How to take advantage of The Great Resignation, and get a pay rise

<p><strong>Each week BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald's Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's how to get a raise. Hosted by Frances Cook.</strong></p> <p>Your job is one of the first and biggest investments you make in your money future. </p> <p>Before you can save, invest, buy a house, or whatever else, you need money coming in to dedicate to your goals. </p> <p>Of course, the more money you have coming in, the more you can dedicate to your various goals and the faster you can achieve them. </p> <p>So it's an interesting time for workers at the moment. The latest unemployment figures from StatsNZ show that we're sitting at a very low 3.3%.</p> <p>Many businesses are struggling to find enough people to get the work done, which means workers have the power for once. </p> <p>They have the opportunity to ask for more money, or even look for a new job with better perks and conditions. </p> <p>So if that's what you want, how do you get the ball rolling, and how much time do you have to get this done? </p> <p>For the latest podcast I talked to Jason Ennor, CEO of MyHR</p> <ul> <li>If you have a question about this podcast, or a question you'd like answered in the next one, come and talk to me about it. I'm on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookNZ/">Facebook here</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/francescooknz/">Instagram here</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/FrancesCook">Twitter here</a></li> </ul><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>