Hiring
I Quit! Handling A Resignation In Your Team
If you manage people, here’s a scene you’ll recognise and dread. The email: ‘Can we have a quick catch up in the meeting room?’ The nervous smile as you both sit down. The opening line: ‘I want to start by saying I’ve really enjoyed working here’. Losing...
A Recruiter’s Top Time Management Tips
Work smarter! Not harder. I was chatting with a friend a while back about some difficulties she’s been having at work. She started a challenging new job as a Finance Manager of a large department a few months ago and she’s having a hard time managing...
The Hiring Lesson I Learned On The Road to Mandalay
I ADMIT IT, I AM A ‘RECRUITING-TRAGIC‘. And a symptom of this condition is that I can’t help but think about the hiring implications of almost any situation. And so it was, travelling with my family in Myanmar (formerly Burma), one of the most isolated countries anywhere, that I...
Paying A Full Fee For Your Recruitment Consultant’s Work? Make Sure It Comes With Some Consulting
Last week, we got a call from a hiring manager who’d been searching unsuccessfully for a financial accountant for a couple of months. Things were now so stretched in his team, he said, that he had no time to meet to brief us. He emailed a...
5 Tips To Get More Bang For Your Contractor Buck
When it comes to hiring a contractor, time is money and you’re paying by the hour In the nearly 3 years I have specialised in placing contractors into some of Auckland’s top businesses I’ve been observing those companies who get the most out of their contract...
Always Be Recruiting. Even If You’re Not Hiring
If I had a dollar for every time a hiring manager told me they cannot find high-quality consultants, I guess I would be a wealthy man. Equally, when I talk to corporate hiring managers, they constantly bemoan the shortage of quality talent. Yet, when I ask what...
4 Interview Mistakes That Will Stop You From Hiring Top Talent
The market has changed and the pendulum has swung. We find ourselves in an environment where there are simply not enough great finance and accounting people for all the companies that are hiring. This means that the greatest talent in the market has choices when looking for...
5 Surefire Ways To Make Your New Starter’s First Day A Massive Success
We’re in growth mode at Consult right now, and that means a lot of new employees. After years of work, I reckon we’ve got our on-boarding process in a better state than most companies (of course there’s always room for fine-tuning and getting better!).We know that,...