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Tech job news, market insights, talent trends and skills & experience in demand.
18th
Nov
Building High Performance Teams Within SME’s
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
14th
Nov
Innova Composite Helicopters – Insight Series Part II
Innova Composite Helicopters are an innovative helicopter manufacturing company based on a small rural airfield about 15 minutes’ drive from Albany on Auckland’s North Shore. Innova Composite Helicopters are currently looking to recruit a number of additional Engineers to help them attain NZCAA Part 27 type certification for their unique single turbine rotorcraft. The design… read more
Categorised as: Engineering, Innova Composite Helicopters
14th
Nov
Innova Composite Helicopters – Insight Series Part I
Innova Composite Helicopters are an innovative helicopter manufacturing company based on a small rural airfield about 15 minutes’ drive from Albany on Auckland’s North Shore. Innova Composite Helicopters are currently looking to recruit a number of additional Engineers to help them attain NZCAA Part 27 type certification for their unique single turbine rotorcraft. The design of… read more
Categorised as: Engineering, Innova Composite Helicopters
27th
Oct
9 Key Job Skills for the Future
Identifying skills and qualifications that will be the most valuable in years to come Four episodes into HBO’s latest offering, Westworld and I’m hooked. There are so many employment themes running through the show that in addition to calling it a sci-fi, western mash up you could easily throw ‘workplace drama’ into the descriptive mix… read more
Categorised as: Career Development, Job Seeker Advice
19th
Aug
Lessons from a Bad Job Interview: How to Learn from your Mistakes and Perform Better Next Time
If you’ve ever walked away from a job interview feeling like you’ve just barely survived a car accident, you’ll be familiar with that sinking feeling of inadequacy and shame. The sense that you’ve blown a golden opportunity, one that might not present itself again; the nagging doubt that you aren’t as good as you thought… read more
Categorised as: Career Development, Job Seeker Advice
18th
Aug
Reduce Energy – Optimise Your Career
DETA Consulting is a young, dynamic and responsive organisation working with some of New Zealand’s largest businesses to identify, develop and deliver optimisation services. Deta Consulting was born out of the engineering filed of ‘energy efficiency’ but now Deta delivers services across a much broader spectrum from process and mechanical design through to HSE and… read more
Categorised as: Engineering, Job Seeker Advice
1st
Jun
Living & Working in New Zealand
As more and more companies search for highly talented people beyond their own country’s shores, the employment market has truly gone global. But moving to another country for your dream job and a better life style can be a daunting prospect. Fortunately, the team at The Talent Hive are experts in supporting Engineering and IT… read more
Categorised as: Working in New Zealand
28th
Apr
How can body language be used effectively in an interview situation?
Multiple studies have demonstrated how body language influences our perceptions of each other, with some analysts putting it far above verbal communication in terms of importance. In a job interview situation it becomes even more important, as interacting with strangers tends to increase our awareness of our own and others’ body language. Thinking about how… read more
Categorised as: Career Development, Job Seeker Advice
21st
Mar
Is Company Culture Crucial To Successful Hiring
Building an authentic company culture is one of the more complex challenges facing organisations of all sizes. It’s also one of the most elusive. A 2014 Gallup poll shows that more than half of all employees in the U.S. describe themselves as ‘disengaged’ at work. Millennials are the least engaged demographic, suggesting that positive company… read more
Categorised as: Talent Search & Management
11th
Dec
How Safe Is Your Job?
The patchy, piecemeal recovery from the global recession of 2009 has fostered an attitude of cautious optimism among economists. But even as the economy slowly regains its former strength, another threat to middle class job security has reared its head: technology. Automation has changed the way large-scale, repetitive tasks are performed; online commerce has caused… read more
Categorised as: Career Development, Job Seeker Advice