills, as well as the sectors that have the greatest number of positions… Continue reading New Zealand’s Most In Demand Jobs & Skills for 2020

Every year, thousands of students complete their secondary school studies and are ready to embark on a path to obtaining their university degree.  It’s at this junction they typically try to answer the age-old question: “what am I going to do with my life?”,”what should I study?”  Back in the day when a student debt… Continue reading 50k in debt with student loans, a useless degree and no job prospects…

By now, the reality has set in that many, if not all of your staff and colleagues are going to be working from home for at least the next month and quite possibly the next quarter. All those questions on how will you manage, motivate, communicate with, develop and just keep things afloat will have… Continue reading Time to cash-in on your psychometric investments

From developing your team to making your own tough decisions, being a manager naturally comes with a lot of stress. The days when you can sit back and relax are rare. Instead, you may find yourself rushing from one project to the next, sometimes working with employees who are unpleasant, unmotivated, or disengaged. Here’s how… Continue reading Dealing with Stress as a Manager – By Marie Miguel

If you’ve spent much time working with recent graduates – people who have just finished university without much work experience – you’ve probably witnessed your share of odd office behaviour. For instance, the new grad who shows up dressed in jandals, or takes all her calls on speakerphone without noticing the colleagues glaring in her… Continue reading Office Etiquette For New Grads

A New Year means one sure thing – a peak job market. This presents an opportune time for hiring managers’ to make the most of the New Year job market, but how exactly do you capitalise on this peak time? Here’s some tried and tested tips for New Year recruiting. Reach out to your Network… Continue reading New Year, New Opportunities