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Police:
www.police.govt.nz
Skiing Industry:
www.goski.com
www.nzski.com
Teaching:www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies
www.learningmedia.co.nz
www.teachersonthemove.com
www.teachnz.govt.nz
New Zealand Newspapers
Obtain copies of as many
New Zealand newspapers as possible, most of which
contain job sections. Vacancies are advertised most
days, the most popular days being Wednesdays and
Saturdays.
New Zealand’s main
newspapers are regional rather than national and include
The Dominion (Wellington, employment sections in the
Wednesday and Saturday editions,
www.stuff.co.nz),
The Evening Post (Wellington, includes employment
vacancies on Wednesdays and Saturdays,
www.stuff.co.nz),
The New Zealand Herald (mainly Auckland news and
vacancies with some national coverage,
www.nzherald.com),
The Otago Daily Times (Dunedin) and The Press
(Christchurch,
www.stuff.co.nz).
It’s worth checking city libraries abroad, as they
sometimes have New Zealand newspapers.
Employment Offices
Visit Work and Income
offices in New Zealand. Jobs on offer are mainly
non-professional, skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled.
Recruitment
Consultancies & Employment Agencies
If you’re looking for an
executive or professional position, you can apply to
recruitment consultancies in New Zealand and abroad
specialising in the kind of position you’re seeking.
They will usually be pleased to help and advise you,
whether or not you have applied for permission to live
in New Zealand. On the other hand, employment agencies
can usually help you only if you’re already in New
Zealand and have been granted permanent residence (or,
exceptionally, a working holiday visa).
Professional
Organisations
If you’re a professional
it may be worthwhile contacting professional
organisations in New Zealand. Although they cannot find
you a job, they can often help with advice and provide
the names of prospective employers.
Government Departments
If you’re considering a
position or career with a government department or
another public body, it’s worth contacting the relevant
organisation directly. It isn’t necessary to be a New
Zealand citizen to apply for many official positions,
particularly in areas where there’s a shortage of
skills. The government periodically holds exhibitions
abroad, particularly in London, mainly to attract young
New Zealand professionals back to their country but also
to attract professionals of other nationalities.
For many years the New
Zealand Ministry of Education has welcomed (in fact,
lured and enticed) teachers to fill vacancies in schools
in order to combat a serious shortage. Vacancies are
advertised through its own recruitment agency, Teach NZ,
which operates in English-speaking countries worldwide.
The New Zealand police is
also suffering a shortage of experienced officers, as
several Australian forces (particularly Queensland) have
a habit of poaching experienced New Zealand officers
with the lure of a 20 to 30 per cent pay rise. Your
local New Zealand Consulate or High Commission will put
you in touch with the relevant government department.
Unsolicited Job
Applications
Apply to companies
directly in New Zealand, whether or not they’re
advertising vacancies. Needless to say, it’s a hit and
miss affair, but the advantage is that you aren’t
competing directly with dozens of other applicants as
with an advertised job vacancy. This approach can be
particularly successful if you have skills, experience
and qualifications that are in short supply in New
Zealand.
When writing from abroad,
enclosing an international reply coupon may help to
elicit a response. Useful addresses can be obtained from
trade directories (such as Kompass New Zealand), which
are available at major libraries and New Zealand
Chambers of Commerce abroad or from the New Zealand
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (www.nzchamber.co.nz).
Networking
Networking (the term
originated in the USA, although the practice is
universal) is making and using business and professional
contacts. You should make use of contacts in New Zealand
and with any New Zealanders you come into contact with
abroad, including friends, relatives, colleagues and
business contacts.
If you’re already in New
Zealand, seek out expatriate links such as clubs, pubs
and churches. Generally people who have moved to another
country are interested to get to know others in a
similar position and are happy to pass on job tips or
leads.
This article is an extract from
Living and Working in New
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