Working in New Zealand in the COVID-19 environment
New Zealand continues to perform well in the on-going COVID-19 environment. Our vaccination programme is rolling along and although it is a slower process than many around the globe, we are in the fortunate position of still having no active cases inside our boarders. We are getting many enquiries from…
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Using your network to get back to work The current situation with the COVID pandemic has left countless people unemployed and struggling to find new jobs. In an effort to adapt, many people turn to their network for opportunities, whether it’s to communicate with friends, former colleagues, or tap into…
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Motivation for job change under pandemic circumstances
Working in pandemic circumstances has become our “new normality” hence HR departments have been forced to adapt their way of working and thinking accordingly. A logical question arises: what about candidates? How do they manage to adapt to change? Are they sufficiently motivated and ready to change job in this…
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How to optimize the hiring of a new employee in the company
Facilitating his/her adaptation to the new environment and avoiding premature failure It is a well-known fact that the first days and weeks in a new company can largely determine the degree of adaptation of that new employee, his/her satisfaction with the position and with the company, and may even condition…
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REFERENCE CHECKS
Reference checks could be worthless and even dangerous if superficial and inadequately performed but extremely valuable if done properly following good preparation! The use of reference checks is becoming more widespread. It can be a worthwhile extra tool to use when making hiring decisions, particularly for critical appointments at a…
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Labor market in the Czech Republic
The labor market in the Czech Republic and other countries has changed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As elsewhere, mistakes can be good if we learn from them! Labor market before Covid-19 pandemic The unemployment rate in the Czech Republic reached in a long-term 2%. The labor market was oversaturated…
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Executive search: (how) does COVID-19 influence the profile of C-levels?
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operational Officer… The Chief Levels or C-levels in companies have their work cut out for them. The pandemic has been a major impetus behind evolutions that had already been going on for some time. An impetus that inspired good change for some sectors,…
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What Hollywood Can and Cannot Teach you About Interviewing
The benefits of Behavioral Based Interviewing You may have seen the famous “Sell me this pen” scene in the recent Hollywood movie, Wolf of Wall Street where Leonardo DiCaprio hands a recruit a pen and urges him to sell it back to him. Hiring managers frequently use this and similar…
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Past behaviour is a great predictor of future behaviour
Perfect prediction has long been the Holy Grail or magic ingredient which Search Consultants have always been hunting for. Many Occupational Psychologists make a good living out of deploying Personality & Critical Reasoning Assessments to help in this prediction challenge. Indeed, there is no doubt that these measures do bring…
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