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From I-Shaped to T-Shaped: Changes in Professio...

​The IT industry has displayed an increased vigour since the turn of the century. The world has seen radical changes, with technology touching just about everything in everyday life. For the last t...

Talent Shortages In and Beyond the Pandemic: In...

​The past 12 months have largely been a period of economic recovery, with New Zealand on the whole faring better amid the pandemic than many of its global peers. However, businesses are now facing ...

Recruiters are the Canaries of the Job Market C...

​I write this in the first few working hours of the latest (August) lockdown. This one will be different. Not only will it (hopefully) be shorter than the initial Alert Level 4 lockdown in 2020, bu...

HR Market Update: Short Skilled or Short-Sighted?

We have now closed out the first half of 2021 and it’s hard to believe we are a year on from the original lockdowns. It is fair to say that this has been a busy period for many people across the co...

How to Attract High Performers

In the current candidate short market, many organisations are settling for the best they can find of those that apply for the role – often the person that meets the greatest portion of the criteria...

Diversity and Inclusion in a Candidate-Short Ma...

Let’s face it – it is difficult enough to ensure you follow diversity and inclusion (D&I) processes when you are recruiting in a candidate-rich market, but it is even more so in a candidate-sho...

When Inclusion Comes First, Diversity Thrives: ...

To create a workplace where people can thrive, leaders must first focus on getting the soil right. Diverse plants in unhealthy soil will eventually wither and die. Your company culture is like soil...

Inclusion: The Key to Unleashing the Real Power...

In our globalised business landscape, diversity is everywhere, and creating a diverse workforce is now vital for an organisation's success. While the multifaceted nature of New Zealand’s talent poo...

Will the Professional Talent Supply Join Housin...

If you are a corporate hiring manager, recruiter or skilled job seeker, you will have noticed that the demand for professional talent feels like it is reaching a frenzy point out there in job-land....

Winning the War for Talent

The New Zealand employment market has flipped on its head in recent months, with widespread candidate shortages and a huge demand for skilled people making recruiting in 2021 a major challenge. Bot...

NZ’s Employment Market Bounces Back to Nearly P...

Liza Viz, CEO Beyond Recruitment, was recently featured on RNZ News, where she commented on the growth of job vacancies around the country as listings return to near pre-COVID-19 levels. Liza noted...

Apprenticeship or University: What is the Best ...

A few years ago, I wrote a blog on the choices between apprenticeship or university and the advice we should be giving to our school leavers. There have been a number of changes over the past 12 mo...

Writing a Stand-Out CV and Understanding Recrui...

What does it really take to write a CV that’s going to catch the attention of recruiters and help you on your way to landing your dream role? Our very own Ben Pearson spoke to the NZ Herald about w...

Competency-Based Hiring: The Secret to Stronger...

At a time when the future of an organisation often depends on having the right people at the forefront, competency-based hiring is the solution to appointing leaders who will guide a business to su...

The Benefits of Utilising Temporary Staffing Du...

There’s no doubt that we are all in a much different reality to the start of 2020 when many businesses had indicated a growth trajectory and positive hiring intentions for the year – intentions tha...

Empathy in the Workplace: Making it Real, Makin...

liThe idea that emotional intelligence (EQ) is becoming more important than IQ for success in business has been gathering momentum since the mid-1990s. Now, in 2020, as we emerge from our COVID-19 ...

The Benefits of Contracting with Beyond Recruit...

Contracting can provide a varied and flexible work life, with opportunities for increased pay, skill development and exposure to new working environments. However, there are some challenges associa...

The Economic Impact of COVID-19: Insights from ...

We recently held a webinar with Economist Shamubeel Eaqub to provide insights into what COVID-19 may mean for your business, your employees, your job and your whànau. During the event, which had al...

Recruiting, Onboarding and Managing People Remo...

The onset of COVID-19 has forced many companies across Aotearoa to adopt work-from-home policies before they were ready, and this presents even greater challenges if you’ve recently hired or plan t...

How to Nail Your Next Video Interview

Kia ora koutou katoa! As COVID-19 changes we way we live and work, employers across Aotearoa are turning to video interviews as a safe and responsible option for continuing their hiring processe...