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Be the Expert and more! – learn to influence
On a day to day basis we work with a lot of experts. Food technologists, research scientists, quality specialists, engineers, demand planners, procurement specialists, production managers, technical sales specialists. The list goes on. Being an expert within your industry or organisation is a key factor in getting ahead in your career.
In today’s organisations however expertise alone doesn’t count.
Accredited Employer status with New Zealand Immigration to become compulsory.
Introduction
The government is making significant changes to immigration to control the quality of new migrants entering New Zealand to work and to ensure that more Kiwis are employed in preference to migrants.
If you have been recruiting new staff in New Zealand with specific skills over the last 5 years you will know that it is often difficult to find Kiwis with the skills required.
Sir Paul Callaghan had what we all need – GRIT
In 2018 the documentary Dancing with Atoms, a tribute to Sir Paul Callaghan was released. At the time, I heard the filmmaker Shirley Horrocks speak about the making of it and about the remarkable and interesting person he was.
Working Successfully with Recruiters
8 Ways to Successfully Work with Recruiters.
Although you will have been contacted by recruiters from time to time, you may or may not have been interested in what they had on offer. Most people should have realized by now that recruiters are not only useful when you are changing jobs but also when you are perfectly happy within your position.
Over time, your relationships with good recruiters will prove mutually beneficial as long as you nurture them.
Kiwi firms 16th most confident in world
Kiwi business confidence slipped in the last quarter but local firms are still more optimistic than companies across the Tasman, according to accountancy firm Grant Thornton’s international business report.
Kiwis go spring job hunting
Kiwis are taking the change in season as an opportunity to go job hunting, with activity outstripping the number of positions being advertised in September.
The latest data from recruitment website Seek.co.nz shows what while new job ads rose 0.1 per cent in the months, the deluge of applications led to a 1.9 per cent dip in the overall Seek Employment Index.