"There are more than 1000 New Zealanders each week going on the dole, 2000 jobs each week being lost altogether," Mr Goff said.
He said the job summit had turned out to be little more than a "talk-fest".
The nine-day working fortnight had saved only 345 jobs, the Government would not say how many jobs the cycleway project would create and the idea of a joint bank/government credit facility had been dumped already, he said.
Tax cuts should have been targeted at low income earners because they "have the greatest need and would spend the money immediately", he told Radio New Zealand.
Skill training, particularly for recently laid-off apprentices, should have been a focus, Mr Goff said.
"It takes four years to train somebody, we'll be out of this recession in a few years and once again we'll have a skills shortage."
Prime Minister John Key said unemployment levels were low compared to other countries, but the Government was doing all it could to keep people in work.
"A number of things came out of the job summit ... that (home insulation) package alone, $323 million, will create thousands and thousands of jobs."
He said it was important to be realistic and look at what was happening internationally.
"We've got one of the lowest levels of unemployment. Now, we're working to combat that."
Finance Minister Bill English said yesterday criticism that the Government was not trying to save jobs was ridiculous.
Many job summit initiatives were helping, but there were wider policies in play.
"The Government has a large fiscal stimulus package anyway," Mr English said.
He told MPs that the $500 million worth of accelerated projects were now helping trades people and suppliers across the housing, transport and education sectors.
