Employers will demand greater productivity from their existing staff this year before they make fresh hires, according to the latest Employment Trends report released by recruitment consultants Hudson. The report summarises employers’ human resources priorities for the year and whether they intend to increase, maintain or decrease staffing levels. Almost a third of all employers (30.8 per cent) said enhancing …

The New Zealand dollar rose against an Australian dollar undermined by a weak employment report on Thursday. The kiwi was at 79.86 Australian cents at 5pm, up from 79.49 cents at 8am and 79.63 cents at 5pm on Wednesday. The rise came after the Australian employment data came out at 1.30pm NZ time. “The important number to look at was …

ANZ has predicted an unemployment rate of about 7 percent for the next six months, as job advertisements experience an only slight rebound. The total number of advertisements in newspapers and online rose 0.4 percent (seasonally adjusted) in December, according to ANZ’s New Zealand Job Advertisement series. Advertising for Wellington jobs hit a three-year low in December, and advertisements in …