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What To Say When Asked “Do You Have Any Questions?”
The interview’s winding up, and you know it’s coming...
The Overseas Returner’s Guide To Moving Home
Over the last few years, we have seen loads more people returning home to New Zealand - particularly from the UK and Australia. Everyone has different experiences when they come home. Some are itching to get home and wish they’d come sooner, but for others it’s...
The Benefits Of Working For A Small Business
I have interviewed thousands of people over the years and there has most certainly been a clear distinction between the 'corporates' and the 'non-corporates.' Without a shadow of a doubt, I fall into the latter group. When I moved countries, I went against my better judgement...
How To Have Private Calls During Work Hours
It’s Wednesday afternoon. You’re sitting at your desk. Suddenly, your phone starts to ring. Private number. You have no idea who it is - your doctor, your long-lost friend or even a recruiter. Your palms start sweating. Your stomach turns. Who could it possibly be? You...
Interview Cheat Sheet
Remember desperately cramming studying for your exams at university? You would take an educated guess at what questions were likely to be in an exam. You’d prepare and practice a range of answers. You’d make notes, and then refine them, and then refine them some more until you...
Should You Include Mum On Your CV?
We all know that being a parent is the toughest job around, and that staying at home to care for babies and young children cultivates in us new skills and attributes we didn't even know we had - resilience, patience, fortitude - and the ability...
Accounting & Finance Job Market Update: July 2017
We get asked many times a day what Auckland’s accounting and finance job market is doing. There’s a lot going on out there, but the answer is definitely not straightforward. Let’s try and make sense of a few things for you: At Consult, we’ve seen the job...
Listen To Your Gut
You’re faced with two job offers at the same time - so which one should you take? Maybe you have one offer and then another role comes up in your dream industry but it is only in the early stages. Should you take the sure...