A ‘perfect storm’ is brewing on the recruitment front as the balance of power shifts from employers to candidates… there is good news for young educated job seekers with pick up in demand from employers for graduates… the soaring exchange rate is causing consternation for some manufacturing exporters but it hasn’t stopped others from continuing to star on the international stage. Read more »
Rising staff levels, more candidate confidence and widening gap between candidate and employer salary expectations are three pressure points that look likely to combine to create ‘perfect storm’ of high demand but short supply in New Zealand’s recruitment market in the year ahead, according to the 2011 Hays Salary Guide released this week. Read more »
Further encouraging signs that our job market is picking up – particularly for those looking for their first job – come from statistics which show employer demand for university graduates is growing significantly. Read more »
New Zealand’s terms of trade are the best they’ve been for 37 years we are told – mostly driven by soaring prices for commodity exports. However, an obstinately high exchange rate is an increasingly challenging headwind for our manufacturers, particularly those exporting something other than dairy and meat products. Executive Update’s economics correspondent Bob Edlin investigates. Read more »
Despite the challenges that New Zealand manufacturing exporters face, number have had good recession and have hurdled the high exchange rates to post impressive growth in offshore markets. Read more »
Responsible governance is not listed as strategic priority at Air New Zealand, but weaving it into the company’s organisational culture is. Read more »
Organisational purpose is playing an increasingly important role in helping New Zealand organisations navigate economic uncertainty, organisational change and evolving workforce expectations, new research from Hum Consulting, finds.
Aerospace researcher Dr Christina Dunker will join Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) in January 2027 to lead the university’s aerospace ambitions in one of Canterbury’s fastest-growing sectors.
Rising living costs, economic uncertainty and rapid technological change are reshaping how New Zealanders think, spend and live, a new report has found.
