Your job title sums up your role and can also indicate your level of responsibility within a business.  Encapsulating a role in a couple of words can be easy for some professions, and harder for others.  Let’s look at the importance of your title and what it can mean for you and your career.

Whilst technology and changing work habits have made the workplace more diverse, as this article from the Entrepreneur explains, it is the old-fashioned approaches to work which are proving to be relevant and imperative in engaging employees and for business success.

This latest article from the NZ Herald compares average salaries throughout NZ (taken from income statistics from Stats NZ) and compares the averages to Australia.  

For some of us, business will close over the Christmas break, allowing time to spend with family and friends. But do you really take the time to switch off?  We share our top tips to enjoy the festive season.

The Manawatu Gorge replacement route, the Regional Freight Ring Road, KiwiRail relocation and development at Ohakea and MidCentral are just a couple of the substantial projects planned for the region until 2030. There has never been a better time to consider a move to the Manawatu, or even consider a career change to take advantage of these opportunities.

Highlighting yourself, your skills and talents can be hard, after all, most of us Kiwis are quite humble about our abilities. When going for a job, you need to be able to promote your strengths, in written form as part of your personal summary in your CV.

Working as an Independent Contractor means you are self-employed with the flexibility to choose WHAT work you do, WHEN you do it and HOW you do it. The downside to contracting is securing a continual flow of work, and this is an area where pnpersonnel can assist. 

Congratulations, you have made it to the interview stage. This is your chance to shine in front of a potential employer.  How do you best present yourself?  PN Personnel’s Recruitment Specialist can help you with this and assist in preparing you for an interview, so you walk in confident and prepared.

You have sent out 10 applications for jobs, it’s been a week and you’ve heard back from only one.  How long should you wait?  When should you follow up and what is the best way to do this?

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

If you fail to plan you plan to fail.

Let’s find your goal for 2019 and put a plan in to aspire and work towards achieving this.

April 1st is the key date over the next three years for increases to the minimum wage. 

What is the Living Wage rate, what does it mean to employers, employees and PN Personnel? 

With only weeks away until Christmas and the end of the year, our pnpersonnel Client Manager Matt Smout reflects on 2018. He shares his feedback from our local businesses and provides insights on employment opportunities and challenges heading into 2019.

As a business, you have a team around you engaged to provide the goods or services to your market.  At times you might have a gap in your business and need the services of a contractor to fill that need. 

How should you present yourself to a potential new employer?

You want to make the best first impression possible when you are going for a job interview, which includes dressing the part – how do you know what to wear so you are presenting yourself in the best possible way?