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International recruitment consultancy Robert Half reported that 46% of the businesses surveyed to develop a recently released report had made a bad hire in the past 12 months, with small businesses feeling the greatest impact. At 61%, the biggest factor leading to a hire considered ‘bad’ was new staff not having the technical skills required… Continue reading Businesses Regret Half of New Hires

The knock-on effects of unfilled vacancies on existing staff were largely expected by employers, but this survey puts those effects in stark and alarming actual experiences.  While the survey was conducted in the UK, we could confidently expect the findings to be mirrored in New Zealand. More than a third of staff surveyed reported unmanageable… Continue reading Staff Shortages Causing Unmanageable Workloads for Third of Workers, Survey Finds

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… Continue reading Addressing the Risks of Unsupervised Candidate Testing – Zoom to the Rescue!

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

This isn’t a scientific study, but rather observations from over 80 personality profile reports fed back to clients and candidates since mid-March when life changed dramatically for just about everybody. If you use personality profiles as part of your selection & development process, here’s some ideas on accounting for the effect of a global pandemic… Continue reading Personality profile reports. Adjusting your interpretations in the current climate