Infometrics is very pleased to announce the launch of our Megatrends report: “From Education to Employment: Megatrends affecting NZ’s working environment”. This report is available for download from our website.
In our newsletter this month, Gareth Kiernan discusses megatrends in an interview with Liam Dann.
And, in his article about income, he dispels some myths about what defines an adequate household income in New Zealand.
Shaun Twaddle has created the Chart of the Month, that examines job openings by skills level.
We round out with another article by Gareth, discussing the role of alteration and additions in the ups and downs of the residential construction industry.
Infometrics is pleased to announce the release of our eagerly awaited Megatrends Report “From education to employment: Megatrends affecting NZ’s working environment ”.
Who are the 30,000 households earning over $100,000pa that don’t think they have enough money to get by? Is this real financial hardship or, as Mike Hosking put it, are these people “just useless with money”?
Infometrics’ comprehensive regional forecasting model shows that between 2018 and 2022 there will be 600,000 jobs that need to be filled due to new job growth or replacement demand (people moving roles that need to be replaced).
One of the comments I often hear talking to people in the residential construction industry is that alterations and new building activity move in different directions. The comment is usually made in the context of a drop-off in new building, when alterations and additions (A&A) are viewed as a cushion to soften the downturn. But the data does not back up this assertion.
