Wrap-up summary from workshop
Wrap-up
• WRS Office to collate all material and send out to attendees and load presentations on website
• WRS Office to follow up on action ideas and round up parties
• Further focussed meetings
Skills development & attraction
Good things already happening:
- Attracting skills eg, MBIE (Immigration) online tools for migrants and employers
- Developing skills & working with tertiary - Education & industry partnerships eg, Youth Guarantees Network, online job profile tools
- Working with tertiary eg, best example is at Masters level
Skills development & attractionActions & agencies:
- More detailed exploration of the gaps – what are the trends and what sectors are growing?
- More co-investment between government, councils, business & philanthropists need to fill the gaps
- Local body restructure Wellington Policy Office
Skills retention & support
Good things already happening:
- Change in government focus to be more outcomes focussed
- Internships / cadetships – connections between education & business community
- Developing resources that focus on retention eg, Settlement Unit, Immigration NZ
Skills retention & supportActions & agencies:
- Matching skills and job demand – needs more evidence base, govt funding and sharing of information
- Internships – collaboration between education training providers, employers & business etc
- Scale of our city and values, and knowledge of village we need to build on this
- Ensure we have enabling infrastructure eg, UFB & airport extension, public transport
Job creation
Good things already happening:
- No real game changers
- But a bit of growth in retirement homes & childcare centres
- And people like living here…
Job creation
Actions & agencies:
- Foreign investment, ICT & Digital and screen
- Build Infrastructure – UFB roll-out; roading; airport (development of Kapiti airport)
- Earthquake strengthening joint ventures
- SME’s – Apply one intern to every SME
Unemployment/ youth/ ageing workforce
Good things already happening:
“Takes a community to raise a child”
“Collaboration”
- Resources/opportunities – training eg, Whitireia
- Industry partnerships, especially at a national level does this filter down?
- Careers advice & wrap-around services
Actions & agencies:
- Improving the quality of careers advice (starting at primary
school) – more industry /local focussed activities taking a
local approach to strengthen the transition from study to work
- Transitional services how is this followed up after high
school?
- In and out work support for young mentors (who are
connected to the community)/ work coaches/ SME support
- Collaboration – Informal eg, connecting people to networks;
Formal eg, councils leading & facilitating
Unemployment/ youth/ ageing workforce