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AI in Recruitment: A Consultant’s Perspective

​The recruitment industry is undergoing a transformative shift with the introduction of ChatGPT and AI, with some people welcoming the software with open arms and others viewing it in horror. It’s...

ABC’s of Work Wellness

Specially created for our own ABCs - (Amazing Beyond Recruitment Contractors)​Being a contractor, you may miss out on corporate wellness initiatives and support in your organisation. Also, if yo...

The Road to Contracting

​Choosing to become a contractor can be a big decision. It does, however, come with some amazing rewards. For those who are considering this as their next step, it can be reassuring to know what th...

Contractor Interview Series – Senior Business A...

​Here at Beyond Recruitment, we know that contracting can be highly rewarding, offering plenty of flexibility and providing exciting opportunities to experience a range of projects and teams. In th...

A Q&A with Network of Public Sector Communicato...

​Here at Beyond Recruitment, we know that Communications is an ever-expanding industry – and an exciting one that offers great benefits, plenty of flexibility and opportunities to experience a rang...

Contractor Interview Series – Project Manager

​Here at Beyond Recruitment, we know that contracting can be highly rewarding, offering plenty of flexibility and providing exciting opportunities to experience a range of projects and teams.In thi...

Contractor Interview Series – Programme Manager

​Here at Beyond Recruitment, we know that contracting can be highly rewarding, offering plenty of flexibility and providing exciting opportunities to experience a range of projects and teams.In thi...

Contractor Interview Series – Service Desk Manager

​Here at Beyond Recruitment, we know that contracting can be highly rewarding, offering plenty of flexibility and providing exciting opportunities to experience a range of projects and teams.In thi...

Contractor Interview Series – Front End Developer

​Here at Beyond Recruitment, we know that contracting can be highly rewarding, offering plenty of flexibility and providing exciting opportunities to experience a range of projects and teams.In thi...

Contractor Interview Series – Network Engineer

​Here at Beyond Recruitment, we know that contracting can be highly rewarding, offering plenty of flexibility and providing exciting opportunities to experience a range of projects and teams.In thi...

Tell Me the Good News: Insights from Our Webina...

The media bombards us with content every single day and that was more evident during COVID. All of us are exposed to huge volumes of information and much of the news is negative, anxiety-inducing a...

Contractor Interview Series – Service Desk Analyst

​Here at Beyond Recruitment, we know that contracting can be highly rewarding, offering plenty of flexibility and providing exciting opportunities to experience a range of projects and teams.In thi...

What We Have Seen So Far in 2022

​It’s been a busy first few months of 2022, with plenty of roles available across a range of different specialisms. As one of New Zealand’s leading recruitment agencies. we have noticed a few them...

Contractor Interview Series – Senior System Adm...

​Here at Beyond Recruitment, we know that contracting can be highly rewarding, offering plenty of flexibility and providing exciting opportunities to experience a range of projects and teams.In thi...

Contractor Interview Series – Senior Project Ma...

Here at Beyond Recruitment, we know that contracting can be highly rewarding, offering plenty of flexibility and providing exciting opportunities to experience a range of projects and teams. In thi...

Struggling to Recruit the Best Talent? Here's W...

​The current recruitment market is particularly challenging for employers, making traditional recruitment approaches less effective without some additional innovation. To stay competitive in New Ze...

Protecting Your Business Against Cyber Threats

​As invaluable as digital tools are to the running of organisations, they also come with risks. In recent years, cyber crime has been accelerating in frequency, level of impact and the time it take...

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...

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...

In the News: The Impact of New Zealand’s Brain ...

​The challenges of the current environment, particularly in the international arena, have triggered an influx of New Zealanders returning home from overseas in recent months – a phenomenon widely k...

Simple Te Reo Māori Phrases to Use in Your Emails

Te Wiki o te reo Māori, or Māori Language Week, takes place in September each year and is an important opportunity to promote te reo Māori and recognise its importance within our communities. We al...

How has COVID-19 Changed IT Recruitment in New ...

