Kiwi job market improves
The Kiwi job market is on the rise – and Canterbury is leading the charge.
The Kiwi job market is on the rise – and Canterbury is leading the charge – according to analysis of job listings on the Trade Me Jobs website.
While all the major centres have had more than 20% year-on-year growth, Canterbury’s growth is up 65% from last year.
Trade Me Jobs head Peter Ashby said jobs at the forefront of the recovery effort had showed strong growth. Trades and services listings had more than doubled, and construction and architecture were up four-fold.
He attributed Northland’s 38% increase in listings to healthcare and large infrastructure projects. In Southland, he said the 61% growth seemed to be down to higher commodity prices across drystock and dairy “rippling through” to the wider economy.
The IT sector continued to grow at a considerable rate. The number of jobs advertised on Trade Me Jobs this last quarter were up 60% from the previous year.
Listing numbers for banking, finance and insurance roles have also increased, up 53% compared to a year ago. Mr Ashby said the recent events in Canterbury had contributed to an increased demand for insurance-related jobs.
“We expect unemployment to drop and demand to increase for [other] roles where it’s proving harder to attract candidates like IT specialists, environmental and building services engineers and senior marketing & communications managers.”
Mr Ashby said he hoped continued solid growth could slow the exodus to Australia.
NBR staff
Fri, 08 Jul 2011
Fri, 08 Jul 2011
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Kiwi job market improves
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