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‘Be open to relocating’: Recruiters’ grim advice for Wellington job seekers
Recruiters say some are getting desperate, applying for jobs outside their skill set.

Job market jitters: What’s in store for 2025
Increasing numbers of jobseekers are battling for fewer jobs.

Kiwis making big waves across the ditch: NZ’s top expats in Oz
As more Kiwis head to Australian shores, our successful expats show how far we can go.

Soft skills key: Expert predicts job market trends for 2025
Soft skills are increasingly in demand as artificial intelligence takes over hard skills.

ProLink calls in liquidator, 190 laid off a week before Christmas
'This is just so sad, just before Christmas' - liquidator Pritesh Patel on ProLink NZ.

'Sickening': Female preschool teacher charged with possessing child abuse images
The teacher has been in court and has been granted interim name suppression.

Banned fraudster fails again, recruitment firm owes $8.4 million
The company employed a lot of immigrant workers as contractors now owed money.

Recruiter reveals the 'arrogant' demands Gen Z make of employers
She says the demands are 'setting them up for failure'.

US law firms offer staff $50,000 for referrals as talent wars rage
Financial Times: Rise in dealmaking triggers renewed competition for junior talent.

A job seeker applied to stack shelves, but the employer wanted a credit check
When is a credit check for a job acceptable, and how can you improve bad credit?

NZ’s highest-paid CEOs revealed, new record of $8.42m set for largest pay packet
Twenty-five chief executives received at least $2m in remuneration in 2023.

How Big Tech is winning the AI talent war
Financial Times: Microsoft’s move latest sign huge firms are scooping up expertise.

Gone fast: Fletcher names new acting CEO to take helm
One project was the bane of his career.

Focus: Hiring freeze on backroom police staff
Police have confirmed cost-saving work includes indefinite restrictions on recruiting non-sworn staff. Video / NZHerald

So you want to quit your job? How to get hired after 50
Recruiters' top tips for overcoming age discrimination in the employment process.

ELE group collapse: 100 Christchurch workers identified after company went bust
Christchurch gears up to help laid-off workers and industry rallies in Auckland.

Construction labour firms, supporters unite to help sacked ELE group workers
'Ripple effect' a concern for hundreds of staff abruptly laid off before Christmas.

Highest-paid public sector bosses: Top earner's 30% bump to $1.4m
After years of pay restraint, state sector pay is on the up again.

SkyCity seeks hundreds of staff in post-lockdown turnaround
'I’ll be hoping in a year’s time, we’ll be back to 5000 employees again,' says CEO.

Fears cost saving could hamper quality of recruitment in the public sector
Govt criticised for overhauling how it pays recruiters in the midst of a labour crisis.

Labour crisis: The jobs are there - but where are the candidates?
Recruitment wars: Aussie edging ahead of NZ but labour market tight in both countries.