Kevin Eder is considered a reliable and knowledgeable spokesperson on recruitment issues and is regularly approached by New Zealand TV, Radio and Print Media for his expert opinion. Here, Kevin provides his own down-to-earth commentary and practical business consulting advice on a variety of topics from recruitment issues to politics and the economy.
December, 2009
Recently a friend said to me that he thought that the recession was an opportunity to see who had been swimming naked when the tide went out. While that may create an interesting picture in your mind, my warning to you is that it may be a picture that you will be faced with for another 9 months yet.
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November, 2009
Recently I attended two major rugby games in one weekend.
Firstly on the Friday night I was part of a small crowd of only about 8000 watching the Air NZ cup semi final between Canterbury and Hawkes Bay. Then the next day I went along to watch my old team Mid Canterbury play Wanganui in the Meads cup final. Although the crowd was smaller for the second game, the fans were much noisier, passionate and most importantly loyal to their team. (more…)
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October, 2009
Recently I had to try and explain the ‘less is more’ concept to one of my teenage daughters. It got me thinking about how relevant ‘less is more’ has become in today’s world.
I remember years ago I had an employee who was claiming to be ‘stressed out’ as he was working 12-14 hour days while I was demanding better results. He said he simply couldn’t work any more hours in the day and he wanted additional staff to help with his workload.
I pointed out that his peers in similar positions were producing much more than he was yet they were only working 8-9 hour days. In summary I said to him that “he was either doing it wrong or was hopeless at it!”
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September, 2009
Recently the news has been full of reports trumpeting the end of the recession and predictions of good times ahead particularly in the housing market. I have to say that personally I’m suspicious whenever real estate companies start sending out news releases predicting increasing house prices and sales; it all seems just a little self serving to me. (more…)
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August, 2009
They say that winners are grinners, but it’s not often recognised that the grinners invariably turn out to be the winners first.
At Tradestaff we sponsor and support many sporting organisations at everything from small local level thru to teams representing New Zealand. Any sponsorship arrangement has to be a two way street so we always look to see what the team offers in return for our support. One of the key criteria that is important to us is how much enjoyment the team and its supporters get from their endeavours. (more…)
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July, 2009
Aren’t politicians a disagreeable bunch? They spend years in Government saying how they can’t do things, then when they are in opposition they immediately deride the new Government for not doing exactly the same things.
With New Zealand in recession you would think they could take the opportunity for all parties to work together and get things cranking, wouldn’t you? Yes I know I’m dreaming but consider the long term benefits that could eventuate if a consolidated consultative approach was taken now to some big projects. (more…)
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