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Counteroffers: Are They Worth It?
Counteroffers: are they worth it? Changing jobs is never an easy process, with the hardest part often being the final hurdle: informing your current employer that you’re on your…
How important are prerequisites in the engineering space?
A Master’s degree in electrical engineering, leadership and business management training, and an EWRB Licence. With an everchanging job market, how important is it for candidates to meet employer’s pre-requisites…
Why Go To The Job Interview?
I’m sure many of you have found yourselves in the situation of being asked in for an interview for a role you’re not sure about. Whether you applied for a…
Thinking About Asking for a Pay Rise? Let These Tips Help You Get The Increase You Deserve.
We have all been there, it’s a nerve-wracking time thinking about the best way to tackle the conversation. You will need to have your negotiating skills in check and possess…
5 TIPS: How to Attract Passive Candidates in a Candidate Short Legal Market
With qualified Solicitors above 2-years PQE in high demand, it’s safe to say the Solicitor you have your eye on is happily employed and blissfully unaware that a new, better…
6 Tips for a Great LinkedIn Profile
1. Have a professional looking profile photo Choose a clear, friendly, and appropriately professional image, and pop that baby up there. Not sure what “appropriately professional” means? Take a look around at what the people in your target company, industry sector, or business level are wearing. 2. Keep your title specific to what you…
The emerging market for ecologists in NZ
When working in the planning and surveying space, the expectations from clients tend to be clear cut. Are you a *licensed* Cadastral Surveyor? Are you a member of the NZ Planning Institute? Often sought, necessary licenses and certifications aren’t hard qualifiers to determine to a recruiter or a client. However, one role has shown…
Key Interview Tips from Fluid
Great news! – You have applied for a role and now you have an interview request. Until you attend the interview you won’t really know too much about the actual job itself other than the basic points listed in the advert, or if you are lucky enough to have one in advance, a job…
Contemplating a move to the regions?
Contemplating a move to the Regions? As a business one of our aims has always been to bring high quality recruitment services to the regions (which historically have been underserviced), rather than solely concentrate on the main centres. Our regional focus has led to some excellent long-standing client relationships being created and we have found…