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We’ve made it our business to understand your recruitment needs. And we’ll do it all for free. So, if you’re looking to employ or thinking how to grow your business, check us out now. At Work and Income we:

• offer a range of services to help you with your staffing needs
• employ a nationwide network of staff dedicated to helping you find the right person for your business
• list your vacancy on our website 
• provide support for businesses downsizing or closing and help workers affected to find other work 
• work with a wide range of people who want to work and have skills to offer employers like you 
• partner with industries, employers and training organisations nationally and locally, to address skill and labour shortages, linking you to like-minded business people 
• work out wage or training subsidies, or other in-work support you and your staff may be entitled to
• provide you with ongoing support
• assess any other support available to your staff, like Working for Families Tax Credits

At Work and Income we’ve made it our business to understand your business.

3 easy steps

It's easy to find a new employee with 3 easy steps.

1. Call us on 0800 778 008
   We’ll link you with a Work and Income staff member dedicated to working with you to find a solution that meets your employment needs.
2. We’ll match our people to your business
   We’ll match your requirements to our people and send you the candidates who best meet your criteria.
3. You make your decision
   You conduct the interviews, do any pre-employment checks and make your decision. You’ll need to negotiate an employment agreement with the successful applicant. If you need help with this, the Department of Labour Employment Relations office can provide free advice – call 0800 800 863, or go to www.dol.govt.nz

By working with us you’ll receive our full support – and maybe even financial assistance to help with wages, training and other costs.

Hiring made easy

We make it as easy as possible for you to find the right person.

By choosing Work and Income:

• you choose which of our services best suit your needs and how you access them
• you have access to all our online services
• you screen candidates, or if you prefer, we’ll link you to a Work and Income staff member dedicated to working with you to find the right person for your business
• you may qualify for programmes and services to support the employee in their new job
• you have total control over the interview and selection processes
• there’s no obligation for you to employ any candidate we refer to you
• you have FREE ongoing support and advice from us, even after you’ve found the person you want.

Help your community by getting people into work and supporting them into a better future.

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Programes and services we offer

We offer a range of programmes and services to support people into work.

Below is a list of programmes and services which may suit your needs.

• Skills Investment Subsidy – a temporary contribution to a person’s wages and training to improve their skills, with the aim of providing them with permanent work at your business.
• Work experience – support to help you provide valuable work experience to a person at no cost to you.
• Modification Grant – financial assistance to remove physical barriers at your workplace so disabled people can work there.
• Job Ops – a subsidy available to assist you to provide temporary job opportunities to young people with low or no skills or work experience.
• Community Max – a subsidy to help create temporary jobs for young people by supporting projects that benefit the community or the environment.
• Taskforce Green – a subsidy available to non-profit organisations to help people participate in specific projects so they develop work habits and gain general on-the-job skills.

If you are a state sector employer, you may qualify for other support to give an employment opportunity to someone with a significant disability. Visit www.mainstream.msd.govt.nz for details.

Search for experienced workers

Our Find Staff website lets you search our job candidates by work experience and location. You can see how many people with work experience in your job role and similar job roles are available for work in your location..

It also shows you how many of these people are looking for full-time and part-time work.

If you want to find out more about these potential job candidates please call:

• Employer Line  0800 778008

Finding skilled workers for an industry with a skills or labour shortage

If your industry or business struggles to find workers because of skills or labour shortage we may be able to help. We partner with industries and employers to create training, support and recruitment packages to address national and regional skill and labour shortages.

Finding seasonal or temporary workers

If you're thinking about hiring seasonal or temporary workers, be it one or a thousand, please contact us.

We know that finding seasonal workers can be difficult so to help we:

• have staff dedicated to finding seasonal workers
• run campaigns that encourage people to take up seasonal work where it’s needed
• offer extra assistance to help people get started in seasonal work
• can subsidise some workers through our work experience programme.

To discuss your needs or list a job either:

• call Employer Line: 0800 778 008
• contact us.

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