Auckland Chamber of Commerce Business Vitality

Tap into Local skills or if you can’t find the right skills in New Zealand, we’ll help you go Global.

New Kiwis is a nation-wide website free to employers and all migrants who are resident in NZ and eligible to work here.

Employers/Recruitment Companies can post vacancies and/or search the database for the skilled staff they require or you may choose not to advertise a vacancy and avoid being overwhelmed with CV’s.

This means at no cost, you can create your own shortlist and can contact candidates directly, immediately or through us.

For help with your recruitment register today at www.newkiwis.co.nz

• New Kiwis is a web based recruitment service available to NZ Employers at no cost
• Search for skilled people from our database
• Advertise a Vacancy
• Access one-on-one assistance
• Visit the Information Centre for employment advice 

Have you recruited staff from overseas?

Click here for our Employer Toolkit that talks about the differences in communication styles between Kiwis and other cultures that can sometimes contribute to miscommunication in the workplace.

For further information please call Sheaam Achmat on 09 375 3929 or email  newkiwis@chamber.co.nz 

Established in 2001 New Kiwis is a partnership project between Auckland Chamber of Commerce and the Department of Labour.

The Business Professional Programme is a comprehensive programme designed to help your business find great people with Business Support skills - everything from Receptionist to Office Manager, part-time or full-time and who are available to start work straight away.

We don’t take just anyone, candidates complete our selection process and then attend a 5 day training course designed to increase understanding of business need and prepare the candidate for job searching. Each day of the course covers a different and vital aspect of employment preparation through which we weave exercises to ensure the candidate is able to think from ‘the business perspective’. Training week is followed by a one day workshop providing Outlook Training and a Goal Setting workshop where candidates can meet again and practise their networking skills.

If you are looking for help with accounting, IT, technical or operations management such as logistics or marketing get in touch with us.

Under our Skilled Migrant Programme we have candidates with professional qualifications, as well as skills and experience in their chosen field gained here or overseas - sometimes both!  However, their New Zealand experience may not have been extensive enough or at the level that has allowed them to truly demonstrate their expertise.

All are seeking full time paid employment, but have agreed to make themselves available to employers at no cost or obligation while they continue job searching.

They are looking for the opportunity to gain experience that will add value to their CVs and gain recent New Zealand referees to make them more marketable in the current job scene.

Suitable placements may include one off project work or providing extra horsepower to a busy team. 

Obviously there is no such thing as a free lunch and there are a few conditions that must be met which we can explain.

PS: Foreign language skills are a bonus offered by every one of our candidates!