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… Continue reading Black Lives Matter, Unconscious Bias & Recruitment – What Can Employers Do?
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… Continue reading Can you ask that? Illegal interview questions revealed
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… Continue reading Onboarding a new employee remotely? Use this checklist…
With the working lives of so many Kiwis impacted by COVID-19, it’s understandable that candidates’ priorities are changing too. Notably, job security has emerged as a strong focus for candidates. In fact, 2 in 3 candidates feel that because of COVID-19, job security is more important than salary, research conducted on behalf of SEEK shows.… Continue reading What Matters to Candidates Now? How to Secure Top Talent in a Cautious Market
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,… Continue reading Assessing Candidate Committment
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…
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
Have you ever been annoyed at your team member for being too loud or rambunctious? Or impatient with your employee for not getting to the point quick enough? We all have different styles of communicating and preferred methods for getting our work done. As a Manager, having a good understanding of how personalities work, will… Continue reading Don’t Give Up On the Golden Rule in the Workplace
Many companies take the position that their culture is what it is — and expect workers to adapt to it. Unfortunately, that approach doesn’t engage employees, help them be productive or make them feel like they never want to leave. Instead, taking steps to build and continually evolve your organisational culture can help your business… Continue reading Creating a Culture That Attracts (and Keeps) Top Performers
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
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