Job market back in jobseekers' favour: Trade MePHIL REID/FAIRFAX NZ Workers at New Zealand IT firm Xero. The New Zealand jobs market appears to be swinging back in favour of job-seekers, according to Trade Me Jobs. And there were plenty of jobs for them, with all three regions were experiencing big jumps in job listings. The rest of the country saw huge growth in job listings, led by Otago (up 36.2 per cent), Gisborne (up 29 per cent) and Hawke's Bay (24.7 per cent). Banking and insurance job ads fell 27.4 per cent, and so did IT, down 5.5 per cent..

Source: Stuff October 05, 2016 23:18 UTC