25 January 2010
The number of firms wanting to take on new staff has grown to its highest level in nine months, according to recruitment company Hudson. Hudson's employment expectations report found 19.6 per cent planned to take on more permanent staff in the next three... read full story
15 December 2009
The recession was a new experience for many of the twenty-somethings of Generation Y. A year ago it was not uncommon to hear employers complain that Gen Y workers were too demanding and unrealistic, expecting rapid promotion and high salaries, and tha... read full story
09 November 2009
The launch of a Partnership agreement between Work and Income and the RCSA (Recruitment and Consulting Services Association), was held in Auckland on 16 October. Work and Income regions and recruitment agencies attended and were invited to sign the agreem... read full story
17 June 2009
The third quarter results of the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey are available – the most extensive global labour market forecast. Click here to download read full story
29 May 2009
JOBX, New Zealand's leading Web 2.0 career site now allows candidates and advertisers to share jobs on Twitter, one of the most popular social networking sites on the planet. Sharing a job on Twitter tells your network that you have applied for the job... read full story
27 March 2009
Q2 2009 Results Available Now The second quarter results of the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey are available – the most extensive global labour market forecast. 2009 Quarter 2 (Apr - June) National Download Here read full story
19 January 2009
For many years farrowjamieson has been tracking the slow decline in response rates of print advertising in recruitment compared to online job sites. While the initial range of generalist job boards created a cheap alternative to listing of vacancies the r... read full story
12 December 2008
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is conducted quarterly to measure employers' intentions to increase or decrease the number of employees in their workforces during the next quarter. The survey has been running for more than 40 years and is one of th... read full story
18 November 2008
The number of unemployed increased by 19.7% in the past year and the unemployment rate is at 4.2% for the September Quarter and rising (Statistics NZ Nov 6 2008).”Higher unemployment coupled with slowing jobs growth will create an increasing surplus of ca... read full story