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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

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… Continue reading Introducing Podium Testing Suite

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

Many candidates say they want employers to be more open about salaries. But does transparency help to drive equality, or does it mean greater challenges that can alienate staff? Talking about salary is rarely easy, and for some candidates, discussing remuneration is something they avoid altogether. SEEK research reveals 79% of candidates agree there should… Continue reading Should Your Pay Policy Be More Transparent?