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Don’t Let Your Finances Become Tangled This Christmas
All I want for Christmas is you money Christmas is an artificial hard close deadline for many businesses.Everyone seems to want updated budgets, accounts, returns, forecasts before Christmas. We spend our days working hard to maximise the financial potential of organisations but often when we come home at the end of a hard day,...
Consult Mythbusters: Setting The Record Straight
It’s come to our attention that there are a few urban myths about Consult that have been doing the rounds recently. We’re kind of proud to be the owner of a few urban myths (because it means that we’ve sufficiently scared our competition into having to...
When Losing Great People Is A Good Thing
It’s a bittersweet thing. You’ve worked with somebody for years. You’ve seen their wee babies grow up and become big school kids. You’ve been there when they are going through tough life stuff. They are great at their job and completely understand your company. They’ve been there...
The Brilliant Career Choice You’ve Never Considered
If I had a dollar for every person I met who dreamed of being a recruitment consultant when they were a kid… I’d have zero dollars. People don’t plan to get into recruitment. There’s no university degree to prepare you for the job. The careers lady at...
Such A Great Business, I Bought It! Here’s Why.
Well, I didn’t buy the whole business. But I did invest a significant amount of money for a significant shareholding, and a place on the Board. I thought long and hard about publishing this blog. This is personal financial information after all. Not really something to ‘share’. And...
May 2016 Accounting Job Market Update
Something very strange is going on in New Zealand’s job market. I read a really interesting piece by Bernard Hicky in the Herald last week on the March quarter labour force figures. In it, he noted that although the New Zealand economy has added 120,000 new jobs in the...
What’s The Word On The Street?
As specialist accounting and finance recruiters, our team spends a lot of time talking to accounting and finance types. And I mean a LOT. Shooting the breeze with New Zealand's top accounting talent (and the people who hire them) is like manna from heaven for these...
Why Kiwi Expats Should Come Home Immediately
We Kiwis are known for our migratory tendencies. This, of course, is generally a great thing for New Zealand. When our roving compatriots return to the fold they bring with them fresh ideas and a broader perspective than they could ever get mooching around on our...