Categories Concerning Immigration To New Zealand

Author: Thomas Pretty

Predominantly there are four main immigration options open to those who wish to begin a new life in New Zealand. While immigration numbers are steadily increasing, if you fall into one of these four categories, you are more likely to gain entry in this wonderful country. put simply, the immigration categories are thus; the skilled migrant category, the work to residence category, the family member category and the investor category.

In addition to these however, there are certain fundamentals that you must meet in order to gain a successful immigration certificate to New Zealand. The first of these is your health. Ultimately you must be in good health to be viable for immigration. The immigration service of New Zealand will want to see complete medical certification for you as well as all members of your family. If you cannot prove levels of good health, it is doubtful you will be viable for immigration.

Secondly, if you wish to be viable for immigration to New Zealand you must be able to prove you are of good character. This means that you must be able to produce police certification to prove your good character to the immigration service. This is true not just for yourself but for all those in your family who are aged over seventeen years old. Once again, if you have a criminal record and cannot prove that you possess a good character, immigration may be impossible.

The final precursor for immigration is that you should be able to speak and write to a high level in English. While this can vary dependent upon which of the four categories you fall into, it is normal that for entry into New Zealand all members of your party aged sixteen or older must be able to speak, read and write in English to a good level.

If you can pass these fundamentals, it is dependent upon which category you fall into for successful immigration. The skilled migrant category uses a list of job roles and career paths that entrants must fall into. Currently New Zealand is experiencing a shortfall of workers in certain industry sectors. For instance, teachers and those in the medical profession are in especially high requirement as the country attempts to build an effective skills base. These skilled migrants can also be split into a further two categories in terms of the short and long term needs of the New Zealand economy.

Another way to undergo the process of immigration is to convert temporary work in new Zealand into long term residency. While this has a certain cross over with the skilled migrant category, it gives a unique opportunity for some who are already working in the country and would like to stay as permanent residents. To pursue this option you must apply for a work to residence permit and work in that job for two years, after this period you can apply for permanent residency.

If you already have family who have undergone immigration to New Zealand, this can go in your favour when applying. Having family members who have proved their worth to the economy and culture of the country can be extremely helpful in the processing of your application.

The final category of immigration is if you are planning to start a business or invest in a company operating in New Zealand. The first stage is to apply for a long term business visa that will give you three years to get your business up and running before you can apply for residency. This period can be shortened with other entrepreneurial options as you will be showing a clear investment into the country's economy.

Immigration to new Zealand is certainly popular. If you think you may fall into one of these categories and meet the fundamental requirements you may find yourself living and working on the other side of the world sooner than you think.



About the Author:
Cultural affairs expert Thomas Pretty looks into the categories that from part of New Zealand immigration policy.
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17 CV tips to help you get a job in New Zealand

Author: Helen Winterbottom

One of the things that a lot of Migrants come unstuck with is the difference in CV style between New Zealand and their home country. If you are trying to get a job in New Zealand, especially if you are doing it from your home country - it pays to make sure you write a CV that employers here will take notice of.

So here are some tips on crafting that winning resume to help you emigrate and fulfil your dream of a new life. This has come from experience in the Information Technology (IT) field, so may not apply as well to specialist professions like doctors, lawyers etc.

1/ Be prepared to edit your CV a little each time
It's worth having a few slightly different versions for different roles. Traditionally this is where the covering letter has come in to play. Today it is often replaced by the recruitment agent's written sales pitch to the prospective employer which isn't always that good. So it's worth keeping a little more flexibility in what you say in your.

2/ A list of jobs vs. a full description of who you are:
A common style of CV today is often a list of your education, work experience and hobbies, and generally isn't expected to be more than a page or two long. In New Zealand - you need to be thinking of adding a lot more detail. What is sometimes called the "long form CV" is normal here: four or five pages of career history and personal summary is quite normal. However, this is not a licence to waffle.

3/ Your personal and professional summary becomes more important:
In New Zealand - who you are becomes more important in a lot of cases than who you worked for. So the summary comes first.

Most Kiwi employers, by virtue of being small companies, are actually interviewing you to figure out if you're going to fit in their organisation as part of the team. There is either an assumption that your skills are whatever you claim them to be, or that your skills are less important than how you will fit in with everyone else. In a small country with sometimes only three degrees of separation to everyone else, it's like you're being interviewed to join the family.

4/ European or foreign postings are not so important:
In the UK if you have spent time working overseas in Europe - then that is something to emphasise. Here in New Zealand - while it is still important to mention it - it doesn't carry the same weight - so you don't need to emphasise it as much. Sometimes having experience in lots of countries may work against you, giving the impression of someone who may not be here for more than 18 months, or is "too experienced" for the role available.

