Is It Worth It?

Team: Maggie Drop Tables
Project: Is it worth it?

Purpose:

Provide guidance and information to career changers in an ever-changing job market with increasing financial pressures.

Problem:

Career changers need to know the affordability / ROI  on retraining.
 

Issues:

Retraining costs

Earning potential

  1. immediately after graduation
  2. after several years in the industry

The effect of automation on the industry

Effect on job availability of:

  • other graduates entering the industry
  • migrants moving to the city.

people leaving the industry

Solution

An decision making tool to help career changers evaluate retraining options based on:

-future trend

earning potential (1,5 and 10 yrs)

-job prospects and number of

 

Unique Value Proposition

Provide not only likelihood of getting a job and earning potential but also future trends and compensation in Wellington

People

Maggi:

  • mature student
  • changing career

knows her own strengths and weaknesses.


Data sets that could not be linked do to Overzealouse error detection on URL:
 

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, 'Quarterly Labour Market Scorecard – February 2016', March 2016, (www.mbie.govt.nz).

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, 'Short-term Employment Forecasts: 2016-2019', March 2016, (www.mbie.govt.nz).

Statistics New Zealand, 'Labour Market Statistics: December 2015 Quarter', February 2016, (www.stats.govt.nz).

 

Stats.govt.nz

Sorted.org.nz

Ird.govt.nz

Mbie.govt.nz

Data.govt.nz

Educationcounts.govt.nz

Web sites:

Occupationoutlook.mbie.govt.nz

Careers NZ

Payscale

 

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Maggie Drop Tables
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Regional Gross Domestic Product - RNA
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