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Small business: SMEs hiring staff - Clare Parkes
Clare Parkes, CEO Clarian Human Resources which works with business owners and HR professionals to maximise their people resources through challenge, development and change.

Small business: SMEs hiring staff - Brett Wells
Brett Wells, director of Rockshop, a music business which has 30 stores in New Zealand.

Small business: SMEs hiring staff - Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson, Director of recruitment and HR specialists, Randstad.

Small business: SMEs hiring staff - Terri Grace
Terri Grace, shareholder and marketing manager of Global Beauty since 2002.

Small business: SMEs hiring staff - Chris Caldwell
Since 2002, Homesell has helped Kiwi homeowners sell their property without the use of a real estate agent or paying commission.

Small business: SMEs hiring staff - Shona Grundy
Shona Grundy, CEO and co-founder of Trigger Happy.

Small business: SMEs hiring staff
This week's columns describe the scary but exciting task of bringing on board new people for your business often at a time when you have no HR experience whatsoever and their contribution is crucial.

Small business: SMEs hiring staff - Ahmad Jubbawey
Ahmad Jubbawey, founder and CEO, Vensa Health, the mobile health (mHealth) solutions provider.

Maori TV chief exec resigns
Maori Television has announced its chief executive Jim Mather is leaving the station for a new role at Te Wananga o Aotearoa.

Does not compute - Where are the IT workers?
The money's good, the jobs are plentiful - so why does New Zealand's growing IT industry find it so hard to attract skilled staff? Anthony Doesburg reports

Small business: Clare Parkes - Corporate HR policies
Clare Parkes, principal, Clarion Human Resources, on recruitment for SMEs who want to use corporate-style HR policies.

Cobbers keep navy afloat
The New Zealand navy is relying on Australian sailors to keep it afloat as skilled crew leave in droves for higher-paid jobs across the Tasman.

Survey: Workplace stress on the rise
Bigger workloads and tighter company budgets are causing higher stress levels among New Zealand employees in certain sectors, a new report says.

Workers stressed as targets rise - union
Employees are being overworked because bosses are ramping up performance targets to save hiring new staff, union officials say.

Live Chat replay - Gender diversity with Lesley Whyte
Join us for a replay of live chat about gender diversity in the New Zealand workplace with Lesley Whyte.

The remedy for shortage of skills
Companies training apprentices feed their industries, writes Raewyn Court.

Wanted: willing workers
Bosses say finding staff is a struggle due to dysfunctional training systems.