Many of our most productive companies have struggled to attract skilled workers in recent years due to the booming international market, and 38 - 40% 1 experience skill deficiency. Right now talented people are displaced all over the world and the smarter countries are working out how to get them contributing to their economy. Notwithstanding the worldwide recession, looking ahead to 2025 where the demand for international talent will be at its peak, as businesses we need to be future proofing ourselves by making Auckland the destination of choice for talented immigrants.
But New Zealand is yet to effectively tap into the talent and diversity it currently houses, with “nearly 50% of all skilled migrants to New Zealand inactive, unemployed or confined to jobs for which they are over-qualified”2. Getting skilled immigrants into jobs that fit is both an instant lift to productivity and diversity, and opens up local jobs for other semi-skilled people. In the USA, more than half of Silicon Valley start-ups were founded by immigrants over the last decade, employing 450,000 people with sales of $52 billion in 2005. Similarly, managing diversity effectively in Auckland and New Zealand means a productive, vibrant and cosmopolitan country. This is where the OMEGA programmes come in, because records show that 80% of skilled immigrants who complete the Mentoring Programme find relevant work within three months of completing their sixteen week mentoring partnership.
Read more about the base of evidence for OMEGA and its programmes.
Both the Mentoring Programme and TAP-In are designed to assist internationally trained professionals in non-regulated3 business professions. The programmes’ main areas are IT, banking and finance, HR, engineering, sales and marketing, and logistics, but other industries are also supported. Applicants need a minimum Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent post-secondary education, have at least three year’s work experience in their field, be able to communicate in business English, and possess a CV.
Each applicant undergoes a thorough screening and interview process before being made available for either programme. The threshold for screening is high, and only work ready, skilled immigrants who are committed and eligible to work in New Zealand participate in OMEGA’s programmes.
Many of our most productive companies have struggled to attract skilled workers in recent years due to the booming international market, and 38 - 40% 1 experience skill deficiency. Right now talented people are displaced all over the world and the smarter countries are working out how to get them contributing to their economy. Notwithstanding the worldwide recession, looking ahead to 2025 where the demand for international talent will be at its peak, as businesses we need to be future proofing ourselves by making Auckland the destination of choice for talented immigrants.
But New Zealand is yet to effectively tap into the talent and diversity it currently houses, with “nearly 50% of all skilled migrants to New Zealand inactive, unemployed or confined to jobs for which they are over-qualified”2. Getting skilled immigrants into jobs that fit is both an instant lift to productivity and diversity, and opens up local jobs for other semi-skilled people. In the USA, more than half of Silicon Valley start-ups were founded by immigrants over the last decade, employing 450,000 people with sales of $52 billion in 2005. Similarly, managing diversity effectively in Auckland and New Zealand means a productive, vibrant and cosmopolitan country. This is where the OMEGA programmes come in, because records show that 80% of skilled immigrants who complete the Mentoring Programme find relevant work within three months of completing their sixteen week mentoring partnership.
Read more about the base of evidence for OMEGA and its programmes.
Both the Mentoring Programme and TAP-In are designed to assist internationally trained professionals in non-regulated3 business professions. The programmes’ main areas are IT, banking and finance, HR, engineering, sales and marketing, and logistics, but other industries are also supported. Applicants need a minimum Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent post-secondary education, have at least three year’s work experience in their field, be able to communicate in business English, and possess a CV.
Each applicant undergoes a thorough screening and interview process before being made available for either programme. The threshold for screening is high, and only work ready, skilled immigrants who are committed and eligible to work in New Zealand participate in OMEGA’s programmes.