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2-5 year timeframe if proposed vocational refor...

17 April 2019 MEDIA RELEASE It’s very much business as usual for Careerforce as the Government wo...

Top Tip 7 – Setting up a Buddy or Mentoring System

“Mentoring systems can help to get learners started, get them on track and keep them on track.” s...

Careerforce partner with Yale University to he...

Careerforce is partnering with the Yale University Program for Recovery and Community Health, to ...

Time for Government to listen to concerns of th...

Submissions close today in biggest shakeup in decades Careerforce employers urge Government to sl...

Industry training reform a risk to sectors that...

31 March 2019 MEDIA RELEASE A leading on-the-job industry training organisation (ITO) with respon...

The return on investment in training is the qua...

CMHT believes in investing in training leads to quality care. They share the many other benefits ...

Top Tip 6: Set up a training plan

It’s important to spend time setting up a training plan before training begins. Regular review is...

Training makes cleaners mindful

What would being mindful bring to cleaning? Safety. Cleaners become mindful after putting them th...

Health Care Assistants and Careerforce Training

Lacey Easson is a health care assistant at Invercargill Medical Centre.She has just graduated fro...

A journey of change: From getting help to helpi...

Matiu Brokenshire started growing up with a lot of dysfunction in his home. He discovered drugs a...

‘Best mums make the best teacher aides’

After raising her kids and realising she didn’t want to do market gardening anymore, Jean Newman ...

11 February 2019

Top Tip 5: Get early runs on the board – some t...

In our recent employer survey, our employers have highlighted that perhaps the most significant b...

5 February 2019

Waitangi Day Celebration Message

Careerforce Kaumatua shares the meaning of Waitangi Day Celebration in his message to staff, enco...

4 February 2019

Looking after yourself – essential to providing...

It is increasingly common across the health and wellbeing sector for the workforce to pull multip...

21 January 2019

Top Tip 4: Start study groups

This could be the year to focus on collaboration in your organisation, or even across organisatio...

18 January 2019

Training journey helps cleaner move towards man...

“As a cleaner, you sometimes feel that you’re at the bottom of the hierarchy. Sometimes it’s nice...

13 December 2018

Top Tip 3: Celebrating Success

Has one of your staff completed a unit standard or module? Have they had a breakthrough or light ...

10 December 2018

One of best things about the job – attending a ...

Paula Cohen, Careerforce Workplace Advisor (CWA) for Nelson, Tasman & Marlborough shares her firs...

4 December 2018

Volunteer ‘Life Reviewers’ help make hospice pa...

Volunteers at Cranford Hospice in Hawke’s Bay are making such a positive difference in the lives ...

3 December 2018

Very proud moment for Tairawhiti based Brownie ...

Very proud moment for Tairāwhiti based Brownie Sadlier Brownie Sadlier has recently received his ...

3 December 2018

Proud moment for Brownie Sadlier

Brownie Sadlier has recently received his very first certificate, confirming he has passed the le...

3 December 2018

Careerforce announces new CEO

30 November 2018 MEDIA RELEASE Careerforce announces new CEO Careerforce has appointed Jane Wenma...

29 November 2018

West Coast assessor steps down after years of d...

Careerforce registered assessor, Frances Stapleton recently supported eight caregivers at the Ult...

28 November 2018

Eighteen and already making a difference to chi...

At eighteen, Hastings teacher aide, Willa Sophia Maguire-Harbrow, is doing amazing work supportin...

19 November 2018

Top Tip 2: Apply the REAL model

Careerforce Learning Engagement Advisor, Laloifi Ripley explains the REAL model. REAL is the Care...

15 November 2018

Industry training is the better investment

'Via industry training, we are investing in skilled and passionate people,' says Careerforce Inte...

12 November 2018

More employers encouraged to give young people ...

While potential solutions to the workforce shortage issues are still being discussed, this rest h...

8 November 2018

Expiring Unit Standards & Expiring Version...

On 31 December 2018, approximately 80 unit standards, or superseded versions of unit standards wi...

6 November 2018

New Employer Newsletter – Skills for Good

We’d like to introduce the first issue of our newsletter for employers – Skills for G...

24 October 2018

Top Tip 1: The importance of goal setting in tr...

In this article we share the importance of setting training goals that are achievable and realist...

16 October 2018

Workplace literacy and numeracy unlocks employe...

When Grant Taylor, Service Manager Health & Disability at Lifewise Homecare Services, introdu...

10 October 2018

The role of the employer in an Apprenticeship

There are three parties to a successful apprenticeship – the apprentice (you), your employe...

Spreading our Wings report raises red flags for...

While much is known about the state of the workforce for the higher profile health sectors such a...

Supporting Pathways in Aged Care

Glenwood Masonic Hospital has committed to upskilling their staff across all occupations and leve...

21 September 2018

Celebrating our people! Careerforce staff clean...

Dapaanz (Drug & Alcohol Practitioners’ Association Aotearoa-New Zealand) is the professional ...

12 September 2018

55 years of tireless support

After fifty-five years and supporting over 250 people in achieving their national qualifications ...

12 September 2018

Work experience helped student pave a career path

“When I finished [work placement], it opened my eyes to what I really wanted to do,” says Victori...

5 September 2018

Training staff in chemical-free cleaning means ...

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Claire Underwood was left inspired, motivated and eager to learn more ...

Challenges within the emerging & connectin...

Lisa Hann reflects on her participation at the Involve 2018 and talks about the potential challen...

Apprenticeship that made a difference

Mark finished an arts degree then started chefing, not really quite sure what he wanted to do unt...

Got a Trade SpeedMeet 2018

Careerforce is looking for employers to take part in Got a Trade SpeedMeet. If you’re looking for...

Whakawhanaungatanga: Redefining Pastoral Care

Whakawhanaungatanga: Redefining Pastoral Care By Turaukawa Bartlett Kaiwhakahononga – Māori...

Apprenticeships, but not as you know them

Tegan Coote is a young apprentice based in Invercargill. In doing her apprenticeship she doesn’t ...

Volunteering a life changing experience for Ble...

Darren Best gives his 100 percent in his volunteer work at Ashwood Park Retirement Village in Ble...

Call for more workers to join health and wellbe...

A shortage in care and support services is looming as the New Zealand population ages. In the nex...

Backing passion with on-the-job training

“If this was my gran, how would I want her treated? This is how I maintain my standards. If you s...

Christchurch Hospital orderly first in the coun...

Craig Stewart of Christchurch Hospital is something of a groundbreaker. In 2014 he became the fir...

Good News – Funding of Dementia Limited Credit ...

“As we’ve seen in the new Economic Impact of Dementia report, dementia is a ticking time-bomb for...

On-the-job training became stepping stone for a...

Jaden Olsen said he hardly went to school and didn’t really like it. He just turned up for exams ...

Careerforce Apprenticeship Advisor – Canterbury

Support Workplace Apprenticeships Provide assessment and pastoral care to apprentices Canterbury ...