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Expo to help set career pathways
After 22 years, the Career Expo show has been given a makeover to provide even more help for students and older people looking for a change in direction.
Honeymoon period vital part of worker's engagement
A successful on-boarding experience is one that starts the moment a new employee is recruited, moves at pace, and involves not just learning the job but gaining a full view of the organisation they have joined.
Benefiting from work-based training
When Maori apprentice Danual Keig began training as a motor mechanic with Ebbett Holden, the last thing he expected was to be awarded Employee of the Year 2012 at the Wellington branch.
Peter Lyons: Misguided logic behind asset sales pitch
I see little point in the Govt selling shares generating dividend yields of 6 to 7 per cent to avoid borrowing to fund its deficits at around 3 to 4 per cent, writes Peter Lyons.
Reserve Bank looks to cool kiwi
Economists say the Reserve Bank's intervention in the foreign exchange market last month was too small to make much difference to the exchange rate.
Wheeler warns on housing
It could take three to five years to close the gap between housing supply and demand in Auckland, if left to supply measures alone, says Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler.
Turning back from Oz dream
New Zealanders are beginning to realise the Australian dream is not so perfect and the grass may in fact be starting to become greener over here.
Reserve Bank tipped to start using new tools
The Reserve Bank will likely use its new macro prudential tools within the next six months to cool Auckland's overheated housing market, says the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.
Kiwi employers struggling to find staff
Half of all New Zealand employers are struggling to find staff with the right skills, with engineers most in demand, a survey has found.
Waihi mine fight going to court
Waihi residents' groups fighting a company's plans to mine beneath their homes are taking their battle to the Environment Court.
IRD eyes 500 over low-pay dodge
The IRD is investigating up to 500 people it believes may have given themselves artificially low salaries to avoid paying the top personal tax rate.
NZ dollar rises to 4-year high vs Aussie
The New Zealand dollar surged to its highest in four and a half years against its Australian counterpart as New Zealand's rising interest rates and growth outlook increase the lure of the nation's currency.
Business goes social to get employees sharing, innovating
Forbes Magazine predicts that 2013 will be the year for social business, with organisations integrating social technologies into the way they attract, engage and empower employees.
Kiwi tumbles as US$ climbs
Fears that the New Zealand dollar would continue its upward spiral were put to rest yesterday when comments from the US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke revived optimism about the US economy, sending the greenback higher and the Kiwi sharply lower.
Home affordability vs income
Up to seven annual Auckland incomes would now be needed to buy a property in the city for its median house price.