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The fact is that the vast majority of you are going to require that offer of employment in order to make living in New Zealand a reality. We receive hundreds of letters and electronic messages from people telling us that they have sent off many curriculum vitae to New Zealand companies, schools or other potential employers and have not yet been offered any job. They seem surprised. We are not.
On the one hand New Zealand does have in many sectors a chronic shortage of skilled workers.
However, New Zealand employers, like those in your own country we are sure, are reluctant to employ people that:
They have not met face to face and had a chance to talk to, and
Do not have residency in New Zealand and possibly never will, and who understandably are reluctant to "burn their bridges" at home and come over to New Zealand to take up a job (if one was offered) without any guarantee of residence.
So clearly there are major difficulties lying ahead of you. How do you get around the problem? Is it possible to find work without visiting New Zealand?
The short answer in 95% of cases is no.
 The first thing which you should do before even contemplating seeking employment in New Zealand is to find out from a professional immigration consultant what your options are with regard to meeting Government entry criteria, whether that be temporary or permanent and what issues you might confront.
We are constantly amazed how many people find jobs in New Zealand expecting to be able to stay permanently only to be told that their chances are virtually non existent because they do not meet permanent entry criteria. Often this has occurred after they have shipped goods to New Zealand, uprooted their spouses and children and naturally it comes as a great shock when they get here. So before you do anything else, download our questionnaire, e-mail it to us along with your payment for our consultation assessment fee and we will then advise you whether we can get you to the starting gates!
If after we have assessed your options we believe residency is a genuine possibility and you require an offer of employment our advice to you will be quite simple.
 If you have the current pass mark less five points (being the value of the job offer), we will advise you to seriously consider lodging your residence application. Once your case has been processed your points will be confirmed and you should be invited to apply for a work visa. An open work visa valid for up to nine months from the date the points were confirmed will be issued. On arrival in New Zealand you will be granted a work permit for up to six months (so long as you arrived within three months of your points being confirmed).
This will allow you to travel to NZ and apply for jobs. With a Work Visa you will become much more marketable as Employers / Recruitment Consultants will know they no longer need to deal with NZIS and that you at least appear serious about the process.
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The alternative (and less certain route) will be to buy an airline ticket and book a trip to New Zealand, which will last at least 3 - 6 weeks to find a job before lodging residence papers. The risk of failure is far higher if this approach is taken.
Might it be possible to line up interviews before you land in New Zealand?
Possibly, but again it is less likely than if you are here. If you have some specialised skill and a patient employer-to-be in New Zealand then this does happen especially in occupations where there is a desperate shortage. You should really only begin this process a few weeks before you get here or you will be of little interest to employers and recruitment agencies.
It is unlikely a recruitment company will market you in this way before you are here to actually attend any interviews they might be able to line up.
So generally our advice is to start this process when you are here.
 Is there any other way of finding a job?
Of course there is another way. Notwithstanding what we have said above while you are in New Zealand you will very quickly realise that people are friendly and helpful. Employers included! The more of them that you speak to about your difficulties the more doors will open as a consequence of our seeming genetic drive to help our fellow man. Someone who may not have been looking to fill a vacancy may just offer you a job - it happens a lot. Many employers have given up wasting money on advrtising in the print media or through consultants as the skill s simply are not locally available.
The role of consultants in obtaining jobs:
Because statistically so many of you need jobs to get into New Zealand many immigration consultancies and lawyers and associated organisations have begun marketing their services to you which often include promises and guarantees of jobs and job offers.
We caution you most strongly to be very sure about what you are paying for in this regard in light of our experiences as outlined above. This consultancy alone receives innumerable complaints from people who have handed over thousands of dollars to offshore companies (and sometimes onshore companies here in New Zealand) who have all given the impression that they are able to find you jobs.
Be careful, be careful, be careful.
We are not suggesting that they all do not fulfill their promises and obligations but it is our belief based not only on our experience but our unofficial research into several companies offering this kind of service that success rates are nowhere near as high as many of them would have you believe.
Again however, we caution you that we are not suggesting that they are all unethical or unprofessional, but we are advising you to be sure to read the small print in the event that a job is not secured for you in regard to what refunds you may get or what recourse you have. Hand over your money only when you have something water tight in writing that you are happy with.
ASCAN Limited do not offer any direct job search or job placement service. We have done so after many years in the immigration business based on our experiences in the realities of obtaining work for non residents in New Zealand. We will however, assist our clients as much as we can when seeking offers of employment before they are resident permit holders or after. We are approached from time to time by New Zealand based companies seeking to fill positions so we may be able to assist.
Do not give up, but we imagine having read this you will start to understand that migration is more complicated, more expensive, more difficult and stressful than perhaps you have contemplated to this point. You might as well be aware of that now.
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