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Staffing for Business Growth

When growing your business, your most valuable asset is your staff.

In recent years, New Zealand has experienced a shortage of skilled labourers. To help solve this ‘skills gap’ (as it is sometimes referred to) Opportunity Hamilton is taking the lead to work with regional agencies through the Hamilton Skills Action Group to help businesses find the staff they need.

For information on how Opportunity Hamilton can help you solve staffing shortages, give us a call on +64 7 959 8693 or email us at team@opportunityhamilton.co.nz  

Here are are a few other organisations which can also help.

New Life New Zealand

This organisation is bringing skilled workers from the United Kingdom to Hamilton. Contact them and they can help you fill vacancies with qualified people at no cost to you. Phone +64 7 839 6666 or visit www.newlifenewzealand.com

WECA

The Waikato Engineering Careers Association is a local consortium of engineering and manufacturing companies who are solving skills issues in those industries. Visit www.weca.org.nz for more information.

Wintec

The Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec) works with local businesses to ensure their students have the skills and education required to fill local employers’ needs. They do this through their Employer Partnership Groups.  These Groups are a way for businesses and community groups from each of the region's main industry sectors to get together with Wintec to talk about key industry trends, issues and direction.  Each group has around 5 to 8 members and meets three times a year.  Contact Maxine Bojars for more information: maxine.bojars@wintec.ac.nz

Opportunity Hamilton helped Elisabeth Soffe and her business partners at Web Spring start up and grow the business through the ETP programme and business coaching.
 SMEs contribution to employment in Hamilton stands at 33% which equates to 25,810 employees.  The growth of SMEs in Hamilton city between 2000 and 2008 was 31% which is above the 25% percent growth recorded in the rest of New Zealand over the same time period.  Hamilton is the home of the mighty Chiefs and Waikato rugby teams and the 26,000 capacity Waikato Stadium.  Hamilton will host 3 matches in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.  Hamilton hosted the New Zealand round of the prestigious V8 Supercar Championship in the city for the second year in 2009. The inaugural race in April 2008 attracted 172,000 attendees plus 5,000 people associated with the running of the event. The event generated $28.3 million of new money into the local economy in the first year and is estimated to generate $156 million over the seven years that the event will run.  Over 100,000 people annually visit New Zealand National Agriculture Fieldays held at Mystery Creek (10 minutes south of Hamilton), which is the largest agricultural event held in the Southern Hemisphere. Each year generates around $290 million sales.  As the centre of the thoroughbred industry, Hamilton has an excellent racing venue at Te Rapa. A national trotting track is 15 minutes drive from Hamilton in Cambridge.  31 October - 7 November Lake Karipiro (30 minutes south of Hamilton) will hold the 2010 World Rowing Championships.  Raglan is 40 minutes by road from Hamilton and home to one of the world’s longest left-hand surf breaks.