Public Sector Blog

Contractors and Consultants in the Public Sector space may find that they are in hot demand at the moment. With a number of big projects going on including All of Government and the new Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment as well as a workforce staffing cap in operation Contractors and Consultants are seen as valuable due to their high skill levels, prior experience and defined employment period.

Being the founding Director of The Johnson Group might suggest that Leigh Johnson is now able to sit back, relax and enjoy the successes. However for those who know or have worked with Leigh before it should be no surprise that she is still actively involved in the background as well as being a successful business mentor. This is a voluntary position that Leigh takes a lot of pride in and loves to see the results of.

With the Budget due for release in two weeks, there has been heated debate in Parliament in recent days around where the government will focus its spending to boost the economy. The Hon. Bill English (Minister for Finance) has said that the budget will focus on three main areas - building faster economic growth around higher national savings, setting a credible path back to surplus and the repayment of national debt, and rebuilding Christchurch over the next few years.

It’s that time of year again and the Skilled Migrant Programme is back in full swing! As always, thank you for your support for Victoria University's Workplace Communication Programme, fondly known as the Skilled Migrant Programme.

For those of you who don’t know, the Skilled Migrant Programme is a combination of a workplace communication course (run by Victoria University) and an internship, which is aimed at highly-qualified migrants who are either underemployed or unemployed.

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