INTERNATIONAL New Zealand: Engineers hardest to find, says Manpower
31 May 2012
Just under half (48%) of New Zealand employers are having trouble filling key positions within their organisations – up from 37% last year, according to the ‘Talent Shortage Survey’ from ManpowerGroup.
Thu, 31 May 2012
Just under half (48%) of New Zealand employers are having trouble filling key positions within their organisations – up from 37% last year, according to the ‘Talent Shortage Survey’ from ManpowerGroup.
The jobs employers are finding hardest to fill are engineers, sales representatives and skilled trades, in that order. The top two are unchanged from last year, but skilled trades have risen to third from fourth place last year. IT roles, the fourth hardest to fill, were seventh last year.Lincoln Crawley, managing director of ManpowerGroup Australia and New Zealand, says that the Christchurch rebuild following last year’s earthquake “is going to put a huge amount of pressure on the local labour market” – something noted by recruiter.co.uk earlier this year.
He continues: “The problem is that the skills gaps in New Zealand are very similar to the rest of the world – engineers and skilled tradespeople are in demand everywhere, so competition from the international market is also a factor.”
Just under half (48%) of New Zealand employers are having trouble filling key positions within their organisations – up from 37% last year, according to the ‘Talent Shortage Survey’ from ManpowerGroup.
The jobs employers are finding hardest to fill are engineers, sales representatives and skilled trades, in that order. The top two are unchanged from last year, but skilled trades have risen to third from fourth place last year. IT roles, the fourth hardest to fill, were seventh last year.Lincoln Crawley, managing director of ManpowerGroup Australia and New Zealand, says that the Christchurch rebuild following last year’s earthquake “is going to put a huge amount of pressure on the local labour market” – something noted by recruiter.co.uk earlier this year.
He continues: “The problem is that the skills gaps in New Zealand are very similar to the rest of the world – engineers and skilled tradespeople are in demand everywhere, so competition from the international market is also a factor.”
