Candidate experience best practices 25 January 2017

Five ways to create a better candidate experience

As a HR manager, it feels like you probably see more CVs and applicants than daylight. There’s no doubt about it; recruitment is a long and tiring process. However, we... Read more...

How to establish employee performance goals 25 January 2017

6 ways to establish employee performance goals

There are a lot of theories on improving employee performance. Some believe setting firm goals and ignoring employee well-being is the best approach. Other’s completely ignore setting goals and focus... Read more...

23 December 2016

Use these 5 recruitment tools to supercharge your talent strategy

Attracting high-quality staff within your budget is getting tougher as more companies enter the market. If you want the best talent to even look in your direction, you need to step... Read more...

12 December 2016

Getting The Best From Your Executive Search Partner

Let me ask you a question: why do you go to the doctor when you’re sick? The answer’s obvious, you’re no doubt thinking; it’s because doctors have the knowledge, skills... Read more...

25 November 2016

What To Look For In A Resume When Hiring Future Leaders

I was in a conversation with an HR leader recently, who mentioned that they, and their recruiting team, are constantly bombarded with poorly written resumes making the identification of potential... Read more...

4 November 2016

Get To Know Our New Partner, Andrew Steele

As a Partner in our Auckland office, Andrew brings more than 30 years of senior Human Resource experience in executive and consulting roles in New Zealand and Australia. Andrew has... Read more...

2 November 2016

Our Top Takeaways From The Deloitte HR Trends For 2017

There’s no doubt that technology is rapidly changing the way we work across all kinds of industries and job roles. For HR professionals, the impacts of technological change on the... Read more...

19 October 2016

Is It Time To Challenge How You’re Measuring The Quality Of Your Hire?

When it comes to talent acquisition, do you choose to focus on measures of cost or measures of quality? A while back we introduced the Recruitment Type Indicator as a... Read more...

29 September 2016

The Next Chapter in our Story

When Generator Talent started in 2007, we did a range of talent-related work; search, leadership development and consulting. When you start up a consulting business, you feel the need to... Read more...

11 February 2016

Bridging the Talent – Management Gap

My last post, The Real Talent – Management Gap described the ever widening space between what HR and talent professionals are thinking, saying and doing about developing people, and the... Read more...

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