Sunday 21 February 2010
Thousands queue for 150 jobs
Sunday 21 February 2010 - 20:28:31 | Admin
New Zealand Herald 4:00 AM, Friday Jan 22, 2010Most of the jobs were offering low pay and many had unsociable hours, but the applicants turned up in their thousands.
The 2500 people who yesterday waited up to seven hours to apply for one of 150 jobs at a new South Auckland supermarket showed competition is fierce when options are few and unemployment is high.
The line of Countdown job-seekers extended hundreds of metres around a Manukau warehouse being used as a makeshift interview suite.
At the end was a 15-minute sit-down with one of up to 40 interviewers. At stake were a variety of positions, from "trolley boys" and "checkout chicks" to butchery, delicatessen, produce and managerial roles.
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Tuesday 24 February 2009
NZ getting ready for new migrants
Tuesday 24 February 2009 - 21:43:16 | Admin
NZ waiting with open doors for immigration boom
New Zealand is getting itself prepared for a fattening of the population count while the northern hemisphere rides out the recession.
Statistics are not only showing that more Kiwis are staying at home rather than moving abroad, but that more Kiwis are returning home, and their northern friends are following them.
Statistics show that emigration from New Zealand has dropped by 6 per cent (12,400 people) during December 2008 when compared with December 2007, and emigration figures have not been this low for eight years.
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Sunday 27 July 2008
The Immigration Change Programme
Sunday 27 July 2008 - 18:23:33 | Admin
Extracts from a speech by Immigration Minister Clayton CosgroveWednesday 23 July 2008
This week has seen an important milestone with the reporting back of the Immigration Bill by the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee. Given that the Bill was reported back only on Monday, many of you may not have had the chance to review it in any detail yet, although I am sure you have been involved throughout the Act review process. So, I will take this opportunity to update you on a few of the key changes in what is the biggest rewrite of immigration law for two decades.
Why immigration is vitally important to New Zealand
First however, let us look to the big picture of immigration in the international context, the global risks associated with immigration, and how immigration contributes to New Zealand.
Immigration in the international context. We truly do live in a global world. Our exposure to the choices we have regarding where we live, work and play, has never been higher.
As part of this trend we are seeing increased global competition for workers. Demand for workers is increasing as ageing populations in developed countries retire. By 2050, one third of people in developed countries will be over 60 and the proportion of New Zealanders over 65 will double. With increasing international competition there are global shortages in a greater range of occupations.
To put this in context, in New Zealand, every year from 2000 to 2006 there was an average of 50,000 new jobs added to the total job stock. With new jobs continuing to grow, skill shortages are a concern and if left unchecked, this shortage can threaten economic growth. Immigration obviously plays a key role in helping employers meet skills shortages if there are not New Zealanders available to fill positions.
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Monday 10 March 2008
New NZ Immigration Rules announced
Monday 10 March 2008 - 05:45:25 | Admin
The new rules spelt out for Immigration Advisers
7 March 2008
The professional standards and code of conduct that Immigration Advisers will have to meet in order to get and keep a licence have been released today, said the Immigration Minister Clayton Cosgrove.
Under a new law, anyone who provides advice about New Zealand immigration matters will have to be licensed (unless exempt). Today’s release of the code and industry competency standards means that Advisers now know exactly what will be expected of them prior to applying for a license from 4 May 2008.
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Monday 25 February 2008
Changes for foreign seasonal labour workers
Monday 25 February 2008 - 19:03:14 | Admin
More flexibility for foreign seasonal labour workers31 January 2008
Changes are to be made to seasonal work policies to enable workers on visitors' permits greater flexibility to move between employers and regions, the Immigration Minister Clayton Cosgrove said today.
More flexibility for foreign seasonal labour workers
Mr Cosgrove said the changes would fine-tune the Transitional Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme (TRSE) scheme and the Variation of Conditions (VoC) for seasonal work that was agreed upon with industry in September 2007. As agreed with industry at that time, visitors working under the TRSE or the VoC scheme were tied to a particular employer, to prevent frustrations over workers leaving without notice to work for another grower and not remaining for the season.
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