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Top career trends for 2017

Change is constant but some in the know are tipping what is likely to be on the horizon for the New Zealand workplace

Do you want unlimited annual leave?

One Kiwi business is benefiting from letting staff choose the hours they work and holidays they get.

Employers see a plus in diversity

Employers are increasingly taking advantage of the diversity of their workforce to access opportunities in new markets, according to recent research.

How to prepare your business for disaster

COMMENT: Why do some businesses survive or even thrive post-disaster, while others sink faster than the Titanic?

Watch NZH Local Focus: Call centre aims to empower Maori and Pacific workers

It could be a call centre anywhere in the world, but Connect Global is based in the small South Taranaki settlement of Waverley. It provides desperately needed jobs for ten locals. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'Waste of time' response to jobseeker

A recent graduate applied for a position in the fashion industry and received this response: 'You have now wasted my time and yours!'

Teacher shortage 'at crisis point'

The new school year starts next week as the number of empty teaching places in secondary schools is the highest in almost a decade.

The dangers of hiring people you know

COMMENT: There's a saying that everyone in New Zealand is connected by two degrees of separation.

Women still under-represented on boards

Women are still vastly under-represented on boards with data from the NZX showing the ratio of male to female directors has not changed

Tauranga job listings spike 44pc

Tauranga job listings have seen a huge spike in the past three months and businesses are struggling to fill vacancies - with one employer

Phil O'Reilly: Let's bring disabled into jobs

COMMENT: The challenge is how do we improve employment opportunities for our intellectually disabled people?

Builders tap social media to find staff

Big building companies are tapping into social media to try to tempt young unemployed Aucklanders into construction trades. Fletcher

Lowie Recruitment liquidators seek to claw back money

Liquidators of league coaching legend Graham Lowe's former recruitment company are trying to claw back funds from one of its shareholders.

Housing crisis creating brain drain

Auckland's housing crisis is creating a brain drain as talented people move away from the city to escape the rising cost of living, a survey has found.

Kids can earn money to play with toys

Wanna play with toys - and get paid for it? Apply now.

We can learn from across the Tasman

Employers should embrace new technologies to make the most of a fast-changing world

Employers consider recruitment options

Businesses using recruitment agencies to hire staff may be missing out on exposure to almost half of prospective applicants.

Is this why no one wants the $400K job?

Stress of running own clinics seen as putting doctors off working in isolated country areas.