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Are You Happy with Your Job?
What does happiness in the workplace look like? OCG Recruitment Consultant, Eloise Gantuangco, looks to answer that question and provides some helpful advice for those looking for more greener pastures.
The Changing Landscape of the Recruitment Sector
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.
Time is Running Out: Dealing with the Skills Surplus Left by the Canterbury Earthquake
The 2011 Canterbury Earthquakes created a huge, yet obviously temporary demand for Claims Officers, Loss Assessors, Loss Adjusters, and various other roles within the sector. Many of the candidates needed to meet this demand had to be sourced from other industries such as accounting or construction, with firms hoping that their transferable knowledge and skills were transferable enough. This created a situation where many of the people hired to manage this tragic crisis had very little, if any, experience in the insurance industry, and yet were getting paid 30% to 50% more than what they would have been had there been no earthquake to contend with. To compound issues, a large percentage of these hires were on fixed term contracts.
Marriage of Convenience
Contractors should form healthy relationships with their recruitment agency to make life easier.
Employers don’t have generation specific talent strategies in place
Our research found that just over half (52%) of employers do not have any generation specific talent management strategies in place. Only 3% of organisations surveyed have strategies in place for all four generations.
The increasing importance of ‘the why’
There is a growing desire from employees to work for organisations with a solid reputation, reward for performance, clear career trajectory and a culture of collaboration. It is no longer just about how much they can make or if they can become the top employee.
4 Generations, 1 Workplace
In today’s workplace, 20 year old employees can find themselves working alongside colleagues who are older than they are by 50 years or more.
Avoid the pitfalls of office politics.
Our consultants recommend their contractors steer clear of office politics and don't become immersed in water-cooler gossip if they want to enhance their reputation in their profession and become the preferred choice for plum roles.