I recently went to a memorial service for a former colleague that I had also helped in a professional capacity. He was 29 years old and decided to take his own life. I was not a close friend, so I did not know him well, but this […]
A client recently shared with me that he thought they must be getting something wrong with their job ads as they were not getting any quality candidates applying. I had to reassure him that no, his ad was probably perfectly fine, we are just experiencing a severe […]
You will certainly know that your team is your best asset. A cohesive, loyal, high performing team is the best tool that you will have in achieving business success. And getting good employees on board is often a hard-won process in a candidate short market.
Almost 4 months ago I started my career in legal recruitment, having never been a recruiter or a lawyer. A lot of people have asked me why I decided to buy Legal Personnel as this was a bit of a segue from 14 years as a remuneration […]
The Employer of Choice Award in the New Zealand Law Awards is sponsored by Legal Personnel. The award has a very strong branding for any firm looking to recruit. Being a finalist or a winner of the Employer of Choice Award speaks volumes to candidates as […]
Legal Personnel does a salary survey every year and has done so for 16 years. We have seen other surveys come and go over that time; however, it was definitely noticeable that the joint New Zealand Law Society and Hays survey has stirred the […]
Millennials, millennials, millennials (born after 1984) and probably the most talked about generation when it comes to the world of work and now in the eyes of many how they ‘don’t work” like we used to!
Someone asked me recently why I write articles and I responded “Because I like to write and am interested in the dissemination of good ideas, whether they are mine or someone else’s”. Ideas about high trust teams particularly interest me because team functioning is […]