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Venture Taranaki works closely with Central Government, Local Councils and Industry to help meet the region's future skills needs.
With unemployment consistently lower than the national average, economic growth has been constrained by the lack of labour, let alone skills. Venture Taranaki is working hard to attract skilled and semi-skilled labour to the region to help alleviate the problems which employers are experiencing when trying to find staff for their growing businesses. Venture Taranaki helps support the Department of Labour’s Buy, Make, Fix model for economic transformation, and has it's own Talented Taranaki Strategy.
One of Venture Taranaki’s core roles is to collaborate with Industry and Government agencies, from National to local level, to help address and alleviate regional skills shortages. Several projects have been completed over the past few years to highlight and correct problems within specific industries. With a current unemployment rate of 4.9%, Taranaki, like many other regions, is under threat of further skills shortages in the future, and requires a comprehensive approach to attracting new and skilled labour into the region via lifestyle, tourism, investment, migrant attraction and employment development initiatives.
Venture Taranaki developed and maintains a free jobs and lifestyle website for this very purpose, offering employers and job seekers from New Zealand and abroad a central portal of Taranaki-based jobs and opportunities, as well as information on what it is like to live & work in this beautiful region. Visit Live & Work to register as a Job Seeker; create a profile, apply for jobs and get email notifications of new jobs posted in your industry. Alternately you can register as an Employer; search through the talent pool, get notifications of new Job Seekers registering in your industry field and contact them directly. At no cost to you!
So, if you live abroad and are thinking of moving to New Zealand let us know. We can help you find suitable work as well as provide invaluable information on what it is really like to live here, and signpost you to relevant immigration and settlement agencies.
It's now easier than ever to move around the world, and modern communications channels mean it's simple to stay in touch with the folks back home. For these reasons, and the incredible envrionment and lifestyle that Taranaki offers, the region is attracting many bright new immigrants, and is becoming an increasingly dynamic and vibrant community as a result.
Venture Taranaki is committed to assisting local industry to identify, attract and retain the skilled people the region needs to continue growing. It is looking for no obligation expressions of interest if you would like to be involved in any of the events listed in the calendar below, or if employers would like to be part of the Swap Sides campaign recently launched.
The Swap Sides campaign www.swapsides.co.nz is targeting the skills that the region needs from the relevant areas around NZ and the world and will be advertising on national and international job boards in the lead up to RWC.
If you would like more information or would like to discuss what the jobs website, Swap Sides campaign or offshore events can do for you and your business, give Carrie Thorne a call on 06 759 5158 or carrie@venture.org.nz
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