Up to 3,000 doctors have been hired from overseas by the NHS in the past year, as the service battles to tackle staff shortages that medical professionals say are serious and growing. They came from at least 27 countries, including India, Poland, Australia and Greece – but also even Iraq, Syria and Sudan – according… Read More »

The New Zealand hospitality industry has long boasted about its growth, but now that success has led to a problem – an increasing shortage of experienced chefs. Manukau Institute of Technology has partnered up with a recruitment firm to coach young chefs in to new roles. Oyster Inn on Waiheke Island is one of New… Read More »

Students planning to become engineers, scientists, IT professionals or psychologists have the best chance of securing a job, a new Government report shows. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Occupation Outlook report, released today, ranks the income, training requirements, and job prospects of 50 careers. Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce said… Read More »

If you’re deciding on a new career path or just job shopping, this report might come in handy when making the ultimate decision on what field you might look into. Workopolis is out with Canada’s most in-demand jobs of 2014 and the number one spot might surprise you. Cooks was ranked in the top spot,… Read More »

Alberta had the highest rate of unfilled jobs in the country in the third quarter of this year, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. In a new report, the group said 66,700 positions in the private sector were unfilled in the quarter, for a job vacancy rate of 3.9 per cent — the… Read More »

The number of nurses recruited in the last year from abroad has risen significantly, according to new figures which sparked warnings that the NHS has become “astonishingly over-reliant” on foreign labour. Nurse leaders accused hospitals of “panic-buying” overseas workers at great expense to plug staff shortages, while patients groups raised fears that care is being… Read More »