Pacific unemployment in the Auckland region reached 15.2% in the year ended June 2010; an increase of 4.2% in the past 12 months and the highest of any other group.
Accelerating Aotearoa's 4th Annual General Meeting of Accelerating Auckland was held on July 8th 2010 and marked the 21st meeting of the members of the group. Hosted by AUT University the meeting took place at the Council Room on their Wellesley St Campus.
Members of the Accelerating Auckland Taskforce met on Monday March 22nd at the Open Polytechnic's Auckland Campus for their 20th project briefing.
CPIT played host to Christchurch’s inaugural Digital Careers 2009 Expo yesterday, where members of New Zealand’s ICT industry met with students from Canterbury’s major tertiary education institutes to discuss potential employment and career opportunities.
96% of survey respondants say they would recommend the event!
The Digital Careers Expos 2009 are free events featuring seminars from industry experts about the types of skills and attributes that ICT employers are seeking, and how to secure a job offer.
"Growing Workready Graduates" is a collaborative programme across tertiaries that will establish pathways from tertiary education to work, through cooperative education
While New Zealand’s International Education industry earns $2.3 billion per annum and ranked as our 4th largest export, to become “work ready” for the our labour market, students need more support in making study and career choices aligned with future skills needs.
The 3rd Annual General meeting of Accelerating Auckland was held in June 24th. Hosted by Unitec the meeting took place at Carrington's Cafe on Unitec's Carrington Campus.
Four key initiaitves have been announced as the focus for Accelerating Auckland's work in 2009; Rebranding as Accelerating Aotearoa, a Digital Careers Expo with DoL Immigration, a research project to establish a basis for effective internship programmes and a web-based talent tracking system.