More migration only way to bridge ICT skills gap, says Joyce

More migration only way to bridge ICT skills gap, says Joyce
Fiona Rotherham
By Fiona Rotherham April 8 (BusinessDesk) - Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce says more migration is the only way to bridge the current skills gap for ICT companies in New Zealand. Joyce was asked at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle lunch in Auckland today what the answer was to the thousands of unfilled jobs advertised by New Zealand tech companies annually. The rapidly growing industry is generating an estimated 3,000 new jobs each year which can’t be met by existing training initiatives underway, he said. A survey last year...