Employment

For Employers

Defining your skills needs

Aligning your skills and capacity with your business goals seems obvious but can present challenges when technology changes, new opportunities appear or the labour market shifts. What can you build (develop) from within your business and what do you need to buy (recruit) and how do you manage that mix?

We can work with you to translate your business goals into the skills and capacity you need to achieve them and assist you with the choices you face.

Designing jobs and teams for results - writing job descriptions

Being clear about who is accountable for what and what authorities people have to get the job done can save you a lot of hassle. This is critical to avoid overlapping responsibilities and confusion about what results are expected.

Writing employment contracts

Employment agreements must deal with and cover certain things under the law and may deal with other things as agreed by employers and employees. In practice, employment agreements can be written to suit particular situations. In law, different minimum standards are set for different types of employees. Provisions must meet minimum standards.

We can assist you write agreements that are compliant with the law and respect and reflect the specific needs of your business.

Writing creative job ads for print and the web

A job advertisement is a window on your business and is a critical opportunity to differentiate you in the job market. We can write for print and web and assist your brand to stand out.

We can provide a free employment webpage audit if you have currently advertise jobs on your website.

Interview skills coaching

Learn how to lead a structured interview. Select for the things that are hard to train and get specific examples of the kind of knowledge, skills and experience that you want for your business.

We also offer a service where we will interview candidates with you to provide a second opinion.

Assessment and short-listing

Sometimes you want more than a CV and an interview.

We can provide a range of objective and validated aptitude tests and personal style questionnaires to aid your selection decision. We can also develop quick but robust job sample exercises. Select for the things that are hard to train.

For people changing jobs or re-entering the employment market

Writing your CV

Your CV will get you short listed. We can work with you to build a compelling picture of what you have to offer an employer. It ‘s less about the jobs you have done... It’s more about what you can do and how you have added value.

Searching for jobs

The job market is now virtual. We can assist you on how to search and where to search and how to use social media as an employment tool.

Preparing for interviews

For all its pitfalls, the interview is still the mainstay of staff selection. If you are returning to the workforce after a period of time away, if you haven't been part of a selection process for a while or you are preparing your staff for entering the job market then we can work with you to prepare for interviews and help you organise the stories around your experience and capabilities. Remember its not so much about jobs you have done but the skills that you have. For example someone returning to the workforce after managing a household and raising the kids encompasses a whole range of personal organisation, financial and relationship management skills that are critical to many roles.