Kerre Woodham Mornings Podcast Kerre McIvor: There hasn't been this much talk of moving to Oz since Helen Clark
Feb 28, 2022
04:57
It was interesting reading the New Zealand Herald headline "Ready, set, go! Employers brace for the Kiwi worker exodus as borders reopen."
Over the past couple of months, I've received numerous texts and the old email from people saying, right that's it, I'm off to Australia. Mostly they’re people who identify themselves as young professionals, which is concerning. I haven't heard this much chat about heading to OZ, because of dissatisfaction with the way the country is going, since the final days of the Helen Clark years.
That anecdotal kind of evidence is shored up with the story in the Herald. Recruiters and employers are really concerned about the skills shortage right now. It's already tight, but they say if bright young Kiwis head off on their delayed OE, and the government border restrictions mean bright young internationals can't come here and replace them, then we're in shtook.
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Over the past couple of months, I've received numerous texts and the old email from people saying, right that's it, I'm off to Australia. Mostly they’re people who identify themselves as young professionals, which is concerning. I haven't heard this much chat about heading to OZ, because of dissatisfaction with the way the country is going, since the final days of the Helen Clark years.
That anecdotal kind of evidence is shored up with the story in the Herald. Recruiters and employers are really concerned about the skills shortage right now. It's already tight, but they say if bright young Kiwis head off on their delayed OE, and the government border restrictions mean bright young internationals can't come here and replace them, then we're in shtook.
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