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Temp and Contract Market Update with Olivia Howse
This week, Olivia Howse shares the top tips and insight she is giving clients and candidates in the temp and contract space. Olivia has been with Consult for 3 1/2 years, working her way up from a new graduate to a Senior Talent Advisor. She focuses on...
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 -...
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...
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...
What do you mean “flexible working”?
We talk a lot about working flexibility these days. Which is great because it shows we have grown up a bit - as people and organisations. It’s also a two-way thing - employees putting in the time when needed to get the job done and...
Are You “Too Experienced for the Role”?
This has to be one of the big gripes for job seekers (after the lack of communication gripe!). Being annoyed is totally fair enough because being told that you are unsuccessful for a role because you are too experienced is frankly one of the worst explained...