Choosing job candidates based on existing or previous top performers is not all that different from letting Spotify tell you what music you would like, says Terry Williams. It’s not a bad idea, particularly when you find another 70s funk band to get you through the days, but is it the best idea?

A new CEO and a focus on development and retention have changed the once tired and lack-lustre MOTAT into an inspiring “lightbulb institution”, Stacy Busek tells Raewyn Court.

Change management isn’t just about processes, it’s about people and their behavioural response to change, says Fiona Hewitt. If we’re asking people to operate in new ways, we need to provide the tools to enable new ways of thinking and being.

Change is a constant in today’s world, but to navigate this new norm we need to be agile, say Ruth Donde and Graham Hart. They look at how confirmation bias can affect change agility and explore ways to challenge our assumptions.

Is blind recruitment a key strategy for removing bias from the hiring process or just a trendy HR practice that does little to increase diversity in the workplace? Bev Cassidy-Mackenzie looks at both sides of the debate.

Gig or contingent workers are changing the workplace and the manner in which these workers are screened must change as well, says Katrina Birchall. She explains what’s required.

Associate Professor Chris Burt has developed a hazard awareness test (HAT) for use during employee recruitment. He discusses how the HAT contains no questions, has no literacy barriers, avoids a number of test bias factors, and is already being used by New Zealand businesses.

Are organisations doing enough to protect themselves against the risk of unauthorised disclosure of confidential information by their own employees? Kate Henry outlines some practical steps to take.

With no large company graduate programmes or internships on offer and very few entry level opportunities, those seeking to work in HR and marketing often struggle to find jobs. Richard Westney has a solution.

Offering employees a pay rise isn’t the only way you can reward and incentivise good people. Brien Keegan looks at five other ways you can reward employees instead. Sometimes, he says, it’s as simple as asking people what they want—and acting on it.

The modern marketing environment has to meet our insatiable appetite for content, meaning companies need people who are savvy with the new media. With much of business still dominated by traditional approaches, there are growing calls for digital and social media marketing skills, says Erin Kirk.

Change can be scary, but it is also the point where the amazing happens, says Chris Till. What we need is for our conversations around change to change so that we stop thinking so negatively about what could go wrong and think instead about what could actually go right.

A technology teacher took exception to a direction that he set up and maintain equipment for his classes, claiming compensation for being disadvantaged in his employment. Fortunately, says Paul Robertson, the Employment Relations Authority interpreted his ambiguous job description in favour of the employer.