Mark Adamson: Put prejudice aside when hiring
Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm not into political correctness. My focus is always firmly on the bottom line.
Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm not into political correctness. My focus is always firmly on the bottom line.
The University of Auckland is about to take a plunge into uncharted waters: A series of never-before-seen initiatives aimed at creating a generation of more enterprising graduates.
Non-standard work has grown much faster than traditional employment following the economic crash of 2008.
Welcome to my regular series My Light Bulb Moment. This column highlights a blinding flash of insight business, cultural and sports leaders have experienced and how it changed their lives.
Though it's fine to suggest career choices, it's wrong to impose them, especially your own unfulfilled career dreams.
Maybe you buy a Lotto ticket, have a flutter on the horses or even try your luck at the blackjack table, but would you gamble your salary?
Businesses have lifted their expectations for inflation, sapping immediate pressure on the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates.
A former pharmacist who was found guilty of selling and supplying drugs to clients had his registration cancelled by the Health Practitioner's Disciplinary Tribunal.
Job listings in the design and architecture industry have surged 49 per cent in the past year.
The Meatworkers Union claimed for monies owed by Lean Meats after the company failed to provide paid rest breaks which it had agreed to in its employment contract.
A nail beautician who says she was verbally harassed and forced to switch off her cellphone by an associate of her employer has been granted the right to make a personal grievance.
Not all religions and their followers are equal in New Zealand, a Herald investigation into the state of faith has found.
A man who was dismissed from his job after his legs were crushed by a car in a freak accident wants to take his former employer to court again.
You've been in your IT job for a while now and are starting to feel a bit, well, stale. Aware that you're a good "people person" you'd really like to move into communications.
A new 60ha business park in Silverdale north could mean people who live around the Millwater/Orewa area won't need to travel on clogged motorways to get to their jobs.
Some regions will "fail" economically and perhaps socially unless we help them to adjust, the Salvation Army says.
The ramifications of a further 113 job losses at Stockton will reverberate right down the West Coast and all the way to the Port of Lyttelton, MP Damien O'Connor says.
The West Coast mining industry has been dealt a heavy blow today, with 113 jobs to go at Solid Energy's Stockton mine.
Angela Ahrendts, Apple's senior vice president of retail and online stores, was the highest-paid female executive in the US last year.
Employment grew strongly in the first three months of the year but labour force growth was stronger still, keeping wage inflation subdued and raising the odds of an interest rate cut.
Job losses on the West Coast have been foreshadowed ahead of meeting between Solid Energy managers and workers at the Stockton Mine tomorrow.
The New Zealand dollar has dropped by US1c after labour data out this morning showed wage growth was less than expected.
Married-couple, child-rearing families with male sole-breadwinners are five times more prevalent than those with female sole-breadwinners.
When John Key decided to become acquainted (repeatedly) with a Parnell waitress' ponytail, he surely had little idea of the international furore that would ensue.
Celebrations are planned this evening after McDonald's and Unite Union reached an agreement to end "zero hour" contracts.
Workers at the fast-food chain will be guaranteed 80 per cent of the average hours worked over a three-month period.
Family-friendly working conditions also help parents of young children. These measures don't need to cost a fortune.
Solid Energy shelled out $4 million for redundancies between July and December last year, mostly for workers from the Stockton opencast mine.