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Objective 4 - Develop a skilled and responsive labour force

An increasingly competitive international market requires Auckland's workforce to have the right knowledge, skills and attitudes for continually adapting to changing requirements. Aligning training with business needs and better utilising all of Auckland's current and potential labour force's talents will boost the city-region's labour productivity. Achieving this will have a hugely positive effect on the entire domestic economy.

Strategy Action 
4.1 Take an integrated, region-wide approach to tackling Auckland's skill issues.4.1.1 Establish a business-led skill leadership group that is facilitated by the regional economic delivery agency.
4.2 Match training provision with skill needs4.2.1 Establish a centralised information system to map regional skill needs.
4.2.2 Aggregate activities by providing a web portal-based one-stop shop for education, training and recruitment information.
4.2.3 Positively influence career decisions by building improved capacity for career advisers and teachers.
4.2.4 Better meet business skill needs by providing closer, clearer links between training and industry.
4.2.5 Encourage continuous skill building by promoting lifelong learning to parents and families.
4.3 Promote education and skilled employment within ‘diverse communities'4.3.1 Coordinate and bring to scale successful local initiatives.
4.4 Improve workplace productivity4.4.1 Promote workplace productivity best practice to Auckland city-region employers.

 

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