PRESS RELEASE
21/08/2012
Kiwis Returning Home Become Hot Property For Employers
In some sectors New Zealanders are now returning home and are more attractive to employers due to their valuable
overseas skills combined with their local knowledge. This is one of the findings of the latest Hays Quarterly Report,
out now and covering July to September 2012.
While New Zealand has a flow of candidates both in and out of the country, certain sectors such as resource and mining
is seeing a reversal of recent trends. Those who left in recent years to go work in the Australian market are now
returning to local jobs.
Jason Walker, Managing Director of Hays in New Zealand says while New Zealand receives high volumes of overseas
applications from skilled and experienced candidates, the first preference is for local talent.
“New Zealand employers often resist overseas applications and remain very specific in their requirements, which
typically include candidates with local New Zealand experience,” said Jason.
“As a result, those Kiwi’s who are returning home from overseas are viewed very highly since they possess both New
Zealand experience as well as valuable international skills.”
New Zealanders returning from overseas are also more attractive to employers as they are viewed as more stable.
“Hiring managers like the idea that when they employ someone who has travelled and already had their overseas
experience, they are more likely to stay in the country,” said Jason. “It’s valued highly that these candidates have
more life experience and have gained some commercial experience from working for a company offshore. It means that
you’ve got a bit of get up and go, are investigative and have experienced what life has to offer, and you’ve got that
out of your system and can really focus on the career at hand.”
While New Zealand has been impacted by losing talent overseas, some have remained due to the global economic conditions.
Legal professionals, for example, are staying in their current roles since UK and offshore firms have only a limited
number of opportunities and are very particular in relation to candidate experience.
Hays, the world’s leading recruiting experts in qualified, professional and skilled people.
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About Hays
Hays is the leading global specialist recruiting group. We are the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and
skilled people worldwide, being the market leader in Asia Pacific and the UK and one of the market leaders in
Continental Europe and Latin America. We operate across the private and public sectors, dealing in permanent positions,
contract roles and temporary assignments.
Hays employs 7,988 staff operating from 247 offices in 33 countries across 20 specialisms. For the year ended 30 June
2011, Hays reported net fees of £672 million and operating profit of £114 million and placed around 60,000 candidates
into permanent jobs and around 190,000 people into temporary assignments. 31% of Group net fees were generated in Asia
Pacific.
Hays operates in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, China, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, the UK and the USA.
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