Ensuring that businesses can get genuinely skilled migrants when they need them “makes sense”, says Auckland Chamber of Commerce head, Michael Barnett.
He was commenting on Labour’s immigration policy released today. “By regionalising and rationalising skills shortage lists it should ensure the pursuit of a better quality of skills and talent coming into the country.”
Closing off backdoor immigration loopholes such as allowing students with low-level qualifications to gain long-term work visas, residency and bring family members, is another positive feature of the policy.
Labour’s intention to establish a regionalised system to work with businesses to achieve a better understanding of regional needs and only issue visas when a genuine effort has been made to find Kiwi workers, will get local business support, suggested Mr Barnett.
Capturing the pool of unqualified school leavers to train and get them into work before they get into bad habits is another long-needed initiative.
“But setting the policy is one thing and implementing it something else. For nearly 10 years, Chamber surveys have shown that around 50% of businesses have been having difficulties attracting staff with the right attitude and skill set they need
“Clearly, a focused plan of attack will be needed. The key to success will be how quick decision-making can be devolved to those closest to each region’s skill shortage problems and what urgency, energy and cooperation local community and business leaders can bring to delivering solutions,” said Mr Barnett.
Good move from Labour they have my vote,
So let’s stop the rort!!!!! that only subsidises private schooling interests Tourism companies and motels!@!!!
We as mugs are just left handing the massive health bills these students leave us with.
We are also left to pay to upgrade the infrastructure and we get no benefits from this.
Well that was unexpected.
Support for a Labour policy from the Auckland C of C.
It is an open secret that there are plenty of residential backdoor English learning courses in NZ, particularly in Auckland that offer very low-grade qualifications as a pretext to bring in more foreign workers.
Some are reputable, a lot are dodgy and some outright ripoffs.
Labour’s policy to take charge of this makes a lot of sense, and Peter Dunne and National would do well to reflect on how their unregulated immigration bonanza has cost New Zealanders in terms of rising house prices, clogged roads and overworked government departments.
It is interesting how Dunne and National now claim that Labour’s policy will slow down the economy.
To me that is a blatant admission that open slather immigration was for that purpose only – an economy driver – something that National has long denied but has now finally admitted.
Unsurprisingly, the MSM has not picked up on this.
“Some are reputable, a lot are dodgy and some outright ripoffs.”
Absolutely correct.
And if their principals weren’t running them, they’d probably be real estate agents.
I notice someone elsewhere bagging NZQA which has been about as much use a tits on a bull until recently. Whether its down to their being overwhelmed by workload and under-resourced, or incompetence – the effect is the same (I suspect it’s the former by design). Same thing with the Labour Inspectorate of MoBIE, and indeed INZ. The thing is, it’s all catching up with them, and just like other Joyce grand plans – it’s all turning to shit (Novapay?, Mr supposed Fixit?).
The thing about the Tory/arrogant self-entitled mind I’ve noticed is that they think it’ll go on forever – until it doesn’t, then they start squeeling like weaners.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s the PTE, or the shady immigration consultant with agents offshore, or the dodgy employer pulling ripoffs.
Some are so arrogant, they think they’re untouchable yet they’ve already left a trail.
I know what the Chinese do with people they consider arseholes, and Indians DO NOT LIKE seeing their nationals ripped off (especially under the current government busy clamping down on ‘black money’). As for Australians, Brits, et al – it might take a little longer.
Actually @Mike, not long after the Gnats came to ‘power’, I realised they had an ill-thought out grand plan, which when it turned to shit, they’d make the rest up as they went along (Hence Key and Joyce and the rest of them lying and constantly spinning – there’s a record of it all somewhere – possibly over on TS).
It was confirmed to me by the son of the Brazillian ambassador and his mates who I’d rescued after he’d broken down.
Key and a bizzniss enterage were busy dropping bloody big clangers in South America at the time, and around the time of Chavez’ death and funeral.
Meanwhile back in NuZull, their brilliant immigration policy meant that another of the ambassador’s sons was told to hop on his bike the moment he turned 21.
They’re really not that bright at times. The long term never enters their minds in their pursuit of ‘wealth’ (read money)
Well that says it all!
Even the boss-class are happy with Labour.
Holy fuck! Who represents the working class now?
Lord Hawhaw?
http://www.businessinsider.com/sandy-jadeja-interview-technical-analysis-dow-jones-market-crash-forecasts-2016-6?IR=T
The man who accurately predicted four market crashes to the exact date each time has told Business Insider about three more dates to worry about.
Sandy Jadeja is a technical analyst and chief market strategist at Core Spreads.
Technical analysts look at charts to pinpoint patterns in various markets and asset classes. From that, they forecast which direction prices are likely to move.
They can’t tell you the reasons why there will be a big market movement, only that there is going to be one.
He now warns that the following dates spell trouble for the Dow Jones in the US that could spread to other markets.
1. Between August 26 and August 30, 2016.
2. September 26, 2016.
3. October 20, 2016.
“We have interesting times ahead of us. We are dealing with issues on so many levels from economic uncertainty in the financial markets, including currencies and commodities as well as the rising house prices we have seen,” said Jadeja in an interview.
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