[nacaroglu]

Hi all,

I wanna ask a question about EOI. I have been working as software developer. Is my work area in both future growth and absolute skill shortage?

Thanks alot..

[sfordjasiri]

A software developer is on the "skilled" migrant list. You get points for that. But, unless your software experience is specifically on the long term skill shortage list I don't think you get the "extra" points for that. For example, a computer animator.

This is the "long term skill shortage" list:

http://tinyurl.com/52omg

Even without extra points in the long term skill shortage list you will probably get selected if you have a college degree and many years of work.

[Singel]

Hi all,

I wanna ask a question about EOI. I have been working as software developer. Is my work area in both future growth and absolute skill shortage?

Thanks alot..
OH is a software developer and he received points for future growth and absolute skill shortage. He also received points for years of experience and qualifications.

Feel free to PM me if you need more info.

[nacaroglu]

Hi again,

Thanks for replies. I have 3 years exp. If I would have more exp I could get selected easiliy.

I also need a job offer so that accelarete my migration. Any suggestions?

Thanks alot.

[sfordjasiri]

If you don't have much work experience I would try to get a job offer first. That will be the surest way to get PR. Some people on this board have been offered jobs from the UK, but actually going to NZ seems to be the easiest route if you have the free time and money to do it.

[Myrkk]

OH is a software developer and he received points for future growth and absolute skill shortage. He also received points for years of experience and qualifications.

Feel free to PM me if you need more info.

Can I ask, did he have an offer of a job to claim the points for future growth area? I thought you had to have a job out in NZ to claim these points..... ta

[Trigirl]

you do need a job in NZ to get points for future growth. but such a lot of people make this mistake so if you fill in your EOI and put in future growth it actually just doesn't give you any points unless you also say you have a NZ job offer.

[Singel]

Can I ask, did he have an offer of a job to claim the points for future growth area? I thought you had to have a job out in NZ to claim these points..... ta
Yes, he got a job offer when we were here as tourists.

[Myrkk]

ta. It's something we found out via this site........ we made the mistake originally and couldn't understand when we filled in our EOI properly where the extra points had gone :no DOH!! Was getting hopeful there that it might have changed again :o

[MarkS]

Hi nacaroglu,

You shouldn't have too much trouble finding a job if you have good software development skills - my experience is that there's a serious shortage of them over here. What area do you work in, and where in NZ are you planning to move to?

cheers
Mark

[nacaroglu]

Hi Mark,

I had been developing .NET based applications from 2003 to last april. After april 2006, I am using jJ2ee to develop SAP entegrated applications at a SAP Constultant firm in Turkey.

I do not know where to go in NZ. Probably capital city or a city like new york of NZ.

Thansk alot again.

[MarkS]

You'll have no difficulty at all finding a job in Wellington then! (and I can't imagine that Auckland would be any different).

[Myrkk]

Mark, what are the most commonly sought after programming skills in NZ?

[MarkS]

Couldn't really answer that in general. But my personal experience is that there's a very high demand for people with J2EE skills at the moment, especially if you have 5 years or more good experience with it.

Best way to get a general impression is to look at the ads on it.seek.co.nz and www.jobserve.com.au - it seemed to me that the two covered most of the jobs out there (plus Trade Me jobs as well, of course)

[mwongho]

I have J2EE skills with over 5 years experience and getting mixed responses from employees/recruiters.

I have told them that i will be in New Zealand in March for interviews and they are ok with that, but when I tell them that I don't have a work visa and that i need a job offer to get one, they seem to get despondent.

Any advice?

[MarkS]

Is your visit in March a reccy trip, or is that when you're moving here? It does seem that employers are very unwilling to consider people currently outside the country, especially if they don't have visas yet. It's difficult to give any useful advice without knowing more - e.g. where you're planning on moving to, when you're planning to get here, how much contact you've had with agencies so far, what employers you've already spoken to, etc.

I found that the agencies were generally very helpful, especially if you have a CV that makes them confident they can place you. Well worth emailing a few, telling them that you need a job to get a visa, and asking them which companies will consider overseas candidates.

Good luck with it all! 5 years J2EE is definitely a skill in great demand (in Wellington at least), if you were here and had a work permit you'd have no trouble getting a job. That demand has got to mean that it's possible to get a job from overseas, it's just going to take a bit more work to find it.