20th
Apr
Christchurch Tech Stories: FluentIQ Christchurch’s tech sector is proud to be world class, connected and creative. The Talent Hive has been working on a blog series with a number of Tech employers in the region and we’re delighted to share those with you over the next few weeks. FluentIQ delivers online testing of English communication… read more
Categorised as: Career Development, IT, Tech Stories
5th
Apr
Christchurch’s tech sector is proud to be world class, connected and creative. The Talent Hive has been working on a blog series with a number of Tech employers in the region and we’re delighted to share those with you over the next few weeks. Link Engine Management is a designer and developer of engine management… read more
Categorised as: IT, Tech Stories
16th
Mar
Christchurch’s tech sector is proud to be world class, connected and creative. The Talent Hive has been working on a blog series with a number of Tech employers in the region and we’re delighted to share those with you over the next few weeks. Smudge Apps have been building mobile solutions for regional and international… read more
Categorised as: IT, Tech Stories
22nd
Feb
Christchurch’s tech sector is proud to be world class, connected and creative. The Talent Hive has been working on a blog series with a number of Tech employers in the region and we’re delighted to share those with you over the next few weeks. First up is Orbica, New Zealand’s premiere location data intelligence consultants. Orbica… read more
Categorised as: IT, Tech Stories
15th
Sep
In the past, a career often meant a job for life. Both employees and employers would expect people to remain with the same company for an extended period of time before moving on, if they jumped ship at all that is. Today it’s different. New Zealand’s now a nation of job hoppers, and that can… read more
Categorised as: Career Development, Job Seeker Advice, Uncategorized
5th
Sep
New Zealand businesses in search of IT talent know how challenging it is hiring in a tight candidate market. The skills gap is real and growing, making recruitment challenges particularly pronounced for IT positions. In an IT market starved for talent, how should HR/Business leaders respond to a climate in which the right people for… read more
Categorised as: IT, Talent Search & Management
1st
Aug
Modern bullet-pointed, concise CV styles don’t seem suited to storytelling. But some recruiters, particularly those making direct hiring decisions, appreciate a CV that opens a window to your personality as well as highlighting your achievements. Hiring managers use the information in a CV to construct a story and image of the person applying for… read more
Categorised as: Job Seeker Advice
15th
Jun
Putting together a cover letter and CV is one of the most dreaded aspects of searching for a job. Adjusting the contents for each position applied for – and knowing in some cases those contents will never even be read – can be a dispiriting process. Employers don’t exactly love wading through stacks of applications… read more
Categorised as: Job Seeker Advice, Uncategorized
8th
Mar
For many industries, social technology has changed the way we work. The likes of Slack, LinkedIn and the recent Microsoft acquisition, Yammer have been setting the pace and now Facebook have hopped on board with Zuckerberg’s Workplace innovation. Facebook is firmly established in workplaces all over the world, just not in the way it wants… read more
Categorised as: Facebook, Social Technology
18th
Nov
What distinguishes a team from a bunch of people who work alongside each other? Managing a group of individuals requires a delicate balancing act. Personal career goals must be taken into consideration over the long term, or else you face losing top talent to a competitor. On a daily basis, however, that group of individuals… read more
Categorised as: High Performance Teams, Talent Search & Management