The other day I was chatting to a client about the ‘typical’ job seeker profile of 2024. We were discussing candidate wish lists, and the similarities and differences when compared to previous years.…
What’s your approach to making an ‘ideal employee wish list’ when the time comes to make a hire in your organisation? Have you got a mandatory list of ‘must-haves’ spanning the educational background,…
Can you remember what it feels like to be a job seeker? Scouring online job boards, revamping the old LinkedIn profile, endlessly updating your CV, finding time during your busy week to attend…
“Argh! I had six calls from recruiters today after I posted an ad – it’s only been up for two hours!” I know recruiters can be annoying, especially when some agencies have KPI’s…
There’s a lot of talk at the moment about how tight the candidate market is and rightly so. With unemployment at under 4% and virtually no immigration (for now), it’s very real and…
Starting any new job is challenging, but when it’s a totally new direction or industry, then loads of support is required! That’s what got me thinking about tools for when you begin a…
Our world in 2020, is well and truly a digital era. The newest generation of workers to join the workforce—Generation Z—are known as digital natives: they were born and raised in the age…
It’s been 10 years since my wife and I left NZ for our ‘Overseas Experience’ (OE). Lots of Kiwis do this, and we trotted off to the United Kingdom (UK) to do the…
It’s easy to forget as an interviewer, about the time and energy candidates put into preparing for their interview with you. It’s likely that their preparation will involve many, or all of the…