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17 per cent of jobs slashed at Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Chief executive Leauanae Laulu Mac Leauanae said it has been an unsettling time for staff.

Letters: Why can't capable, keen workers find jobs?

OPINION: 'She has been spending hours every day seeking employment with no joy.'

Had depression? Get headaches? Job-hunter 'gobsmacked' by 'invasive' application

The firm says the questions provide relevant information. Applicants don't have to answer.

'Similar to exploitation': Migrants in limbo after NZ employers’ accreditations revoked

The accreditation of 416 employers has been revoked, suspended or is under review.

Accountant shortage prompts US plan for quicker path to qualification

Financial Times: Pressure to cut educational requirement has grown as new recruits dry up.

Right to disconnect: Should our bosses be stopped from calling us after hours?

The 'right to disconnect' movement has grown in recent years.

Liam Dann's Inside Economics: Does high immigration make unemployment worse?

OPINION: More migrants, fewer jobs? And what's driving olive oil and coffee price spikes?

Commerce Commission to cut around 10 per cent of staff

Job cuts in the sector have reached well above 3000 so far.

Selling dreams: What it’s really like to be a Kiwi real estate agent

Think you could be a real estate agent? Three top sellers on what the lifestyle is like.

'Irresponsible and dangerous': Customs and DIA look to cut a further 100 roles

The PSA says jobs would be cut from airports and counter-terrorism teams.

Matthew Hooton: Government’s savings programme half-hearted, poorly targeted

OPINION: With the dire need to cut costs, agencies should have to justify why they exist.

Ministry for Culture and Heritage confirms job cutting proposal

More than 1300 jobs are facing the chop from government departments so far.

More than 1300 public sector jobs to go: Full list of where axe is falling as more cuts loom

A number of job reductions have been due to stop-work notices.

'Do we go across the ditch?': Scarce Wellington jobs leave people looking elsewhere

Capital's job market already tough before public sector redundancies.

2degrees latest telco to cut staff, One NZ confirms post-restructure numbers

The telco's technology team has been restructured.

Hiring activity slumps further as recession set to weigh on jobs

Job ad volumes fell again in February and are lower than pre-Covid.

'Significant job losses' confirmed at NZ Post amid dramatic decline in mail

'We need to continue to make hard decisions about our future,' NZ Post's boss said.

New recruitment app Zeil

Zeil founder Anna Mowbray on her recruitment startup's partnership with Google. Video / Carson Bluck