New Zealand Recruitment

Teacher’s strikes in turn will potentially burden students

October 22, 2010

Teacher’s can strike all they want but if there is no money to offer teacher’s before strike’s, their efforts may be pointless.
There is no new money to offer teachers a bigger pay increase unless they wanted to burden their students with a future of paying off national debt, says Prime Minister John Key.
Many of the [...]

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Kiwi’s sacrifice the big OE to keep thier jobs

October 19, 2010

Hamish Draper managed to see plenty overseas and come back to a job he likes .Hamish Draper decided against the traditional OE and opted for an eight-week tour of Europe instead - and he’s not the only one.
STA Travel and Contiki Tours say travel patterns are changing as young Kiwis prove reluctant to leave their [...]

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Employment market slowly improving

October 12, 2010

The New Zealand employment market has continued its slow and steady improvement in 2010, according to an analysis of 32,000 jobs listed on Trade Me Jobs in the three months from July to September.
The number of jobs listed was up 4% on the April-June quarter, and up 34% on the same time last year when [...]

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Managing staff in tight economic times

October 6, 2010

Managing staff in lean economic times is likely to mean supervisors tell staff “no” far more often than “yes”. Whether it’s declining a pay rise, refusing a promotion or passing over a job candidate, rejection management needs to be handled carefully, says Rebecca Holden, human resources consultant with Pohlen Kean.
“People find it a lot easier [...]

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90 day trial period - who will this benefit?

September 23, 2010

A lawful trial period, under the trial period provisions (ss67A and B in the Employment Relations Act 2000 (ERA)) must be for 90 days or less.
The benefit of the trial period provisions is that an employer can hire an employee, include a trial period in the employment agreement (by agreement) and can dismiss the employee [...]

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Momentum Consulting has made one blunder too many

September 16, 2010

Momentum Cosulting has had the full media spotlight this week as stories of candidates that are less than capable and candidates lying and cheating their way to the top.
The company that recruited Stephen Wilce - who is accused of embellishing his CV - also put forward an accountant who not only to lacked relevant qualifications, [...]

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Hiring intentions have plateaued as employers hold off on growth plans

September 7, 2010

Hiring intentions as measured by Manpower’s quarterly employment outlook survey have plateaued as employers hold off on growth plans.The national survey of 640 employers shows hiring intentions for the three months to December have stalled due to new waves of financial uncertainty circling worldwide.

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Gender pay gap sadly has increased

August 3, 2010

Survey results have shown that as much as Minister of Women’s Affairs Pansy Wong wants the figures to show in her favour, they have unfortunately widened and worsened since her government has been in office.

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Job market is improving and still rising

July 16, 2010

Research and employment survey results show that the job market is not as bad as people make it out to be, and it is getting better each month.
Momentum continues to build in the New Zealand employment market, according to a study of the 30,000 jobs listed on Trade Me Jobs in the [...]

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Work & Income tell jobseeker to “dumb down CV”

May 6, 2010

Work and Income has been asked to explain claims that it told a woman to “dumb down” her CV to boost her chances of landing a job.
Napier woman Natalie Meehan said she was told to delete reference to her political science degree and apply for jobs at Pak’n Save supermarket and [...]

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