Building a team
Tips and advice on building a productive and cohesive team – from the importance of explaining your business vision, to ideas for affordable, practical team building.
Source: Xero
Other Resources: Retain
Finding, hiring, keeping young workers
Source: BusinessNZ
BusinessNZ provides practical advice and tips on hiring, training and progressing young engineering employees.
Employers Toolkit
Source: CareersNZ
Comprehensive toolkit for employing young people – covering everything from initial engagement, site visits and interviews, through to...
Taking a long-term view to recruitment
Source: Engineering e2e
Case study of an engineering firm taking on a secondary school student intern to support their long-term recruitment plan.
How to hire: Guide for Employers
Source: Employment New Zealand
A detailed guide to hiring, focusing on legal obligations and employment relations, and designed to help you avoid common problems.
Induction
Source: HRINZ
The road to retaining good staff begins with their first day on the job. A good induction programme reinforces the positive first impressions...
Employee Onboarding
Source: Robert Half
Five important steps to follow when welcoming a new staff member to your team.
Dealing with Sexual Harassment
Source: Human Rights Commission
Concise, practical information on what employers and employees need to know about sexual harassment in the workplace.
Sexual harassment in the workplace
Source: Business Insider
Short article and infographic on preventing sexual harassment in the workplace.
Progressing Women in STEM roles
Source: Engineering e2e
Best practice guidance for employers of women engineers.
How a flexible workplace helps your business
Source: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
Practical advice to providing a flexible workplace, and a guide to employers’ legal obligations in responding to requests for flexible hours....
Flexible working arrangements
Source: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
Attracting and retaining good staff may well depend on your ability to offer flexibility. This guide outlines several different types of...
Mature workers in the labour market
Source: CareersNZ
With skills' shortages in engineering and an ageing population, find out how to make the most of employing mature workers, by establishing a...
Benefits to employing mature age workers
Source: Job Search Australia (Government)
See the value that one mature-aged worker brings to his workplace.
Venture Taranaki Employer Toolkit
Source: Venture Taranaki
A regional approach to attracting and retaining staff, including how to “sell” your particular job and region.
The benefits of promoting from within the company
Source: Nevada Small Business
Eight reasons you should consider employing from within the ranks of your engineering company.
Authenticity, the key to cultural fit
Source: Seek NZ
How to achieve the right cultural 'fit' in recruitment by communicating your company's value proposition.
How to craft an employee value proposition
Source: Randstad NZ
Useful tips in developing an employee value proposition that will help you attract the candidates you want.
Introduction to Holidays and Leave
Source: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
An employers guide to holidays and leave.
Parental Leave
Source: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
Information on all aspects of parental leave, including employer responsibilities.
Employment Learning Modules
Source: Employment New Zealand
Take a short online course to learn about your responsibilities as an employer.
Ways to keep people healthy and safe
Source: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
An explanation of what is meant by the term ‘reasonably practicable’ when it comes to health and safety in the engineering workplace....
Your guide to workplace wellbeing
Source: Wellplace
Workplace wellbeing has business benefits for engineering firms. These steps to building a healthy workplace include a free online workplace...
Wellplace Resource Library
Source: Wellplace
A library of resources to support workplace wellbeing in your organisation.
How to motivate your staff
Source: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
Motivated staff are more likely to work well for your business. Find out the different motivators for keeping your staff happy and...
Mentoring the next generation of engineers
Source: BECA
Concise article highlighting the key role that mentoring, succession planning, on-going training and professional development all have in...
Engineering NZ - Course and Events
Source: Engineering NZ
Support your engineering staff in ongoing learning. Valued employees are more likely to be motivated to work hard and achieve better results...
Supporting staff onto an engineering pathway
Source: Engineering e2e
Learn about one engineering employee’s experience of studying and upskilling while working.
Training, development and coaching
Source: Employment New Zealand
Learn how a mix of training, development and coaching can boost employee performance.
Improving your employees’ literacy, numeracy and communication skills
Source: Skills Highway
A guide to achieving better business performance by improving employees' numeracy, literacy, communications skills. Includes information on a...
Government help with training
Source: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
Find out what government support is available for upskilling your engineering workforce and developing your business.
Electricity Engineers' Association
Source: Electricity Engineers' Association
Receiving an award can motivate your engineering employees to continue to do their best in their job, and for their firm. The Electrical...
Employee share schemes
Source: NZ Herald
Gain insights in to the experiences of three New Zealand firms who run share schemes.
Employee share schemes
Source: Generate Accounting
An accountant’s perspective on employee share schemes and profit sharing.
Mind The Gap: How To Build A Winning Team With Succession Planning
Source: Consult Recruitment
Losing one person in a team of five, means losing 20 percent of your workforce. Learn how succession planning can protect your business. ...
Succession planning: could a cooperative be the answer?
Source: Co-op Water Cooler
Could forming a co-operative be your engineering firm’s answer to succession?
4 Reasons for private companies to consider employee ownership as a part of their succession planning
Source: Employee Ownership Australia & New Zealand
Four reasons for private companies to consider employee ownership as part of their succession planning
How to hire
Source: Employment New Zealand
Detailed guide to hiring, focusing on legal obligations and employment relations, and designed to help you avoid common problems.
Employment Learning Modules
Source: Employment New Zealand
Take a short online course to learn about your responsibilities as an employer.
