The 2008 Survey of Employers who have Recently Advertised (SERA) did not take effect. Therefore the Department of Labour will not publish a report for 2008. 

The Department has reviewed the uses of the SERA and the statistical methods employed to produce the series. 

A formal decision on the future of the SERA will be made in early 2009.

The Occupations in Shortage in NZ Report (December 2007) is still available, HTML | PDF [48 pages, 276 KB]

In the meantime, for any inquiries, please email the Labour Market Skills team.