NZ Agricultural Fieldays® is partnering with MPI to launch the Fieldays Opportunity Grows Here Careers Hub, which will showcase the depth and breadth of NZ's thriving food and fibre sector
Sitting under Fieldays’ strategic pillar of education, the hub is an engaging platform for attendees to learn about food and fibre career pathways and consider joining a thriving sector. It will be a hive of activity, with education providers and sector groups teaming up to showcase the industries that have led New Zealand’s recovery from the global pandemic.
Ray Smith, director-general of MPI, says primary industries have grown despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
“For the first time, annual export revenue reached more than $52.2 billion in the year to 30 June 2022.”
This growth highlights the urgent need for skilled and passionate food and fibre workers. Opportunity Grows Here, a campaign managed by MPI, is addressing this need by connecting people with exciting careers in food and fibre, an activity that will be further facilitated within the Careers Hub.
“There are rewarding, life-long careers available in food and fibre right across the supply chain, and we’re excited to showcase these within the Fieldays Opportunity Grows Here Careers Hub,” says Ray.
The Fieldays Opportunity Grows Here Careers Hub will help sow the seed, helping people realise that opportunities within the sector reach beyond the farm gate. Food and fibre careers range from work on-farm, in science, technology, business management, and logistics, to animal welfare, marketing, and research and development in locations across the motu.
NZ National Fieldays Society chief executive Peter Nation says that the Careers Hub is an important part of its mission to advance agriculture.
“As the Southern Hemisphere’s largest agricultural event, we have a duty to help futureproof the sector through educating people on where the opportunities lie in food and fibre.
“We’re excited to partner with MPI to provide Fieldays attendees with an interactive showcase of New Zealand’s ideas, products, and services that are in such high demand across the globe.”
There will be a number of activations and experiences run alongside the Fieldays Opportunity Grows Here Careers Hub during Fieldays. This includes a Fieldays Opportunity Grows Here Careers Trail for visitors to follow around the Fieldays event to showcase career options and vacancies, a speaker and engagement series, and a jobs board where visitors can see available food and fibre roles.
This year’s Fieldays event is being held from 30 November to 3 December.
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