ManpowerGroup calls on workers to ‘rebuild our city’

Media Release

ManpowerGroup calls on workers to ‘rebuild our city’

5 March 2012: ManpowerGroup, the world leader in innovative workforce solutions and services, has launched an online portal to help connect skilled workers with jobs related to the Christchurch rebuild.

The website, ‘RebuildOurCity.co.nz’ (www.rebuildourcity.co.nz) is a tool for skilled trade workers, engineers, and construction professionals to find employment in the Christchurch rebuild.

Now one year on from the earthquake that devastated the city, authorities expect the reconstruction will be the biggest construction project in New Zealand’s history. Recent figures by the Canterbury Employment Skills Board estimate that the Christchurch rebuild will require an additional 36,000 workers by the time of peak reconstruction.

Matthew Love-Smith, Regional Business Manager of Manpower Professional, New Zealand said, “In coming years, the region will face significant employee shortages as construction continues. The portal is designed to address these challenges by connecting skilled workers with job opportunities. We want to help employers find the workers they need in this tough time.”

“A key challenge for the area is attracting skilled trade workers from outside the Christchurch region. This website will serve as a tool to source much-needed talent from New Zealand and beyond our shores.

“Whether you’ve just finished your trade apprenticeship or you’re a veteran within the construction industry we will help find you the right role where you are most needed.”

ManpowerGroup encourages anyone interested in getting involved in the Christchurch rebuild to visit www.rebuildourcity.co.nz. .

-Ends-

About ManpowerGroup New Zealand

ManpowerGroup, the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, has been helping clients and candidates win in New Zealand since 1996. With eight branches in three cities across the nation, Manpower New Zealand provides unique value to clients and candidates through recruitment & assessment, training & development, career management, outsourcing and workforce solutions.

This is the Human Age, where access to talent has replaced access to capital as the key competitive differentiator. Manpower New Zealand creates powerful connections between organisations and the talent they need to enhance their competitiveness and unleash their workforce potential. By creating these powerful connections, we help everybody achieve more than they imagined, and power the world of work.

Follow Manpower New Zealand on Twitter http://twitter.com/manpowernz

About ManpowerGroup

ManpowerGroup™ (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, creates and delivers high-impact solutions that enable our clients to achieve their business goals and enhance their competitiveness. With over 60 years of experience, our $22 billion company creates unique time to value through a comprehensive suite of innovative solutions that help clients win in the Human Age. These solutions cover an entire range of talent-driven needs from recruitment and assessment, training and development, and career management, to outsourcing and workforce consulting. ManpowerGroup maintains the world’s largest and industry-leading network of nearly 3,900 offices in over 80 countries and territories, generating a dynamic mix of an unmatched global footprint with valuable insight and local expertise to meet the needs of its 400,000 clients per year, across all industry sectors, small and medium-sized enterprises, local, multinational and global companies. By connecting our deep understanding of human potential to the ambitions of clients, ManpowerGroup helps the organizations and individuals we serve achieve more than they imagined – because their success leads to our success. And by creating these powerful connections, we create power that drives organizations forward, accelerates personal success and builds more sustainable communities. We help power the world of work. The ManpowerGroup suite of solutions is offered through ManpowerGroup™ Solutions, Manpower®, Manpower Professional™ and Right Management®. Learn more about how the ManpowerGroup can help you win in the Human Age at www.manpowergroup.com.

In January 2011, at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, ManpowerGroup announced the world has entered the Human Age, where talent has replaced capital as the key competitive differentiator. Learn more about this new age at www.manpowergroup.com/humanage

© Scoop Media