Supporting Employers Supporting Employees: Connecting those on the workforce fringe with businesses
Find out more about how the Auckland Business Chamber works with, and supports, people on the fringes of the labour market and how the Business Chamber then accesses the business community to connect and employ.
Leah Gates is General Manager Employment, Auckland Business Chamber– Leah is responsible for the management of the Auckland Chamber's employment services which connects over 1000 people a year who are at risk of no or low employment into great jobs.
This Employment Team have worked across Auckland and the Bay of Plenty for 20 years. Leah has designed, developed, deployed and managed employment programmes that prepare and promote job seekers to NZ employers with a focus on
Youth (NEET and unemployed)
New Kiwis
People with health conditions and disabilities
Women returning to the workforce
Unemployed Māori and Pacific adults