5/ You don't need to describe the company you worked for:
Kiwi employers don't seem to care that your last employer was a Multinational Widget Service Agent. They want to know about what you did with the widgets. Sell yourself not your last employer.

6/ Put on your CV what kind of role you are looking for:
We have found that many job adverts in New Zealand are basically "fishing trips". There is no specific job available - the company just wants to know who is out there and looking. It can save a lot of wasted time on your part if you pre-empt this by using your CV to state what roles you are looking at. It stops you being told that you're really great - they just don't have a job for you!

If it turns out you are in a fishing trip - having this information helps the employer see if they can find you a role that will fit. It's a bit odd - but this is New Zealand!

7/ Make my life easy: Especially if I'm a recruitment agent.
Put your contact details on a separate page at the end of the document. This allows the agent to easily remove the information before sending your pristine work on to that prime employer. You don't want to have spent hours slaving over the formatting, to find it all messed up by someone else. Again, it's your dream life, in that plum job; don't leave things to dumb chance.

8/ Make the layout clear and obvious: Don't make me think!
If I look at your CV and have to try and figure out what is one section, what is a different job etc., then I'm going to be spending more time working out how to read it, than being impressed by the great content.

9/ Spelling and grammar:
Use the spelling and grammar checkers. Then print your CV out and proof read it again, because a computer doesn't know if you meant there, their or they're. Being spell checked, doesn't mean it makes sense. We've been amazed by the number of applicants who have left spelling mistakes in, or just used poor grammar. Sometimes you won't see that on the screen, so always print it out to check what the whole thing looks like on paper.

10/ Using Acronyms:
Always explain acronyms the first time you use them in the CV, no matter how obvious they may seem to you. The interviewer may not be technically savvy enough to understand all your skills, however they're the one deciding whether to employ you or not. If you're not clear and unambiguous, they could easily assume your acronym means something else.

[For example, head office renamed our department IHC, Integrated Horizontal Capabilities (whatever that means). IHC in New Zealand also stands for Intellectually Handicapped Children: a charity doing community work. Something like that could easily confuse or cause offence.]

11/ Don't write long lists of skills:
A very long list of different technical skills or certifications doesn't necessarily say anything good. It does however say;

1) You can't write in sentences,

2) You don't explain acronyms to the un-initiated,

3) You've possibly spent more time in an examination room gaining knowledge, than actually gaining the experience first hand.

So what to do? I recommend still listing your top 20 skills: technical and non-technical in an easy to read table, showing how long you've had those skills for, your level of experience on a scale of Intermediate - Advanced - Expert. A mix of levels and durations shows that you are growing new skills, and while you may have worked with some skills for a long time, you don't consider yourself an expert on absolutely everything.

Don't include skills you would rate as a "beginner" or "practicing", as you're unlikely to get a job based on conversational Esperanto or ability to spell Java (rather than program in it).

12/ Create Maximum Impact:
Summarise the key points on the first page, and grab the reader's attention. It's easier said than done, but summarise your key achievements in a $$ value if possible. Think about using some graphics on the front page. Bear in mind - the more money you are asking for - the more flash you can be - but you still need to be careful. No-one likes a smarty-pants - especially in New Zealand.

13/ Be Consistent:
If you mention a particular highlight in your professional summary or personal profile, then elaborate further on that in the relevant part of the CV. If you say you're goal orientated, talk about specific goals you've achieved. Otherwise it looks a bit silly.

14/ Make sure your CV has Substance:
There has to be substance, written in proper English sentences. Yes it may be inefficient to write out good words, however it will come across better than a load of capital letters. A CV consisting of just lists of skills, or loads of acronyms doesn't say anything positive.

15/ Talk up your Achievements - but don't be arrogant about it:
This is vitally important. Too many people write their CV as a job description, telling the reader the different tasks they performed on a day-to-day basis. That's all about the job, nothing about you. Talk about what you contributed to the role, what you achieved. Detailing the tasks of an office administrator, doesn't say that you actually migrated all twelve of your office colleagues from 1930's typewriters kicking and screaming into the 21st century with modern PC based business applications with fully integrated workflow and mail merge capabilities.

They want to know you can turn your hand to different roles, have diverse experience and are willing to do whatever may be needed. In your home country you may be a highly technical pre-sales specialist for blue widgets but if you don't know red widgets, or can't repair a multifunction thingamajig, then you are less attractive to the average New Zealand employer A large organisation in New Zealand is any employer with more than 300 staff. So most organisations expect their people to have multiple roles within the company. This may not be familiar territory for many non-kiwi candidates. So even if you didn't achieve great things on that stint developing a marketing plan for red wotsits, it at least shows you know what a marketing plan is, you've worked with red wotsits, and can persuade others to buy them.

