Category Archives: Global Labor Market Updates

New Zealand Eases Visa Rules to Boost Workforce—Here’s How It’ll Affect Skilled Filipino Workers

New Zealand has changed its visa policies and employment regulations to ease the country’s shortage of skilled foreign workers. Key visa rule reforms include removing wage thresholds for AEWV and SPWV roles, reducing work experience requirements, and increasing the duration of visas—all of which are aimed at providing both employers and employees greater work flexibility.

How Great Ways Builds An Effective Talent Pipeline of Skilled Workers

Building a robust talent pipeline is crucial for recruitment agencies in their pursuit of bridging the gap in the face of today’s global labor shortage. Modern recruiters are charged with the challenge of staying ahead of the curve by hiring new talents even before they need to fill open positions. Let’s discuss how Great Ways builds an effective pipeline of skilled workers for employers abroad.

Charting International Waters By Addressing Hiring Intentions in Foreign Workspaces

Over the past two decades, labor market tightness has plagued the labor market like a noose—somewhat loosening, and particularly tightening at the height of the pandemic. Post-pandemic, however, the noose, that is the long-term manpower shortage trend that took off in the 10’s, remains tighter in specific economies than it did over the past 20 years.

Painting the Shortage of Labor Workers in Poland: The Philippines as Poland’s Vital Workforce Solutions

The Philippines as Poland's Vital Workforce Solution

With an increasingly aging population, Poland’s demographic landscape has significantly transformed. This demographic shift has created a critical imbalance in the labor force, denting the labor market, where retirees now outnumber the influx of younger workers.

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