As an experienced Recruitment Specialist I have seen and heard of this happening a lot.

An employer (someone just as smart or as capable as you) runs a recruiting campaign, receive loads of applicants, but failed to get the person they really wanted. So they get a Recruitment Specialist in - and they also don't get the right person.

They need to first ask themself "was the job brief given to the Consultant the right brief?"

Recruitment Myths Debunked - this is the first in a series of Recruitment Myths Debunked. We see great recruitment, average recruitment and terrible recruitment and it'd be nice to help raise the standard.

Many employers inadvertently follow out-dated methods by following Recruitment Myths.

This is Myth One - Advertsing is all I need.

We are dedicated to informing, educating and sometimes we even hope to entertain our clients with recruitment news at www.pnpersonnel.co.nz/news 

It's always a stressful time when you receive that resignation and you need to replace a key person within your team. Your next call should be to a recruitment specialist who spends 100% of their day being an expert in attracting, screening, selecting and securing that next 'top performer' within your team.

This year and last year, Palmerston North Personnel used our own services!

We sourced an experienced Recruitment Consultant who came in and added instant value to the team in some speciality areas.

Martina Mangelsdorf of GAIA Insights had some interesting thoughts and Lou (our resident Gen Y thought it was very cool). Martina considered some interesting areas – I'll discuss them below but you can access her original comments at www.gaia-insights.com/

We have just had an e-coffee with Nicole Underwood who is a respected recruiter, coach, mentor and trainer in Australia and she has some very interesting things to say about flexible working arrangements. The unique thing is that Nicole is both an employer and a recruiter of people, so she has a good bird's eye view on how flexi-friendly employment can help you move your business forward.

Attracting the perfect person to your role is a science - you can get it really wrong, and cost yourself time, money and stress in the process.

The good people at Linkedin share resources for time to time and we thought this was helpful so we have reproduced it for you but........with relevance to our market.

Our recruitment colleague Nicole Underwood has some great things to share and this time she is right on the money.

Honest conversations save time, money and stress when you are managing people.

Read more below...

Online authors regularly talk about the demise of the paper Resume / CV / Curriculum Vitae / Profile.

The fact is we are in an ever digital world and the pressure is on - we need to share information quickly and professionally - especially when we are assessing potential employees or pursuing our next career role.

• Our thoughts...

Recently Stuff.co.nz reported "Failed applicant allowed to view CV's of others"... read more below.

CV Fraud is real, it happens in New Zealand and around the world. It costs employers and employees alike - let's avoid it!

Chris James is the General Manager of Webforge, a manufacturing business based in Manawatu. Chris manages a Manawatu business, employing kiwis to manufacture steel products including galvanised gantrys, walkways and then they take it to the world market!

Recent employment advertising levels have increased on seek.co.nz and TradeMe – which is excellent news! This mirrors the steady activity we have been having for Palmerston North, Levin and Woodville clients. We feel this shows the employment market is moving along in Manawatu nicely. It is not the only indicator of positive economic activity, but it is a good sign.