Business
Top Networking Tips For The New Year
As accounting types - we are (sometimes) less energised about networking, but if you want your career to take off - you’ll need to get better at it! Increasingly, vacancies are filled through personal connections, not job boards. A new year job resolution like increasing your...
Networking Secrets From an Extroverted Introvert
I’m an extroverted introvert. I can force myself into social networking situations but the reality is it comes with a lot of sweaty palms and anxiety and I would rather be at home reading a book. As a businesswoman and a recruiter, my role revolves around...
Five Apps To Make Your Work Life Easier
There are two types of apps in the world: ones that distract you from getting work done, and ones that actually help you get it done. Whispers in the office, couples muttering under their breath as they walk down the street, even the little old lady...
Accounting & Finance Job Market Update: October 2017
The last three months can be summed up with one word - change! Change has dominated politics - both in New Zealand and abroad (Trump, Brexit, etc). Change has hit our much-talked-about property market, and change has begun to hit the accounting and finance sector. The accounting...
Do You Know An Email E-diot?
It seems the more ways they invent for us to communicate, the worse we become at it. Email is pretty old-school these days (smart companies are replacing it, internally at least, with Slack and other social communication chat-type tools), but I am still constantly amazed and...
8 Ways You Should Never Describe Yourself In A Job Application
Job applications are often your one and only chance to impress a potential employer. Make sure that the words you use to represent yourself as a candidate for a job aren’t costing you success and that your resume and cover letter paint you in the best...
A Grad’s Guide To The Recruitment Industry
Upon finishing uni, I would agree with anyone that said I had a lot to learn. I was a fresh grad, completely new to the professional working world - and I found myself in a Talent Finder role with Consult! It has been a steep learning curve...
What To Do When You Feel Like You’re Falling Behind At Work
We all have those times at our job where we feel like it's just. too. much. The workload gets the better of you and you just can't think of any better way to cope with it other than throwing all your papers (or your computer)...