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New Year, New You, New Job?
It’s that time of year for reflection and planning. All over NZ, people are lying on the beach (or erm keeping warm at home in some places!) and thinking about what a new year, a new decade might look like for them. In the recruitment world...
Do Counteroffers Really Work?
Whew!!! It sure is an active employment market out there! Whenever there is strong demand for specific skill sets or types of people, salaries rise and counteroffers become a retention tactic. Which is where we are right now for many job functions in NZ. Employees leaving...
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...
How to boost your visibility to recruitment agencies
Passive candidates represent valuable prospects for employers, but how do you ensure that you’ll be considered for these new opportunities? Working effectively with recruitment agencies is sometimes the difference between a great role and an average next step. Here are a few ideas for ways to...
Our 5 Top Resume Hacks for Busy People
I can see your eyes roll back as you read the subject of this blog, here we go again you are thinking, yet another article about how to write a resume. But I’ve always found it ironic that the most important document you’ll ever write (your...
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...