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A new start to the day – Travelling to work Have you ever thought about how many minutes of your day are wasted on the tiring commute to and from office every day? Does it infuriate you to be stuck in traffic, getting more and more frustrated as the cars seem to be barely moving on the road? Isn’t … Read more

Fulfilling your commitments! Whether it be a call back or an interview, a casual job or your daily 9-5 grind, it is important to make sure you always honour the commitments that you have made. Especially in the workforce, it is essential in order to make and maintain your professional reputation. … Read more

Thursday 19th January marks 20 years since Superior Personnel opened for business. Back in 1997 Lorraine Hopwood started Superior Personnel with her daughter Mandi as her first staff member. 20 years later, Mandi is still with us (as Tauranga Branch Manager) but the business has changed significantl… Read more

With the advent of technology and digitalization, it has become easier than ever to apply for jobs. Gone are the days when one needed to sift through newspapers to find roles or go door to door to apply for potential positions. The easiest and most efficient method to apply for jobs is online, eithe… Read more

Finally able to show the results of a few months work for us at Superior Personnel. Thanks to Junior and his team at SEMCO, we have a branded truck to promote Superior Personnel on its travels around the country. Thanks to David Whittaker for being the professional driver on this! Later this month … Read more

Welcome three new staff to the Superior Personnel team starting in January 2017. Kirsty Hannken joins the team in Auckland as our Senior Recruitment Consultant. Miloni Trivedi also joins the Auckland team as our Candidate Coordinator / Resourcer. Last but not least, Drew Walker is our newly appointe… Read more

Women are being called an untapped resource in filling the national trades shortage, as a new company seeks to get women into the construction industry. Women make up only 2 per cent of all building trades workers, according to Statistics New Zealand, but the country is estimated to need 64,000 new… Read more

Companies are being warned to get their act together and make a quick decision about hiring top-skilled candidates or risk losing them. We couldn't agree more with this - the candidate market is so strong that even relatively entry level candidates often have multiple offers in front of them. While … Read more

It's important to remember that every interview is a two-way street. You should be assessing the employer just as much as they're assessing you because you both need to walk away convinced that the job would be a great fit. So when the tables are turned and the interviewer asks, "Do you have any q… Read more

New Zealand's unemployment rate fell below 5 per cent for the first time since December 2008 as employers took on more staff than expected, although that didn't spur wages to rise at a faster pace. The kiwi dollar rose on the figures. The unemployment rate fell to 4.9 per cent in the three months e… Read more