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Aussie skills shortage prompts new Kiwi exodus fears
Fears of a resurgent skills exodus across the Tasman are growing after new research found a growing Australian skills shortage.
Career women get a hand up
A business group aims to give female leaders a boost through the glass ceiling.
Accounting - the cool career
More secondary school and university students should consider accounting and finance as a career, says a recruitment specialist.
More employers consider hiring as demand returns
The number of firms wanting to take on new staff has grown to its highest level in nine months.
Course offers stepping stone into police
Unitec training first set up for Maori and Pasifika.
Police officers rammed by drunk getaway driver
Officers searching for a runaway car were stunned to suddenly see "sparks flying and the car heading straight towards them" at an intersection.
Police spread net wide for more women recruits
A police recruitment drive is aiming to almost double the number of female police officers working the beat.
Casting your net wide
Job-seeking online is about more than checking postings, says Cassandra Gaisford/
<i>Kate Ross:</i> Signs of life on recruitment front
The general feel from the jobs market right now is cautious optimism, writes Kate Ross.
Workplaces cautious about new policy on breaks
Most workplaces seem ill-prepared to accommodate the new law change which would allow managers to exercise more control over workers' regular breaks.
Mystery Fonterra exec gets $3.7m payout
A departing Fonterra executive has pipped CEO Andrew Ferrier's take-home salary, receiving total payments of up to $3.72 million.
<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.
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
Employers are intending to hire more staff, with a greater variety of skills in demand than earlier in the year.