Accounting Skills Tests Request After many months of R&D we are nearing the end of a process of developing NZ Specific Accounting Skills Tests to assist employers in determining current skills/knowledge and development priorities for recruitment and development purposes. We are now at the stage of pilot testing the draft tests with some qualified and unqualified accounting staff, which is …
Using Psychometric Testing in Redundancy Selection
The 5th July edition of New Zealand’s Dominion Post ran a major story on public sector staff in The Dept of Conservation and Ministry of Business & Innovation being required to complete personality questionnaires as part of a redundancy selection process. Whilst the article itself was somewhat flimsy journalism that got little further than identifying concerns over face validity of …
Should I Quit My Job?
For anyone considering making a move to pastures new, BBC Capital have a flowchart to assist you in making the big decision…
Up to $5k of Funding Available to Employers Recruiting Staff on Benefits
Employers looking to recruit staff into permanent and skilled roles would do well to take a closer look at recent shifts in the Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) approach to people receiving benefits, which will see a section of society returning to the workforce, accompanied by significant incentives for employers to take them on. ‘Returning to work Mothers’ with valuable …
People Central win MSD Contract for 2013 Redundancy Support
We are delighted to announce that People Central Ltd have been awarded the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) contract to continue to provide subsidised support in 2013 to Hawke’s Bay people at risk of losing their jobs through redundancy. Our track record in 2012 of getting 80% of participants back into comparable jobs within two months of learning that their …
CEO and Director Selection and Assessment
High level recruitment decisions that fall apart as swiftly and spectacularly as the recently highly publicised departure of the newly appointed Hawke’s Bay Chamber of Commerce CEO, are a sobering reminder to us all of the need to apply the same diligence to testing and assessing candidates at the top end of the organisation as we do for graduate and …
Managing the Risk of Hiring Staff in Retail
A few months ago I was asked to join the team of judges for this year’s Unison Fibre Hastings City Business Excellence Awards and interview sixteen large national chain Hastings retailers on their current and planned approaches to marketing, customer service, staff development and retention, and how they expected to perform in the next twelve months in far from ideal …
HRINZ Leadership Pathways Event – 6th September, Hastings
INVITATION HRINZ Members and Guests Leadership Pathways Presented by Sandra Lyall Head of HR, ANZ HRINZ Hawke’s Bay is pleased to announce its next event on 6 September, with Sandra Lyall – Leadership Pathways. Senior HR Manager at ANZ National, Sandra is part of a strategy to engage and inspire their people to execute the business strategy and deliver sustained …
100% Subsidised Support for Redundancies in Hawke’s Bay
As most of our clients know, we run highly effective outplacement/redundancy support programs in the Hawke’s Bay region, with an 80% success rate of getting displaced staff into similar jobs within 2 months of them completing the program, which is an impressive track record in current economic conditions. Up until now, whilst almost every employer we talk to would like …
HR leaders initiate the launch of the profession‘s first Hawke’s Bay HRINZ branch
The newly formed Hawke’s Bay branch already has a solid membership and is led by a ‘who’s who’ of the Bay’s most influential HR professionals, who confidently expect membership numbers to rise sharply as the branch rolls out valuable and informative events throughout the year.