Business
6 ways interim talent will save your business (and your sanity)
Interim talent is becoming a huge part of the workforce, a valuable resource for businesses looking to adapt and change. With a general increase in uncertainty around hiring, loads of transformation within organisations and the toughest market for hiring great talent in recent years -...
Had no sleep? How to be on your A-Game with minimal Z-Time.
We are the underworld of the workforce. If you are blessed with the ability to sleep (lucky you!), then you’ll have no idea what I am talking about - but for the rest of us sleep-deprived mortals - lack of sleep can become a big...
Where is the top talent hiding right now?
Currently, the Consult team is the busiest it has ever been in our 11+ years of operations. In fact, we’ve currently got 54 jobs we still have to advertise on our website - such is the recruitment activity from our clients. Luckily (for us, and our...
The Best Law Firms Develop their Senior Talent
Law firms are finally catching onto the fact that to retain their best senior lawyers - they must continue to develop their non-technical skills. The best lawyers are (or should be…) curious and hungry to learn and develop non-technical skills. Law is not all about precedents, snails in...
Why a Returnity Policy is a big part of your talent plan
Without a doubt - the best decision a company can make is to ensure it doesn’t lose it’s best talent. Recruiting new people has loads of costs - money, time, staff morale and opportunity cost, so it makes sense to look after people so they...
Why great NZ companies are failing to hire great talent.
We are sitting at 4.2% unemployment. It doesn’t get any lower. This is creating issues for any employer looking for their next great hire. We have seen some great companies have job offers turned down in the past 6 months. Worse even - often these (would be)...
10 Life Skills Learnt from Recruiting for the best brands
We call Anna “Straight Bat Brooksie” in the office - because she says it how it is. Which is a great thing because sometimes in recruitment - you are told one thing but its not necessarily the way it really is. So we thought we would get...
Stop Arriving Early If You Want That Job!
With Auckland’s traffic (and the current CBD roadworks shambles), we are accustomed to people tending to run a bit late. “Sorry I am late, the traffic is terrible” must be uttered hundreds of times a day across this (otherwise epic) city. We totally get that...