Survival of the fittest: More people retraining and upskilling post-lockdown
2 May, 2021 01:00 AM
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Tertiary enrolments are on the rise post lockdown. Photo / Getty Images
Jimi Hunt graduated with a bachelor of management studies earlier this month - and it only took him 20 years to get there. Hunt used to travel the world as an ambassador and public speaker for mental health and wellbeing but border closures put a stop to that.
He has lived most of his life in Mexico and before the lockdown he used to split his time between there and Tauranga for work and study.
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New Zealand â Seek job ads soar 55% in March
16 April 2021
New job ads posted on the job board Seek New Zealand jumped by 55% in March 2021 when compared to March 2020, the month that saw the Covid-19 pandemic begin to impact the jobs market.
Janet Faulding, General Manager, SEEK NZ, said, âMarch 2021 paints a very different picture to March 2020, when the Covid-19 outbreak made its presence felt on the New Zealand labour market, with jobs ads dropping from mid-March. We are now a year on, and weâre thrilled to see the highest number of jobs ever advertised on seek.co.nz. Job ads are up 55% year-on-year, and 11% more than February 2021.
SEEK job ads up 9.9 per cent year on year nationally, Waikato region is thriving More
Thursday, 3 December 2015, 11:29 am | SEEK New Zealand
More than half of working Kiwis believe that they need to change employers in order
to progress their career. New data released today by SEEK New Zealand, reveals only
a quarter of Kiwis expect to progress with their current employer, with 51 per cent . More
Monday, 21 September 2015, 10:40 am | SEEK New Zealand
Amid the changing economic climate in New Zealand it seems one metric is standing
steady. The SEEK Employment Report released today shows that jobs increased slightly
in August, growing 0.1 per cent in a month that brought a mixed bag of broader economic . More
March saw the highest number of jobs
ever advertised on seek.co.nz.
Applications per job
ad fell 7% month-on-month (m/m).
SEEK job ads were
up by 11% m/m.
SEEK job ads were up by 55% in March
2021 when compared to March 2020 (y/y).
Industries
with the highest job ad growth m/m by volume were
Information & Communication Technology (13%), Retail
& Consumer Products (29%), and Trades & Services
(13%).
STATE OF THE REGIONS:
Auckland showing
the most growth with a 13% rise from February 2021 to March
2021.
MORE JOBS ADS ON SEEK NZ IN MARCH THAN
EVER BEFORE
The latest SEEK NZ Employment Report
shows the biggest rise in m/m performance since June last