16/ Why Me?
What additional value are you adding that won't cost your new employer a penny? What do you bring to the party?

This is where you're going to stand out from the rest of the candidate crowd. You need to be able to tell your employer what it is you have that they just can't do without. It is hard for most people to jump up and down and say "I'm the greatest thing since sliced bananas" - but this is where you can do it without coming across as a total plonker. Do you have language skills? Do you have training skills? Could you use any of these for the companies benefit on top of doing the fabulous job you can already do with your eyes closed? Do you have links to industry organisations you can use to the benefit of the company?

And finally;

17/ Figure out the first questions:
Having printed out your CV, corrected typo's, grammar and sorted out a clear layout, sit down and read it as if you were interviewing yourself. What are the first six questions that occur to you? Sometimes it's best to get a friend to do this part. Then take those questions, and answer them within the CV. You then avoid spending time in the interview answering "obvious" questions. It also shows to the savvy interviewer that you've thought of them personally, questions they may have, and the value of their time.



About the Author:
Helen Winterbottom, aka Avalon is an ExPat Brit living in New Zealand and wondering what the hell happened. After years of posting on forums, helping other migrants with their finance questions - she finally got around to writing it all down in a book.

Avalon's Guide and Blog can be found at http://www.avalonsguide.com/anab for updates and a look at life in New Zealand.

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Looking For A Job? Try Moving To New Zealand

Author: Nicole Hedrick
Are you considering possibly moving to New Zealand but nervous it may not be the best choice for you? There are thousands of people in the UK every year who move to New Zealand in hopes of a new life. Moving to New Zealand can offer you many different things from a new peaceful and relaxing lifestyle, to a new location to promote and build your business. One of the most important things to when you are moving to another country is create a network of people that will not only help you through the move, but will continue to help you get acclimated and used to your new way of live. One of the best ways to do well in a new country is by allowing yourself to meet new people, now more than ever people are looking to network for a variety of reasons whether it be to create a new work contact, meet new friends, join a sports team, or just to have some friends to hang out with. One of the ways to do this is by joining one of the New Zealand online websites where people can link up and find people who are looking for the same type of relationships. There is a ton of people on these websites all over New Zealand, and can these online resource sites can be perfect when you are moving to New Zealand.

One huge benefit to moving to New Zealand is that their unemployment rate is one of the lowest in the world. This can be huge right now, especially if you are living in the UK or the states because the rate of unemployment in these countries is climbing at an alarming rate. So if you are looking for somewhere to start a business, or even just get a job this may be the perfect place for you to move. Although the hourly pay rate for people living in New Zealand isn’t extremely high, prices are not extremely expensive either, so it is perfect place to go to start up a company. It is a especially great place if you are looking to start a company that you are looking to expand globally after getting it started up, although New Zealand is much smaller than somewhere like the UK or the states, it provides a great atmosphere to start up a business, and a lot of people willing to try your products.

If you are going to New Zealand to start a new life, no worries, it is the perfect place to escape to with tons of restaurants, great places for nightlife and hanging out with friends. Sports are also very big in New Zealand and the price of acquiring a sports team isn’t extremely high so this also may be a cool place to start a business venture.


About the Author:
Nicole Hedrick is packing and moving specialist and advising best options for moving to Australia, moving to America, moving abroad, moving to Europe and moving to New Zealand. Avail best services for International removals at www.doreebonner.co.uk.
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A Guide To Finding Work In New Zealand

Author: Thomas Pretty
In terms of settling into a new country most would agree that finding work is the key element in the overall success of your move. Without a job you not only lack an income and financial security, you feel as though you can't set firm roots in your new home and are not able to settle within a community. Your job is so much more than a weekly or monthly pay packet, it is where you spend the majority of your time, it can be the source of stress or satisfaction and it is a focus for social bonds and friendships with colleagues.

The New Zealand Immigration Service has carried out considerable research in to immigration policy and the effective assimilation of new migrants and they are agreed that the key factor to successful migration is employment. If you are unable to find suitable employment in your new home, or your skills are unrecognized or not required, then despite all your efforts this will only ever lead to failure.

The ability to find relevant employment makes a new migrant a valuable, contributing member of the community. This is why the Immigration Service has designed the current immigration policy to reflect the importance of employment. The weight given to a job offer, relevant work experience and skills in shortage areas makes employment the deciding factor in the success of most residency applications.

