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Job Search Lessons From A Fly On The Wall Of A Recruitment Office
Two months ago I started as a digital marketing intern at Consult Recruitment. This has meant I’ve spent 10+ hours a week inside their open plan offices. Of course, I’m here to get some real-world marketing experience, but there’s been another unexpected benefit to working at...
Market Update: Accounting Job Listings Surge
We read with interest Ross Clennett’s blog last week: ‘Australia Confirmed as New Zealand’s Poor Jobs Cousin’. For a long time, kiwi land has operated in Australia’s shadow as we have lost our best and brightest to the ‘Lucky Country’. How nice it is to see the fortunes reversed...
Why You Should Quit Your Perfectly Good Job
The recession is over. We should be done with all the hunkering-down and counting-of-blessings (the steady job and the steady pay check that comes with it). And yet, so many people are still chugging along in jobs they've long ago outgrown, in a kind of complacent fog. Maybe it's...
Forget About Your Experience: Interviewers Want To Hear About What You DON’T Know
You know you need to prepare for your interview by focusing on your skills and achievements. What you might not know is that - whether they admit it or not - the majority of employers are most interested in what you don’t know. With some notable exceptions, employers tend...
Landing A Job In A Big Corporate: 6 Tips From An Ex-Internal Recruiter
Getting a job with a big corporate can seem daunting. Their big brand means you’re up against huge numbers of applicants; you won’t be dealing with hiring managers directly until interview stage; and the application process can often be pretty challenging. As an ex-internal recruiter with...
Who Do You Want To Read Your Resume: A Robot, Or A Human?
I stumbled upon this article on Mashable today, which talks about how most job hunters will at some stage encounter an Automated Tracking System (or ATS) that will ‘read’ their resume in order to screen or rank it. Apparently 95% of large companies and 50% of medium size...
Before Your Next Interview, Download This: The Interview Cheat Sheet
Remember desperately cramming studying for exams back in university? You would take an educated guess at what questions were likely to be in the 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...
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We're Auckland's specialist banking and financial services recruitment agency. Your success depends on having the best team around you. When excellent employees are hard to find, you need a specialist financial services recruitment agency to find your perfect employee. In our experience the best employees partner with...