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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

Traditionally, phone and video interviews have been used to turn candidate long-lists into shortlists on who to invite along to final face-to-face interviews.  In our current shutdown climate, the phone/video interview will also be the final stage from which you make job offers and start on-boarding a remote working a new team member.  The need… Continue reading Sharpening up your phone & video interview technique

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

Steve Evans was recently interviewed by the NZ Herald’s Paul Little to discuss the use and popularity of personality testing in a recruitment process. “Psychometric testing is big business. According to recruitment company Potentia, there are 500 tests available in New Zealand alone and “worthwhile tests vary in price from $75 to over $3000”. The… Continue reading NZ Herald Article on People Central – The Business of Personality Testing For Recruiting

It’s December, work is winding down and the work Christmas parties are in full swing. Conventional wisdom says that it’s also a quiet month for recruitment, but the reality is actually very different. The job market in fact heats up significantly in December, with a surge in the number of jobseekers who want to make a fresh start… Continue reading Why Recruiting in December Can Give You A Competitive Edge

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

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

As Managers of people, most of us have had this type of experience. There’s an employee in your organisation whose temperament, work style, or skill level does not match what you want and/or need. It creates tension and unhappiness within the team and you probably lose sleep over it at night. Seek First to Understand… Continue reading How to Work with a Square Peg, Round Hole Employee