At the Higher Education Summit in Auckland recently, Careers NZ COO Jay Lamburn tells Executive Update she’s seeing signs of improved understanding and greater willingness by educators and business to work more closely together.
Much of the rock-throwing has stopped, she reckons. Both sides are more willing to engage on solutions. “But there’s still question mark around how they do it.”Read more »
Careers New Zealand is assessing number of local, regional and national initiatives to help build better bridges between business and the education sector.
Speaking to Executive Update, Careers NZ chief operating officer Jay Lamburn says there’s no single silver bullet for helping transition young people into jobs and careers.
She says the solution does not lie in business model in which each school careers adviser asks every employer, ITO or industry group in their area to go to their school to talk about opportunities. “That’s just not practical or possible.”Read more »
Tertiary institutions may hold the key to stemming the migration of some of our top talent to Australia and other countries.
Unitec president and chief executive Dr Richard Ede says many institutions in other countries have built into their curricula requirement for their students to spend semester or two studying abroad.
A new report highlights that 7,122 cyber security incidents were recorded in NZ the year to 30 June 2024, 343 of which were triaged for specialist technical support because of
Fergus, a job management software provider for the trade industry in Australia and New Zealand, has announced the appointment of Ben Gracewood as Vice President of Engineering, based in Auckland.
Xero has appointed Jeff Ryan as its Chief People Officer, to replace Nicole Reid, who has decided to leave Xero after six years. Ryan will be responsible for leading Xero’s people