Tuesday, 31 January, 2012 | Tagged in Business, Marketing, Running Your Own Business, Share your thoughts, Using Crackerjacks | Written by Amiria Britton
Crafting an accurate job description is not the easiest of tasks, even for a seasoned recruitment professional! We know you’re busy and thought we’d help by dedicating a little print time to highlight the purpose and key functions of one.
Traditionally a job description is drafted by conducting a full analysis of the role and breaking [...]
Thursday, 19 January, 2012 | Tagged in Contractors, employees, Getting the Role, Share your thoughts | Written by Amiria Britton
Chasing your dream contract? Need to refresh your interview skills and techniques?
Throughout an interview the employer’s main objective is to ascertain a candidate’s fit to the workplace, their capabilities and limitations of experience and whether or not they can handle themselves professionally.
Here are a few tips we think might help you prepare for that next big [...]
Friday, 23 December, 2011 | Tagged in | Written by Amiria Britton
Merry Christmas to all of our contractors and businesses!
We’re looking forward to working with you next year and hope that you have a safe and relaxing holiday.
-The Crackerjacks Team.
Thursday, 15 December, 2011 | Tagged in Contractors, employees, Lifestyle, Running Your Own Business, Share your thoughts | Written by Amiria Britton
Stress , heavy workloads and long hours get the best of us all, even contractors. If you’ve found yourself staring blankly at the computer screen and wondering where to from here, then read on!
There are tasks that we love and naturally, ones that we loathe. The trick to productivity is not to let the loathsome [...]
Wednesday, 14 December, 2011 | Tagged in Business, employees, Running Your Own Business, Share your thoughts | Written by Amiria Britton
Motivated employees are an asset. They tend to be more productive, enjoy work and are a better fit in the workplace. It is no surprise then that motivational skills are on every employer’s wish list. One thing employers forget is that their work ethic, personality and workplace attitude are the best motivators.
If the holiday season [...]
Monday, 12 December, 2011 | Tagged in Contractors | Written by Amiria Britton
Merry Christmas Contractors!
Thanks to Warner Bros. Pictures we are giving away 5 double passes to Happy Feet Two (3D)!
To enter the draw all you need to do refer a friend to sign up with Crackerjacks! Get them to sign up and send an email with both of your names to amiria.britton@crackerjacks.co.nz and you’re in the [...]
Friday, 9 December, 2011 | Tagged in Contractors, Getting the Role, Marketing, Share your thoughts | Written by Amiria Britton
CVs are no longer a 10 page transcript of every job since high school, with a generic blurb at the end about your hobbies. A CV is essentially a marketing brochure where your skills and experience are the product.
We would like to offer our contractors a few pieces of advice to help update and send [...]
Thursday, 24 November, 2011 | Tagged in Business, Contractors, employees, Rates, Share your thoughts, Technology | Written by Amiria Britton
The continuing shortage of skilled and experience IT professionals is a cause for concern among CIOs and businesses. An increase in development linking to the strengthening economy means development projects that were put on hold due to the recession are back on the table. There’s just one catch- CIOs are finding that they don’t have [...]
Friday, 18 November, 2011 | Tagged in employees | Written by Deanna Yang
Congratulations to Amiria Britton who will be Crackerjacks’ new Communications Advisor! With a degree in Politics and Asian studies, Amiria is passionate about people, culture and communications. Throw a Diploma in PR and Communications into the mix and Amiria’s talent for writing will see her drive the marketing and PR initiatives for Crackerjacks. If you [...]
Friday, 18 November, 2011 | Tagged in Contractors, employees, Lifestyle | Written by Amiria Britton
Overworked employees are at greater risk for health and social problems, and are less productive than workers who are well rested and leave their work at the office.According to the last census in 2007, New Zealanders in the workforce averaged 37.35 hours per week.
The New Zealand Herald recently published an article on overworked [...]
