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Good news, new additions to the team, farewells, random acts of kindness, and laughs that just get louder every month.

Caught up with Rebecca Clarke of RCSA to chat about our sponsorship at the SHAPE Conference this October 19-20 in Queenstown, NZ. Excited to be part of this event! Check out https://rcsa.eventsair.com/shape-2022 to learn more.

There were a number of recommendations the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions made in a 2013 report for solving the issue of 'work insecurity' in New Zealand.

While many of these are for the government and unions, they also include some that can be instated by specifically labour-hire agencies. They should also be considered staffing and recruitment agencies.

Some of these measures include implementing bias elimination strategies to create ‘stronger measures to prevent discrimination against workers’. This initially seems like a complicated issue, but surface-level changes can easily be made by using online staffing software or recruitment agency software.

We've written about recommendation systems before, but the reasons behind them are much more nuanced.

The Association for Computing Machinery commends constraint-based recommender systems, like Scissors, for their ability to sift through more complex information and services - just like how our temporary staffing software system can examine your candidate database and more.

Want to learn more about how tech systems can help create a fair work environment? Keep an eye on our blog! https://www.scissorsapp.com/blog/

As we move into the holiday period, it's good to remember that it's not all fun and joy for everyone.

The holidays typically increase financial stress, and are a time of job insecurity and heavier workload for many.

Did you know that only 35% of cases of mental distress are picked up by others in the workplace?

This holiday period, let's make it our mission to increase these stats and help our coworkers, employees, bosses, work friends, and candidates get the help they need.