[H & Rick]

Having read a variety of threads relating to work we were just wondering when you were offered a job in NZ?

And in what field?

[oldtimbo]

My wife was offered a job within 2 weeks of arrival, as an aged care giver. I was offered a job by the first potential employer that I aproached, within 3 weeks of arrival. It then took several more weeks to get work permits in place before we could legally start the jobs.

[wilson182]

OH got a job on our reccie, he is a welder. Took one day to sort the work permit, it took us longer to sort out somewere to live etc.......

[nippa&pippa]

My OH was offered four jobs out of four interviews :laugh during reccie trip and he is panel beater. (He was a manager of accident repair bodyshop in UK, so overqualified for panel beater job hence four job offers :yes )

[Moorf]

Came with no job, hubby (I.T) got one after arriving here on visitors visa.

[sarahw]

Hubby got a job offer on reccie trip - Building Surveyor (called a QS here but not the same job as QS in UK) - I got one when we moved here & I was a resident working for an environmental charity.

[KerryS]

I was offered a research post when here on holiday. I liked NZ, liked the Uni and the prof so accepted and stayed.

[Jenny & Mark]

I checked the results for some insight and it is currently a three-way tie.

Mark.

[SharpBlade]

came without jobs, it took us three long months to secure one (we didn`t expect everything to slow down to a full stop around Christmas). But since then, had other job offers and have moved around. Laura

[Trigirl]

accountant - job offer while still in the uk.

[Kim39]

Got the offer from a refrigeration transport company in Auckland as HGV driver before we arrived,they kept it open until we sold up. Time from job offer to selling house and getting here.......16 months. Got here and never started the job having realised that Auckland wasn't financially viable. Moved down to the Waikato and got another job. Now unemployed as contract with Fonterra(tanker driver) was only seasonal.

Kim

[incredible hulse]

Got offered a job (IT) and was held open for me for 4 months. Managed to last 8 months at that and moved on since.

[Sam B]

Speech and language therapy - easy to get range of offers from UK but back on equivalent of new grad salary whilst was "highly specialist" in UK...

[willsken]

Head of ICT at a high school - teaching. Job offer from the UK. We were expecting to have to come jobless and apply from here, so a bit of luck really.

[Singel]

We came here as tourists and hubby got a job offer (IT).

[Cardy]

job offer while visiting for 2 weeks . Saw how easy it was to get work and turned it down . Came back with family and had a job offer in 1st week.

Cardy

Ps nearly on 4thjob now in 12 months but the money keeps going up.:yes

[speckythecky]

Cardy,

Sorry to be nosey, but what do you do?

[Marco]

Came here without jobs - travelled around - did summer jobs - secured jobs within about 4/5 weeks, but moved around since. Very difficult to make the right fit between experience from overseas with a job in NZ.

Cheers,
Anita

[Cardy]

hI I AM A DIAMOND TOOL MAKER BY TRADE BUT IN NZ HAVE MANAGED A PRINTING COMPANY,BEEN A MANAGER FOR MITRE 10 MEGA AND A MANAGER FOR A LARGE GLAZING COMPANY AND EACH TIME HAVE IMPROVED MY PAY PACKAGE. I AM JUST NEGOTIATINGMY NEXT MOVE.

cHEERS C:yes ARDY

[H & Rick]

Thanks for all the replies it has been really helpful.

We are both making the move without jobs to go to and feeling very nervous about giving up everything in the hope that it will all work out for us on the other side of the planet.

So far we have been unable to secure employment before we leave the UK. The general census from recruitment agencies is that unless you are on the ground companies just aren't interested.:no

OH is an Electronic Design Engineer (suppose to be a skill shortage) and I am a Finance Officer.

We are both feeling very anxious as you can imagine?

[Nelsonian]

Job offer whilst visiting NZ. Currently providing staff development, mentoring/coaching and business process review for a small business group.
This type of work very dependent on interpersonal relationship so I doubt if I could have secured it from the UK.