#FutureWorkNZ Blog

In previous blog posts we’ve explored the two binary options traditionally faced by companies entering into a recruitment process to hire new staff:  Doing it for yourself, or appointing an external agency.

There are many perfectly good reasons for engaging with an external recruitment agency when you need to hire someone for your business, but there are also many risks and pitfalls that can prove costly, if you don’t go about it the right way.

Next time you're recruiting, if you still want to go down the route of doing it yourself to save some money, make sure you're armed with these invaluable tips from recruiting experts:

After a lot of contemplation, your employee has finally gathered the courage to ask for a pay rise.

Maybe they deserve a raise, but then what's the right amount? Or maybe you're not in a position to give a pay rise or your employee hasn't done anything to prove that they deserve it.

At some point, almost every employer has to deal with this scenario. It can be tough, but it can also be a constructive and rewarding experience, depending on how you handle it.

So, what's the right way to navigate the conversation?

If you’re responsible for finding and hiring people to grow your team or your business, chances are your thoughts have wandered towards how you might make use of social media channels to aid in your hunt, especially when the job boards aren’t producing the right needles from the haystack.

Social media is all pervasive these days.  We use it for news, gossip, communication, relationships, recommendations, research and, yep, for cat photos and showing off too.  Basically, all of the things that make us human!  So, it’s a natural instinct to want to go there to find a human that could be just right for your company too.

According to online magazine Human Resources Director 92% of companies are using social media as part of their recruitment strategy.  Having worked in the recruitment industry for well over a decade now that number strikes me as surprisingly high, because I’d be amazed if many recruitment agencies even used it that frequently, and they’re getting paid (often too much) to fill their clients’ jobs.

Hey there, welcome to our Blog:  #FutureWorkNZ.  We’ve been here before.  In 2009 Rice Consulting was launched, an agency specialising in the placement of recruiters into recruitment agencies and corporate talent acquisition teams.  And in 2010 we started blogging on “The Whiteboard” about all the goings on in New Zealand’s recruitment industry.