Category: Practical Advice

Practical Advice

Is it Getting Easier for Foreigners to Get Hired in New Zealand Today?

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What are the advantages of getting hired through the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV)?

Both employers and job seekers are reporting many advantages. I will get into that in a second. But first, what if you contact an employer that is not yet accredited? I always suggest to simply give this link: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/employ-migrants/new-employer-accreditation-and-work-visa

The link above will explain to employers how easy it is today to hire foreign job seekers.

What employers are telling me about the AEWV:

  • It is easy
  • not expensive
  • takes 10-days (Work Visa another 20-days)
  • More control over outcome

How easy is it?

I have seen a small one-person tradesman-owned company go through this process successfully even though it was his first time hiring a foreigner. If he can do it, certainly larger companies with some admin staff can do it.

Foreign job seekers and local employers have a clear pathway for working together. It doesn’t take long, it isn’t expensive and employers don’t have to rely on third parties to do the job check.

10x Cheaper?

By comparison, a New Zealander would have to pay up to 10 times more for a skilled candidate by local recruiters versus hiring a foreigner through the AEWV system. Often the quality of candidate is better from abroad also.

Example:

  • Cost of candidate placed by recruiter typically reaches $10,000-15,000 NZD
  • Cost pf candidate placed through the AEWV system approximately $1,500 NZD

Summary: There is no reason for a local NZ employer to hesitate to hire a foreigner today. The AEWV system allows them to find a good candidate first, get accredited 10-days later, and launch the rest of the process towards a work visa while retaining control in-house the entire way.

If you need help getting to the job-hiring stage, just send your CV to me at tate@employmentforimmigration.nz with a short description of your status. I respond with helpful advice to all qualifying candidates within in 1-day.

Market Updates, Practical Advice

How to Help New Zealand Employers Hire You Today

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Many New Zealand Employers don’t yet know how to hire foreign migrants, so don’t be surprised. The employer-led system is only starting now.

If you want to help a NZ Employer hire you today, here is what you can do…

  1. Ask the employer if they are aware of the new Employer Accredited Work Visa (AEWV) coming into effect July 4.
  2. If the employer is interested to find out more, it’s all right here: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/employ-migrants/new-employer-accreditation-and-work-visa/accreditation-types-and-employers-requirements

The benefits of the employer-led process are simple to explain:

In the past, employers only issued the job offer and then they often would wait for an immigration agent to confirm or request a change to the job offer in order to achieve compliance.

Today, the process is streamlined. The term “employer led” system means exactly that. Employers control the job offer and the work visa at the same time.

If you are a job seeker wanting to fast-track your job-finding process, send your questions to me at tate@employmentforimmigration.nz

I am 100% job-focused. If you require specific immigration advice, just see the INZ government website or find a NZ licensed Immigration Agent. If you want a referral of a reliable and proven immigration agent, I can find your match as part of my services.

Practical Advice

Can’t find Good Companies? Try this!

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I noticed that many people are struggling to find a good list of employers to target. This results in frustration because you know you have demand in New Zealand but you can’t find a good list of specific employers to target.

Benchmarking Made Easy

As you will discover soon, benchmarking can be easy. Most people who watch this video will resolve that problem and discover a great list of companies to target. If you can, try to follow along using your own profile as an example.

It there is still a lack of clarity, put your questions to me in the comments or to my email tate@employmentforimmigration.nz

Happy Hunting!

Practical Advice

How to Overcome the 2 Biggest Challenges – For Junior Candidates

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Junior professionals are always going to be less experienced than seniors, but that doesn’t mean they will be less attractive to hire. In many case, employers may prefer to hire a junior candidate. For example, Juniors are often perceived as offering more flexibility and more value for money than their senior counterparts.

  1. What is your point of difference? If your skills abilities are considered to be equal to a local, the local will always have the advantage. Foreign job seekers need to be significantly better than local local job applicants in order to be offered work.
  2. Are you displacing locals? – Immigration officers have a job to do, and part of that job is to ensure that foreign job seekers are not taking jobs away from local candidates. If they are unsure, they may ask the local hiring employer to prove that every consideration was first given to locals.

For the above two challenges, there are two strategies. 

Your point of difference is about knowing your core skills and positioning your proven abilities as a point of difference with “rising star” potential. If you have a couple of remarkable successes in your young career, this is what I am talking about. Adding your enthusiasm and passion to succeed also helps a great deal. And if you have all those features combined, add also the quality of persistence to ensure maximum chances for success because it may take meeting 10 or 20 or more employers before success is achieved. Persistence eventually finds success, depending on many factors that I can help you navigate in a separate discussion.

Displacing locals will be a minimised problem if you have clearly communicated your “point of difference”. When your employer knows that your core strength is the best among other applicants and if that is also critical to the success of the role, then your employer will be able to better manage any requests for proof from immigration authorities. Obviously, looking for work abroad, discovering and communicating your core strengths is at the heart of getting job offers.

In Summary

If you are a junior professional with a short but successful career, then you might be able to position yourself as a “rising star” candidates that foreign employers love to hire.

If you would like a detailed strategy that fits your profile and your goals, just send your CV and questions to me. I will give you a personalised response in about a day.