FutureworkNZ blog

In my final year of school, I completely dropped maths and science – resulting in a conference with …

Do you remember your first day at school? The education I received was for a very different world th…

The first week back at work after the new year is the most popular time to look for a new job.

You’d think that with low unemployment and ever-improving technology for distance education, the pro…

Both my parents are pretty handy – and they seem to have the right tools for most jobs in the garage…

There’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to micro-credentials, those bits of bite-sized learning c…

I’ve been made redundant. There, I’ve said it. Admittedly, it happened a long time ago. In 1986 I st…

The Commission’s second draft report Employment, labour markets and income, for the Technological ch…

Redundancy pay is a rather primitive form of insurance or “income smoothing”. It’s an old technology…

Redundancy (or severance) pay is an old technology to protect people from the risks and costs of job…

Two new Productivity Commission reports tell us that the New Zealand labour market is characterised …

The success of an Active Labour Market Policy (ALMP) will depend a lot on the type of programme and …

Based on OECD comparisons, New Zealand’s overall spending on Active Labour Market Policies (ALMPs) a…

Answer: When it’s a childcare subsidy available to other low-income households.

Young people have a strong belief that technology will shape their future but what types of skills a…

Have you ever done a MOOC? After completing four separate degrees and ten years at university, you w…

Training is an investment in “embodied human capital” – assets stored in workers’ heads.