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Kellie Hamlett: Talent ID Director on the record number of people moving overseas and the skilled workers lost

Published: June 12, 2024, 8:45 p.m.

A recruitment specialist says we've likely lost a number of our already small pool of skilled workers. \xa0

More than 130,000 people moved out of the country in the year to April, the highest on record according to Stats NZ figures.\xa0

A record 81,200 New Zealand citizens made up the majority of the leavers.\xa0

Talent ID Director Kellie Hamlett told Mike Hosking that these departures won't be helping our skills issue. \xa0

She says it comes down to the fact there's more demand for skills than we have skill to fill.\xa0

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