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Staffing for business growth 

Staff, support, resources

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’ 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.
 The natural resources surrounding Hamilton - including its forests, lakes, rivers, and mountains - provide opportunities for tramping, bush-walking, and other types of outdoor recreation.  The borough of Hamilton was established on 27 October 1877 and Hamilton became a city on 13 December 1945.  Hamilton’s Maori name is Kirikiriroa meaning long stretch of gravel.  New Zealand’s longest river, the Waikato, flows for 16km through the city.  Mild climate and moderate year round rainfall keep the city and surrounding area very green.  Mean temperatures - 18C in January (summer) and 9C in July (winter).  Hamilton has135 parks and gardens and 58 sports areas and over 1,000 hectares of open space.  Hamilton has 3 public swimming pools and over 55 kms of walkways in parks and reserves.