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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

New Zealand has been ranked the top country in the world for doing business in the World Bank’s 2017 Doing Business Report - up one place from last year and up from third in 2014. The report, which examines regulations that enhance or constrain business activity, assesses 190 countries and ranks th… Read more

New Zealanders are taking home more than 5 per cent extra in their pay packets a week than a year ago, Statistics New Zealand data shows. The median weekly earnings from paid employment rose $44 to reach $924 a week between June 2015 and June 2016. That is the largest percentage increase since 2007… Read more

This weeks Blog comes to us from Kerri Whittaker, the Superior Personnel branch manager in Waikato. Many job seekers focus on answering interview questions right that they forget something equally as important ‘That you are also there to ask questions’. Asking the right questions at an interview is… Read more