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Straight talk on staffing in NZ.
Articles on hiring, labour hire and the New Zealand job market, written to be useful, not to fill a blog. Updated as the market moves.
Articles on hiring, labour hire and the New Zealand job market, written to be useful, not to fill a blog. Updated as the market moves.
How to work out the shape of your peak, when to start hiring, and the four public holidays that land right in the middle of it.
Read article → Hiring strategyWhen it pays to keep hiring in-house, when an agency wins, and how the costs actually compare.
Read article → ConstructionThe shortage in numbers, and how sites are keeping programmes on track.
Read article → Temp staffingSeasonal peaks, trial-to-hire and surge cover, the patterns that work.
Read article → Choosing an agencyThe questions to ask before you sign: rates, vetting, replacement terms and response times.
Read article → Hiring speedWhere the time actually goes in hiring, and what an agency removes from the critical path.
Read article → Pay ratesCurrent hourly rates for pick packers, process workers, forklift operators and warehouse staff across Auckland and NZ, and what pushes your rate up.
Read article → Pay ratesWhat construction labourers, digger operators and Class 2-5 drivers earn across New Zealand right now, and how tickets change the number.
Read article → Pay ratesWhat TTM crew, traffic controllers and STMS earn, what the qualifications cost, and how fast the step-ups come.
Read article → Job huntingA practical NZ guide: what to put first, what to leave out, and a free tool that builds the CV for you in 10 minutes.
Read article → Hiring strategyRecruitment spend is the small part. Here is what a mis-hire actually costs a team.
Read article →Send us your staffing question, we'll give you a straight answer.