Rick Ede, CEO – Unitec and an OMEGA ‘CEO Mentoring Champion’, explains why participating in OMEGA programmes to support skilled immigrants is the right thing to do for promoting a culture of diversity and innovation.

Professor Paul Spoonley shares his insights on the immigrant talent pool in Auckland and how critical it is for the region’s growth.

Over a third of skilled immigrants who have found relevant work through OMEGA's mentoring programme this year, have done so within one month of being matched with a mentor. Feedback from mentors and mentees suggests that this is no co-incidence, especially when considering that over 95% of the skilled immigrants accepted for mentoring have already received at least ten rejection letters. Justin Treagus explains.  

Justin Treagus, CEO, reflects on the value of giving job application feedback after hearing from two of OMEGA's skilled immigrants.