Tuesday, 3 November, 2009 | Tagged in Business, Media, Rates | Written by Kristen Barrett
As reported on NZI Business recently, wage expectations for Accounting and IT contractors have increased between 4% to 6% since March this year. But this optimism was not experienced in the Sales, Marketing or Management professions, with wage expectations actually decreasing in these areas.
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Friday, 30 October, 2009 | Tagged in Business | Written by Kristen Barrett
Professional contractors and fixed term employees are a key component of an organisation’s workforce, but with HR mainly focused on permanent staff’s development and management, this group can be overlooked. To counteract this, Crackerjacks have developed the following tips for managing contractors and fixed term employees, to ensure top performance from your contingent workforce.
Setting expectations [...]
Thursday, 1 October, 2009 | Tagged in Business | Written by Markhams
The IRD screens GST returns filed by taxpayers to determine if a review or investigation of that return is warranted. This is likely to occur where a taxpayer claims a GST refund that is higher than normal based on that taxpayer’s GST return filing history or where a first GST return is filed claiming a [...]
Monday, 28 September, 2009 | Tagged in Business | Written by Crackerjacks
“I had initially been a little concerned about putting Crackerjacks onto a
permanent role given it seemed outside their core competency (contracting). I was pleasantly surprised with a swift turnaround of several good candidates
who had been appropriately screened. From there the process was very
smooth and we engaged our preferred candidate swiftly and at a fraction
of the [...]
Wednesday, 16 September, 2009 | Tagged in Business | Written by Crackerjacks
Every year thousands of people are injured or fall sick at work – some seriously. A quick first aid response can mean the difference between life and death, or can reduce the severity of the injury.
First aid can also help protect businesses, by reducing the impact an accident can have on productivity and the cost [...]
Tuesday, 8 September, 2009 | Tagged in Business | Written by Kristen Barrett
The service provided by Crackerjacks was really good; We were given support every step of way. Our Support Partner – Alex was exceptional, without his help the system may have been challenging to initially navigate. It was great having personalised support while using the system to find the right contractor.
As a start up company we [...]
Friday, 21 August, 2009 | Tagged in Business | Written by Kristen Barrett
Businesses who use recruitment agencies need to understand the importance of reading the fine-print of each agency’s terms and conditions. In many cases these terms do represent a fair service, but there seems to be an alarmingly high number of situations where they don’t – especially surrounding guarantees when candidates leave the company after a [...]
Friday, 14 August, 2009 | Tagged in Add new tag, Business | Written by Kristen Barrett
We’re excited to announce the launch of the new “Talent Alert” for registered Crackerjacks businesses. This new personalised email service allows you to save your candidate searches and receive “Talent Alerts” on a fortnightly basis where new talent, that fits your business’s requirements, is profiled and sent to you direct.
This new function allows you to [...]
Tuesday, 11 August, 2009 | Tagged in Business | Written by Crackerjacks
A shift in the economic environment has meant that businesses are taking a closer look at how they manage and retain their people. This is leading many businesses to suffer ‘head count’ pressure which requires the engagement of independent contractors to deliver product and services to their client and / or customer base in order [...]
Thursday, 16 July, 2009 | Tagged in Business, Media | Written by Kristen Barrett
You will be aware that the numbers of Influenza A H1N1 (swine flu) cases in New Zealand are increasing. The Ministry of Health advises that this trend is likely to continue over the coming weeks and months.
Obviously, a pandemic of this kind or any similar type of crisis will affect your business, your staff and [...]
