Brett Wells, director of Rockshop, a music business which has 30 stores in New Zealand.

Paul Robinson, Director of recruitment and HR specialists, Randstad.

Terri Grace, shareholder and marketing manager of Global Beauty since 2002.

Since 2002, Homesell has helped Kiwi homeowners sell their property without the use of a real estate agent or paying commission.

Shona Grundy, CEO and co-founder of Trigger Happy.

This week's columns describe the scary but exciting task of bringing on board new people for your business often at a time when you have no HR experience whatsoever and their contribution is crucial.

Ahmad Jubbawey, founder and CEO, Vensa Health, the mobile health (mHealth) solutions provider.

Accounting software provider Xero is offering a $10,000 bonus to new developers who join its Wellington-based team.

The money's good, the jobs are plentiful - so why does New Zealand's growing IT industry find it so hard to attract skilled staff? Anthony Doesburg reports

Clare Parkes, principal, Clarion Human Resources, on recruitment for SMEs who want to use corporate-style HR policies.

The New Zealand navy is relying on Australian sailors to keep it afloat as skilled crew leave in droves for higher-paid jobs across the Tasman.

Bigger workloads and tighter company budgets are causing higher stress levels among New Zealand employees in certain sectors, a new report says.

Employees are being overworked because bosses are ramping up performance targets to save hiring new staff, union officials say.

Small business recruitment and HR ideas from Vend.

Companies training apprentices feed their industries, writes Raewyn Court.

Bosses say finding staff is a struggle due to dysfunctional training systems.