The impact of COVID-19 on New Zealand businesses has been wildly uneven. New Zealand has fared well but sadly ​​has not been spared from the economic impact. While many companies have found it exce...

Why the Technology Sector May Miss the “Brain G...

Ben Pearson, Beyond Recruitment’s Client Solutions Director, was recently contacted by the 1 News programme to comment on the expected “Brain Gain” – the influx of New Zealanders returning home as ...

Tech Sector Trends and Changes Emerging from CO...

As a result of COVID-19, the whole mindset of business is evolving and the workplace will never be the same. None of us could have predicted the pace of the change, with developments that would hav...

The Importance of Transferable Skills in the Te...

One of the most valuable advantages I have as a recruiter is my diverse professional background, which has given me a broad understanding of the market and equipped me with a strong suite of skills...

Is New Zealand’s ICT Skills Shortage List Out o...

A little while back, the Digital Skills forum put together data around the New Zealand tech sector. Within that data was some interesting information around the New Zealand employment market. This ...

Technology Innovation Versus Regulation

Recently, we’ve been seeing an explosion of technology, which is advancing at incredibly high speed. We’re seeing incredible technologies, which not long ago were inconceivable, becoming mainstream...

Post Election Analysis - How the Technology Sec...

As a follow up to the Beyond Recruitment Economic & Labour Report, leaders from Beyond Recruitment spent time talking to Shamubeel Eaqub to discuss his thoughts on what the new coalition government...

Returning to the IT Workforce - Women in Tech L...

This month, I am proud to say I participated in a breakfast event Women in Tech Leadership as part of the STEMM festival, hosted by Hutt City Council and The Ministry for Women. The morning was cre...

Will Your IT Role Still Exist in the Next 10 Ye...

Information and Technology businesses have undergone massive transformation over the last five years; with the mainstream adoption of 'Agile' as a business-wide project methodology, major shifts to...

To Outsource Or Not to Outsource - Lessons Lear...

We recently sat down with Hannes van Zyl, Hawkins CIO, to get his insights on leadership in IT strategy. In his eyes, one of the biggest mistakes you can make is to take the decision to outsource I...

How Technology Changed the World of Employment

Much like the rest of the world, the recruitment industry has seen significant changes over the last 50 years. This change, mostly thanks to the rise of new technology, is leading to marketplace ef...

What Makes Contractors Tick

I have been recruiting contractors in the Wellington market for nearly three years now. In the process, I have noticed a number of key trends. One key trend is that the government’s policy to reduc...

Advice for Looking After Your Mental Wellbeing ...

For many of us, our resilience is being tested in new ways, and although the country has returned to Alert Level 1 for now, the uncertainty, change and anxiety we have had to deal with over t...

CIO & Transformation Leaders Forum Update

Today, Beyond Recruitment’s IT & Transformation Manager, Chris Lacey, and his team hosted an insightful session with CIO and Digital Transformation leaders at Auckland University of Technology. ...

Women in IT: Conquering the Imposter Syndrome

In an industry that moves as quickly as IT, it’s important to stay up to date and take in insights from a range of leaders in the field. Last week, I went to a lunch hosted by the NZ Technology Ind...

A Compelling Case for Using an Independent Cont...

As a specialist recruiter in the IT & Transformation sector, I am constantly speaking with a multitude of companies who are reluctant to engage contractors. Often, those who are hesitant haven’t ut...

From Redundant to Recruited in One Week

Beyond Recruitment were invited to attend an outplacement session for staff being made redundant from one of our clients. We were asked to provide a realistic view on the IT job market, recommend t...

Made in New Zealand - Working for Startups

In the past few years we have seen the rise of the startup in New Zealand. We love to work with innovators here at Beyond Recruitment, and now we call many of these startups our clients, with more ...

Business Transformation in New Zealand: Beyond ...

We are currently seeing significant business transformation across the New Zealand state sector. This led us to host a boardroom breakfast in our Wellington offices with the Minister for Revenue, t...