Max Whitehead: Whitehead Group Employment Relations Expert on the research finding kiwis still experience barriers when finding work

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Nov 2, 2023 · 4m

New research finds 46% of kiwi jobseekers still experience barriers when finding work.

The 2023 Randstad Employer Brand Research Survey found factors such as sexual orientation, disability, language, gender identity, and ethnicity to be a barrier when applying for and securing a job.

It found that 28% of male candidates believed these factors resulted in them missing out on the role, and 22% of women refused to work for a company whose values don’t align with their own.

Employment Relations Expert, Max Whitehead, told Tim Dower that he’s a bit suspicious of these results.

He said that…