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![NZ Bus offers to lift lockout if unions drop work-to-rule notice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
NZ Bus offers to lift lockout if unions drop work-to-rule notice
An ERA facilitator is set to make a judgement in NZ Bus's industrial dispute with its drivers tomorrow morning.
![<i>Kate Ross:</i> The problem with social networking sites](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Kate Ross:</i> The problem with social networking sites
Recruitment specialist Kate Ross shares the reservations she has about websites like Facebook and Twitter.
![Recovery may be slow and jobless: KPMG exec](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Recovery may be slow and jobless: KPMG exec
The global economy will take at least another year to get back on its feet, with no guarantees of more jobs, says KPMG.
![Self promotion key to getting work](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Self promotion key to getting work
Facebook and other social networking websites have become the hottest tools in the tech-savvy job-seeker's kit in this recession.
![Employers intend to take on more staff - survey](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Employers intend to take on more staff - survey
Employers are intending to hire more staff, with a greater variety of skills in demand than earlier in the year.
![Email rules in the quest for work](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Email rules in the quest for work
Recruiter Michele Olney was horrified when she heard someone advocating good old-fashioned doorknocking as the way to get a job.
![Drop in jobless total lifts recovery hopes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Drop in jobless total lifts recovery hopes
NZ's dole queue has shrunk for the first time this year, raising hopes that employment might pick up sooner than expected.
!['Baby Boomer' credit defaults soar](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Baby Boomer' credit defaults soar
Baby Boomer lifestyles 'are coming home to roost' as defaults on credit payments rise, a credit information provider says.
![Parliamentary staff stop work over pay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Parliamentary staff stop work over pay
Parliamentary staff will stop work for an hour today to protest a pay freeze and changes to their redundancy provisions.
![<i>Kate Ross:</i> Job scene on verge of turnaround](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Kate Ross:</i> Job scene on verge of turnaround
Movement in the job market is starting to happen, as Kate reports in this Recruitment Update.