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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For more information on the Crackerjacks professional contracting [...]
Wednesday, 19 August, 2009 | Tagged in Media | Written by Kristen Barrett
The Waikato Times recently ran an article discussing the launch of Crackerjacks Waikato.
Read the full article
Contact Sandra Diekerhof or Justine Winter in Hamilton on:
Sandra.diekerhof@crackerjacks.co.nz or Justine.winter@crackerjacks.co.nz
(07) 974 9291
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 [...]
Tuesday, 16 December, 2008 | Tagged in Media | Written by Crackerjacks
Crackerjacks have been granted a patent for our unique business process in New Zealand. This means we officially offer a service that is the first of its kind – this is something to really get excited about in the professional contracting industry! Our unique New Zealand patent number is 564711.
Crackerjacks provide businesses with a cost [...]
Thursday, 20 November, 2008 | Tagged in Media | Written by NZ Herald
Wednesday Nov 19, 2008
Demand for healthcare workers appears recession-proof but job prospects for business professionals are slumping, a new survey shows.
The quarterly member survey by Australian and New Zealand industry body Recruitment and Consulting Services Association found business professionals dropped from fourth to 14th place in the overall skills shortage list.
Demand for health professionals and [...]
Friday, 7 November, 2008 | Tagged in Media | Written by NZ Herald
By Brian Fallow
Link to article
The unemployment rate rose to 4.2 per cent in the September quarter, its the highest rate for nearly five years, and economists expect it to keep climbing.
It was 3.9 per cent in June.
Since the start of the year the economy has added just 2000 more jobs, not nearly enough to keep [...]
Friday, 31 October, 2008 | Tagged in Media | Written by Kristen Barrett
As profiled in the New Zealand Herald, Crackerjacks is ironing the wrinkles out of contracting with a new-age take on professional contract recruitment.
We are not a job board nor are we a list of CV’s. Crackerjacks is an online recruitment solution for professional contractors and businesses, which is the first of its kind.
Never before have [...]
Wednesday, 29 October, 2008 | Tagged in Media | Written by Kristen Barrett
With the election rapidly approaching people are firming up on who they plan to vote for. We have been running a poll over the last few weeks collecting people’s opinions on which party they believe will help professional contractors the most.
At present National is the clear leader with 56% of the votes followed by Labour [...]
Wednesday, 29 October, 2008 | Tagged in Media | Written by NZ Herald
Source: NZ Herald, 24 October, 2008
Tony Wai knows what it’s like to be on both the jobseeker’s and the employer’s side of contracting.
He knows that while it is a time- and cost-effective option, it can also be arduous and disappointing for both parties.
In mid-July this year, Wai launched a new online contractor recruitment company, crackerjacks.co.nz, [...]
Wednesday, 22 October, 2008 | Tagged in Media | Written by Kristen Barrett
We have seen contractor registrations sky-rocket over the past month – we now have over 400 professional contractors listed on Crackerjacks.
These professionals are primarily involved in the IT, Advertising/Media, Marketing/PR, Events, Administration and Sales sectors.
Interestingly so the professions with the highest number of contractors are Analyst/Programmers and Website Developers, closely followed by Graphic Designers.
With a [...]
