Are you unintentionally excluding ideal prospects from your job postings? You might be surprised to hear that certain words and phrases can alienate and marginalize a significant chunk of your applicant pool.

It’s time for another update to our Do Good Employers series, given the continued volatility of the labor market. We recognise that the present market is challenging, and these updates are meant to educate rather than discourage you.

A toxic workplace can negatively impact your employees’ experience, making them unproductive, ill, and ready to leave. With this in mind, here are a few crucial strategies for changing a toxic workplace culture.

The events of the past couple of years took a strange, unexpected toll on the labor market. Here are the workplace trends HR pros and employers will want to prepare for as we turn the calendar year.

Should you wait until May for your new hire? In this article we provide options on the different options ways you can consider if you need to hire.

Everyone has the same right to work. Employers have had low standards when it comes to recruiting disabled workers for years. As a result, the workforce of disabled people is greatly underutilised. Learn how employing people with disabilities can help you achieve greater success and diversity in the workplace.

Employees of all ages are affected by age discrimination. Many employers may be unaware of the impact of age-related biases on their employment decisions. There are easy steps you can take to guarantee you’re not discriminating against candidates or workers based on their age or making assumptions about how their age affects their ability to perform a job.

More employers are experiencing fewer applications on their vacancies. So how to attract talents in such a candidate’s market? Here are tips to overcome the challenges and to make your hiring more effective.

Employees should be appropriately compensated. One of the most efficient methods to accomplish this is through salary transparency.

The issue of salary is frequently a riddle—a frustrating cat-and-mouse game between recruiters and jobseekers. It does not have to be this way.

Workplace emotional culture has a significant impact on what it’s like to work at a given company. We believe that if you want to ensure that your change projects succeed, that your teams are engaged, productive, and resilient, and that your working relationships are marked by trust, empathy, and respect, you must pay attention to and understand your organization’s emotional culture.

During a job interview, you’re seeking for the greatest new team member you can find, and the person being interviewed wants to create the best first impression possible. Here are some questions and topics that you should not ask and should carefully avoid in order to safeguard job seekers from discrimination.

Volunteers are an important part of any non-profit organisation’s workforce. With so much emphasis on volunteer programs, here are some recommendations for implementing smart volunteer management techniques to boost volunteer retention and effectively manage your volunteer workforce.

How should you deliver the message of redundancy to your employee? This article will discuss ways to minimise the stress caused for departing employees, support them in focusing on the future and reduce the risk of low morale across your organisation.

Your organisation’s values are the core principles that direct your team’s culture and priorities. In line with this, hiring employees based on these values helps you recruit employees that integrates faster and are more productive on your team.

Unique interview questions help you probe beneath the surface to get the valuable knowledge you require to make the best decision during the hiring process. Anissa reached out to some Do Good recruiters to find out what are some of the unique questions they like to ask interviewees and the reasoning and thought behind the questions.

The world and workplace is constantly changing. As an employer, you should not allow employees and their skills to cease to progress. Here are ways on how you can foster and build human capacity in your organisation.

Involved in people management and employment in your organisation? With everything going on this year, your legal obligations as an employer may not be at the front of your mind. But with 2021 on the doorstep, there are likely to be some big changes on the cards that will impact your organisation. In this Do […]

An hourly wage of $22.10 is the current Living Wage rate for a worker in Aotearoa to meet their basic needs. Hitting this rate would be a big step towards reducing poverty and inequality which continues to hold back so many Kiwi workers, their families, and our economy. In this Do Good Live Chat, Julia […]

2020 is a year that has dramatically changed the job market. What are some of the new realities in the world of recruitment and employment? In this Do Good chat, our guest Sharon Davies (CEO of Big Splash and Talent Propeller) talks about what she sees is on the horizon for the future of work […]