One quarter of NZ's workforce are migrants, supplying crucial skills for our workforce. The number of migrants coming into NZ is changing the diversity of NZ's workforce. The Encyclopedia of New Zealand states " New Zealand also has strong inward migration and since the 1980s government policy has ensured that most new migrants are skilled workers". New Zealand is encouraging migrants to come to NZ who have certain special skills and attributes,
such as healthcare and engineering. NZ doesn’t just let anybody into the country, the majority of migrants living in NZ need to be able to offer
something to the economy before their Visa’s are granted.
Some may argue that the jobs given to these migrants are being taken
away from New Zealanders which is a fair point, although it is necessary in the
short run because as we've established in an earlier post their contributions
to the NZ economy are vital. A stronger economy = expansion of businesses = more
jobs. Although some are being given to migrants, more jobs are created in
general for Kiwis too. By allowing migrants in that are already skilled, it
saves NZ businesses money by not needing to train those that do not have the
skills needed for a particular job. Is giving the jobs to Kiwis more of an
advantage in terms of New Zealand becoming a more powerful nation via a stronger
economy?
Opening our doors to skilled migrants creates a friendly relationship between NZ and other nations which in turn creates more access to overseas markets which according to The Beehive has helped NZ immeasurably by the family and business linkages this creates.
The graph above shows that the migrants coming in are taking the highly skilled jobs and the jobs at the top of the hierarchy. The jobs at the bottom of the graph are migrants in the less skilled occupations, jobs that are not as ‘intellectually challenging’. Could this be because migrants provide skills to certain occupations that stand out and are valued more than the average Kiwi’s skills? Can a Kiwi offer the same experiences and quality of work to a company that a migrant can?
“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Opening our doors to skilled migrants creates a friendly relationship between NZ and other nations which in turn creates more access to overseas markets which according to The Beehive has helped NZ immeasurably by the family and business linkages this creates.
The graph above shows that the migrants coming in are taking the highly skilled jobs and the jobs at the top of the hierarchy. The jobs at the bottom of the graph are migrants in the less skilled occupations, jobs that are not as ‘intellectually challenging’. Could this be because migrants provide skills to certain occupations that stand out and are valued more than the average Kiwi’s skills? Can a Kiwi offer the same experiences and quality of work to a company that a migrant can?
“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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