Finding a Job in New Zealand
Seventy per cent of all positions available in New Zealand are not advertised, so networking is a valuable tool in securing a job. Join any group - Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, Lions, your children's school committee or sporting and interest groups like tennis or sailing clubs - and speak to everybody that you meet or do business with - lawyer, real estate or insurance agents - about possible job opportunities.
The website www.careers.co.nz gives a guide to salaries and conditions, with jobs listed in alphabetical order, industry or interest areas. Salary details, training requirements and current market demand are also provided.
All the major daily and local newspapers have situations vacant columns. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday editions carry the most extensive job vacancy sections.
Check the following websites:
- The New Zealand Herald: www.nzherald.co.nz the national newspaper
- The Dominion Post: www.stuff.co.nz the Wellington daily
- The Press in the South Island: www.stuff.co.nz
and look in Yellow Pages for personnel, employment, recruitment and management consultants.
Most international placement and recruitment agencies that handle executive and professional management positions are represented in New Zealand. You do not have to pay an employment agency a fee and they will contact you when a suitable position becomes available. Keep in touch with them and build a relationship so that they think of you first for that plum position. Once you have provided them with your CV and relevant information they will handle the details of applying for a position.
