I've just been reading the official statement released by the NZIS about the EOI selection process, and there are some interesting facts on there.

It shows the percentages of applications that meet certain criteria of processing, such as job offers etc, for points selections of 120, 115 and 110.

At 120 points, only 27% of people were claiming jobs in a shortage, cluster or future growth area, for 115 points, for the same subjects were only 19% and for 110 it dropped again to 16%.

At 120 points, 36% had no job or job offer, at 115 points, 49% have no job or job offer and at 110 points, 55% of people have no job offer or job.

So, this makes me think a bit... is all this stress and fuss over finding 'Priority Jobs' and 'Occupational Shortages' etc, when only 8.6% of EOI applications get declined, really worth it? Maybe this process is not as strict as we thought?

Comments?