Answering any interview question
There are three fundamental questions any potential employer wants answered, regardless of the question they ask. 1) Can you do the job? 2) Are you whom you say you are? 3) Will you stay? If [...]
Performance Reviews and Effective Communication
Good team managers take the time and energy to understand their employee’s communication style. Great managers take extra time to adapt their personal style to how their employees can receive important information. During your employees [...]
Job Hunting – Networking
Networking is as simple as approaching people to ask for their advice and to talk to them about your career aspirations. People like to share their tips, particularly with those just starting out, and a [...]
What Really Motivates Workers in Their 20’s
What Really Motivates Workers in Their 20’s Ah the rebellious 20’s. The much misunderstood and underrated plight of our youths. Often thought as “Lazy” truly contemptible renegades, with far too much time on their hands, [...]
Interview Success: Tips For Making a Great Impression
The interview is your very own chance to prove to a possible employer, you happen to be the best applicant in the midst of the strong level of competition. Regardless of how convincing you appear [...]
How One Company Turned Their Hiring Process Around
Having a strong talent bench is the difference between being ready to take advantage of opportunities and having to put critical business decisions on hold. Here is how one company realised that its inadequate talent [...]
Negotiating a Pay Raise: The do’s and don’ts
Negotiating a pay rise can be one of the biggest and most intimating challenges we each go through in the workplace. In fact, the fear of unsettling our current work situation can be enough to [...]
Employee Engagement
A lot of my recent work has involved looking at employee engagement within companies I work with. While checking out relevent research on-line I discovered this insightful article. The following blog is an abridged version of [...]
Building your Social Media Presence
Building your Social Media Presence: To Social Media or not to Social Media? That is the question. Welcome to 2014, the age when maintain a social media profile is almost expected. As a New Zealand [...]