Jobs online monthly report – May 2015

Measures changes in New Zealand job vacancies advertised by businesses on three internet job boards – SEEK, Trade Me Jobs and the Education Gazette. The trend series is used as the primary indicator as it reduces the month-to-month volatility. Highlights Online job vacancies decrease in May. Online vacancies for skilled and all vacancies both decreased in May by 0.7 per cent and 0.9 per cent respectively. Skilled vacancies fell in four out of eight industry groups. The largest decrease was in the construction and engineering industry (down 2.2 per cent), while the largest increase was in the IT industry (up 1.3 per cent). Skilled vacancies decreased in all the occupation groups. Skilled vacancies fell for the technicians and trades (down 1.4 per cent), professionals (down 0.4 per cent) and managers (0.2 per cent) occupation groups. Skilled vacancies rose in five out of ten regions over the past month. The largest increase was in Waikato (up 0.7 per cent). The largest decrease was in the Bay of Plenty (down 0.7 per cent) region

Quarterly Canterbury job matching report

The Quarterly Canterbury Job Matching Report for the March 2015 quarter was released today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, providing employment demand and supply information on the Canterbury rebuild and wider recovery. Some key findings for this quarter are: Labour force participation is high and unemployment is low. Job vacancies in the construction industry in Canterbury are falling, which is consistent with the rebuild reaching its peak. Businesses are having difficulty in sourcing skilled and, to a lesser extent, unskilled workers. Local labour supply is tight and is expected to remain so for the next three years as work continues on the rebuild

Migration trends and outlook: 2013/2014

This report examines trends in temporary and permanent migration to and from New Zealand. The report updates trends to 2013/14 and compares recent immigration patterns with patterns identified in previous years. Introduction This report is the 14th in an annual series about temporary and permanent migration trends to and from New Zealand. This report updates trends to the end of the 2013/14 financial year and has been prepared for: · policy makers concerned with migration flows and their impacts · the wider public with an interest in immigration policy and outcome

Talent Boost 2023–2027 : Programme for international recruitment and work-based and education-based immigration

Talent Boost is an intersectoral programme for international recruitment and work-based and education-based immigration coordinated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and the Ministry of Education and Culture. The programme seeks to build a Finnish ecosystem across organisational boundaries in which different parties can work towards common goals in a customer-oriented manner. The previous Talent Boost programme was adopted in summer 2020 and a roadmap for education-based and work-based immigration was completed in autumn 2021. The revised Talent Boost 2023–2027 complies with the priorities of the Programme of Prime Minister Orpo's Government and intensifies the measures already under way. The programme will target the central government's international recruitment measures more clearly at specific countries and sectors in line with the Government Programme. Talent Boost has three components: 1) Finland's attractiveness: promoting experts and availability and carrying out country branding, 2) efficient and controlled residence permit processes with effective follow-up monitoring and prevention of abuses, 3) improving Finland's retention. Prevention of work-related exploitation is also an integral part of the package, for which an action plan will be drawn up. The main purpose of Talent Boost is to ensure consistent progress among intersectoral programme partners. The preparation and implementation are directed, coordinated and monitored by an intersectoral steering group chaired alternately by the Permanent Secretaries of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and the Ministry of Education and Culture. Steering group members include representatives of ministries and agencies that are essential for work-based and education-based immigration as well as representatives of municipalities, cities and higher education institutions. The participants will draw up a mid-term report on the programme implementation and effectiveness for the ministerial working group on employment and entrepreneurship. In addition, programme monitoring and reporting indicators will be created in spring 2024