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The performance relationship between board and CEO is business-critical, and it’s often cited as a significant issue. Luminary Search Partner, Chris Gilchrist, explores how the CEO feedback loop can break down and what can be done to fix it.

Recent Health & Safety reforms aim to increase responsibility for Health & Safety at work, but is legislation enough? OCG Senior Consultant, Michael Hurdle, explores how good workplace safety is more about culture than compliance.

OCG recently presented at the Commission for Financial Capability’s ‘Ageing Workforce Forum’. Click here for OCG and Chandler Macleod GM, Greg McAllister’s insights on New Zealand’s ageing workforce, and how businesses must prepare.

Candidate sourcing has become a specialised field in its own right. Having your Recruiters performing this role can be a costly mistake, both in terms of time and the quality of talent recruited.

Two of the most popular online communities utilised by Developers are GitHub and Stack Overflow, but how are employers using these when it comes to recruitment?

Of all the stages of talent acquisition, sourcing is perhaps the most dynamic – and this is evident in how rapidly the emergence of social technology has impacted sourcing.

As a former GM of HR at one of New Zealand’s biggest banks, and now currently the GM for one of the country’s largest recruiters, I’ve been on both sides of the fence as both in-house and agency recruitment teams have adapted to market changes.

The marketing sector is arguably the industry most affected by the digital age. The industry is moving at an ever-quickening pace as technology continues to evolve. Some companies are taking full advantage of this and moving with the times, whilst others are slower to embrace the shift away from above-the-line marketing. If you aren’t in a forward thinking environment and happen to find yourself looking for work (or even worse, out of a job), you may well struggle to find a new role due to not having the skills required by other firms.

When you consider how organised those in the supply chain field have to be on a daily basis, it’s surprising how many accept a recruitment process that is far from efficient

In recent years the New Zealand public sector has experienced significant amounts of amalgamation, with ministries such as the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) being established to merge different ministries together under one banner. There are many reasons for this transformation, but its impact on talent has the potential to be significant by enabling greater freedom of movement across different areas of the organisation