Consequently, for many migrants securing an offer of employment is the key to their residency application. Even those who have sufficient points to gain residency without a job offer often want the security of a job offer before they pack up everything and make the big move to the other side of the world. Looking for suitable employment while still overseas can be an extremely daunting and disheartening process as you are at an immediate disadvantage compared to all New Zealand based applicants.

It may take a lot of preparation and resolve to undertake this process, however it is certainly possible to succeed. Your potential success in obtaining such an offer is largely dependant on two main factors - your occupation and your attitude.

Certain industries frequently have the need to hire staff from overseas, such as Teachers, Nurses and tradesmen, and consequently they are familiar with the immigration process. They are used to accepting applications from overseas based applicants and are happy to tailor start dates to tie in with travel arrangements.

If your occupation is recognised by the New Zealand Immigration Service as being in an area of skill shortage you should be able to successfully search for a suitable position while still overseas. In these instances potential employers are usually happy to conduct a telephone or video interview and this will be sufficient for them to make a decision.

Other industries and professions in New Zealand may have had no prior need to hire overseas staff, such as sales, marketing and administration, and consequently they are cautious of offering a position to someone who is still living thousands of miles away. Many of these occupations require local knowledge oand contacts or they need to be filled immediately which means employers cannot wait for residency applications to be completed. If you work is such a field then you could experience problems obtaining a job offer while still overseas.

The second, and equally important factor in finding a job whilst still overseas, is your attitude. It may seem obvious that you want to come across to potential employers as positive, flexible and committed person. However, what you believe you are doing and how you are actually coming across may well be two different things. At every step of the process you need to be conscious of how you are portraying yourself and what your actions are saying about your attitude.

For example, if a potential employer wants to arrange a phone or video interview you need to take it upon yourself to organise this from your end with the minimum of fuss. If you are unwilling to be interviewed late at night (as is often required due to the time difference) or are unavailable on the days they suggest you are unwittingly giving the impression that you are not prepared to go the extra mile. This will make a potential employer begin to doubt your commitment and dedication.

Your job is such a vital element in your life and it can influence your happiness in so many ways. It would be short-sighted to underestimate the importance of employment in the immigration process. Not only does your job provide you with stability and a steady income, it also provides you with a ready made social circle and a new network of colleagues and friends. As you formulate your emigration plans ensure that you make finding work a priority - it can be the key to successful settlement in your new home in New Zealand.


About the Author:
Migration expert Thomas Pretty looks into finding work abroad and how the New Zealand immigration service sets out to help potential migrants.
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Adecco New Zealand: Your Partner In Creating Career Opportunities In Nz

Author: Cesar Marlo M Rivera
Looking for jobs in NZ? Well, you are not alone. You are one of the million job seekers who are searching for their dream job opportunities in New Zealand online. If you have doubts doing your job hunting online, this article features the advantages of online job hunting, will also help you avoid the recruitment black holes and point you to the right online job site in New Zealand to help you find the job that suits your skills and profile.

Why look for your dream NZ job online?

1. There are no better ways of looking for employment opportunities in NZ than in the Internet.
2. The internet is home to thousands of New Zealand job sites that have up-to-date job ads, which you can instantly access.
3. You can save your profile, resume and list of jobs you have applied for.
4. You can set alerts for newly posted, categorized jobs that will notify you through email if there are new job openings.
5. You can send your saved resume to any job openings instantly by turning on the auto-apply feature of the job sites.
6. And because of this, you will never lose a job opening.
7. You can have all the information you need in one click
8. Above all, you get to use the job site’s resource center to refine your career skills and get tips on preparing for a job interview.

Now that you know the advantages in looking for a job online, the next thing to do is to look for the right New Zealand job site that will open endless employment opportunities in NZ. An employment agency that will help you find the perfect job and career in New Zealand.

There is no better NZ job site that can give you a wide range of opportunities than Adecco New Zealand. Adecco New Zealand has 19 branches scattered across the country to help you build your career in NZ. They will introduce you to variety of roles in different sectors to help you determine where your field of interest and skills lie. Then, they will provide a specialized training and development to enhance your skill to prepare you for new working experience in New Zealand.

There are thousands of employment opportunities in New Zealand and the key on getting them is easy if you have a partner in looking for the job that will fit your talent and passion. Let Adecco New Zealand be that partner in creating your career opportunities in NZ. Visit them now at http://www.adecco.co.nz.


About the Author:
A computer professional who works on the internet helping Adecco increase its viewers through optimization and other internet educational topics online. For world class job opportunities visit us at www.adecco.co.nz.

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