Employers who were migrants
Persevere. Try and follow up applications with a phone call. Ensure they are only applying to roles that are relevant to their backgrounds. Be selective in applications - Don’t apply to everything advertised
Be patient. People here in established positions don't view your experience the same as you do. Some/many may feel threatened by it. Others may see you as a "flight risk" thinking you will quickly come to see NZ as too small for your experience. That is most likely not the case but you have to deal with these perceptions.
Expect to see a drop in salary & quality of work.
Be prepared for relatively low wages!
Don't talk about your history and what you have learned elsewhere, just do what is asked of you. Because otherwise you will be a threat to the small minded Kiwi who has never worked and lived overseas and thinks that the "Kiwi way" is the only way - any other suggestions are unwarranted!
Be proactive in your search, make eye contact, learn to parallel park.
understand the culture, and live in the kiwi culture
Be nice to people. We have choices.
* Understand the hesitancy that some employers might have and position yourself accordingly. * Do not assume that the amazing experience you have gained will give you an automatic right to a big, high paying role in NZ.
Use your network or contacts if possible.
Get onto Linked in and use the people you already know in NZ for contacts.
NZ is Australia's Mexico - this is reflected in general by lower salaries. Don't expect the people who have not been away and had their mind widened, to move over so you can have the best jobs - even though you are by now probably somewhat more experienced (Kiwis still down like a smart bas**d..). Big cultural differences between North Island and South Island. Outside Wellington and Auckland quality of intellectual capital thins out and the style of communication becomes more basic, which requires a change in approach. Come for a holiday first, to be sure that you really want to trade down to financially. Unless you are from a third world country - the majority of people who work here for NZ business's will not make as much money as they did/could elsewhere, and it is expensive to live here. If hard cash your ultimate goal - invest your working life elsewhere, come here when you’re done.
Take advice from local recruiters, add more detail about overseas experience e.g. Info about companies worked for, their websites etc. Understand the local market and prepare to enter at a lower position to prove yourself. I was promoted pretty rapidly.
Adjust salary expectation downward and NZ might not be as comparatively affordable as one might assume
Preferably suitable for family life style. NZ is top for work life balance. Reset their salary expectations by -15% to 20%. Tap into businesses that are on growth path with international development plans.
The biggest culture shock in arriving in NZ is scale - companies, budgets and markets are much smaller. You 'know' this will be the case before you arrive, but experiencing it is something else. You will need to adapt and find creative ways to make smaller budgets and less resource go much further. What a team may do in a larger market, one individual will do in NZ.
Are you coming back to perhaps start a family, be able to spend time at the beach after work or partly because it’s got harder to get / keep a job overseas? Please have a real good think what you can offer because people with 'real' experience from overseas are in reasonable supply to be honest. Consider what 'real' value to my business your offering. I nice for you to re-engage with the NZ lifestyle, but that’s why I am here.
Overall it is about accepting and adapting to the new culture. Start with observing, learning and not over-expecting things will be as you are familiar with.
Network, use family and friend connections. Use a recruiter who specialises in migrants
First find a job
Get Visa ahead of arrival - needs to be greater support for business people - Don't use independent advisers. If possible, visit before relocating - try to meet relevant employers (not just agents) and employees of relevant businesses, helping you to relate to job opportunities when they arise. Keep in touch every 30 days. Soften any English accent. Don't over commit $s to NZ - sadly the returns aren't guaranteed. Be passionate but cautious. Be flexible: think of ways to de-risk employers decision, with reviews after six months. Cost of living in Auckland is more than you may imagine. And finally....head to Palmerston North, and leave any fishing rods at home!@TA
3楼pp(03 Apr 2013, United States)多谢Jack快速的回复，我目前的案子的状态是Application Received ，并且已经给我指定了移民官审查所有资料沟通过了，还能被退回POOL吗？移民官了解完情况后说会基于目前的情况（110分）作出初步判定，或者我也可以申请撤案。（一般而言，如果不申请撤案的话，他们会做出什么判定呢？会是直接拒绝吗？）我需要申请撤案吗，JACK有什么建议？谢谢！@TA
5楼pp(03 Apr 2013, United States)不好意思，K，是，我已经交了申请费，并且移民官已经作了材料调查了，所以申请费不能退回了，移民官不是修改我EOI的分数，而是发现我提供的材料中有些情况不能拿分，目前看来我比较好的做法大概还是自己申请撤案，这样不会对日后的申请有影响。待我准备充分了，重头再来吧！@TA
7楼KL4(07 Apr 2013, China)也就是说，主申请人不在新西兰，副申请人不能单独呆在新西兰了？还是副申请人可以先呆着，只是2年以后不能申请永久回头签证?
- 副申请人可以呆，但不能单独申请PRV。INZ的Q&A原文如下：If you were a secondary applicant in the original residence application (meaning, you were the spouse/partner or child of the Principal applicant), you normally cannot apply for a permanent resident visa unless you apply at the same time as the principal applicant or later.
你们好！想请问下一人拿到PR全家拿PR是什么意思？能否具体解释下？夫妻双方的父母都可以申请到PR吗？自己【丈夫】是主申请人，那老婆的兄弟姐妹有资格申请PR吗？
1、主申请人是国内一所大学的副教授（有在美国做过2年博士后研究的经历），这个符合长期紧缺列表-大学讲师的要求吧？
2、主申请人因为有国外的工作经历，是不是先可以不考雅思，试着申请一下豁免雅思，不行在考？
3、副申请人在美国一所大学获得了本科学位，可以豁免雅思成绩吗？也就是说，可以加20分吗？还是必须要考雅思6.5才可以加20分？
谢谢！ 回复
我们配偶+小孩申请拿到RV，需要做两年移民监。
1.如果两年居住时间不够，如果过期的时候人在NZ，还需要重新申请RV么？
2.过期之时，如果在NZ之外，要重新申请RV么？有什么特别要求么，与第一次RV相比？
多谢！ 回复
1)工作经历在10年以上，是否要把10年的pay slip，纳税和社保证明等全都打印出来并翻译？而且劳动合同是中文的，厚厚的几大本，有必要都一起交上去吗？
2）有些支持文档需要全都翻译吗？还是只需要翻译重点？一般是找专业翻译公司翻译或者认证吗？ 回复
“1.通过了WA(华盛顿协议)的工程学位认证，或;
2.经NZQA认证后被认为学位等同于新西兰的工程学学士学位或工程荣誉学士学位或工程硕士学位，或;
3.拥有一个学士(level 7)或更高的学历且已取得IPENZ(新西兰专业工程师协会)出具的证明信证明此学位符合'特许专业工程师'注册资格要求，或；
4.已经取得新西兰'特许专业工程师'注册资格；”
我不知道我这样符不符合要求，或者应该如何来证明自己。 回复
拜读你的“新西兰技术移民的成功率高吗？”之后，得知在新西兰之外申请技术移民，分数在140分之上，EOI被抽中的几率是100%，但在提交材料之后可能给PR或WTR，被给PR的几率只有25%,所以很大可能给的是WTR，我的理解对吧？
有个问题请教一下，如果主申请人和副申请人都被给了WTR，主申请人到新西兰短登之后回国了，副申请人留在新西兰找工作，然后副申请人找到工作后申请PR，这个方法可行不？
谢谢！ 回复
2 有咖啡师这个职业吗 回复