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The Most In-Demand Skills & Roles for 2021
The world of work and the skills required are constantly changing – this year more than most. So, if you’re looking to add to your team, it pays to keep informed and understand the most in-demand skills for the year ahead. With many organisations returning to growth and looking to protect their future, it’s no surprise that many of 2021’s most in-demand …
Assessing Candidate Committment
At People Central, we’ve recently been hearing more and more about the topic of “candidate commitment” from clients who are dealing with candidates pulling out of final-stage selection processes. You know who I mean; the candidates that seem really interested in a role, say all of the right things and then at the last moment, when you offer them the …
Onboarding a new employee remotely? Use this checklist…
There’s plenty to consider when you’re bringing a new employee onboard – from meeting the team to being set up with the right tools. But what about when this whole process has to be done at a distance? Hiring and onboarding new employees remotely comes with its own set of challenges and considerations. There are the logistical tasks, plus the important …
Can you ask that? Illegal interview questions revealed
Remember the lead-up to the 2017 election, when broadcaster Mark Richardson caused an uproar when he asked the then Leader of the Opposition, Jacinda Ardern, if she had plans to have children? The commonly-held view was that this question was outrageous. While a broadcaster has the liberty to ask a range of questions, an employer or potential employer is bound …
Black Lives Matter, Unconscious Bias & Recruitment – What Can Employers Do?
As most of you know, our Testing & Assessment Consultant, Mel, works remotely from her home in Arizona, where she lives with her family – these past few months, she’s actively been a part of the Black Lives Matter movement in her community where she has protested for the end of police brutality towards African Americans, and the institutionalised oppression …
Addressing the Risks of Unsupervised Candidate Testing – Zoom to the Rescue!
At People Central, we like to share emerging innovative practices with our clients and the wider community of people who like making thoroughly informed recruitment and selection decisions, so here’s a practical step you can take today to increase the effectiveness of your selection process: After shooting from relative obscurity to indispensable communications software during the pandemic lockdown, Zoom has …
Grief in the Workplace: When It’s Not Business as Usual
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 from ovarian cancer, his perspective …
Introducing Podium Testing Suite
We are delighted to officially announce a new testing suite that we will be transitioning to this year. Designed in New Zealand, Podium is built on a foundation of solid academic research, with assessments based on the best scientifically validated psychometric models and a platform that was designed specifically with test takers in mind and can be accessed from a range of devices. …
New Zealand’s Most In Demand Jobs & Skills for 2020
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 that need filling. Hays New …