The tide seems to be turning in the favour of workers.
The government's fourth annual Occupation Outlook report shows very strong job prospects.
Tradies, engineers, software developers, ICT systems and business analysts are in high demand.
Head of TradeMe Jobs Peter Osborne told Mike Hosking wages are on the rise as well.
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