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The Denive EngineersGuide to Moving Your

Career and Family

to New Zealand

• 13 Costly Myths Stopping People Making The Move To New Zealand

• The 11 Biggest Mistakes People Can Make When Moving To New

Zealand

• The 8 Dangers Of Working With The Wrong Recruiter

• 3 Mistakes People Make About New Zealand Recruiters

• 8 ‘No Nonsense’ Power Quesons To Ask New Zealand Based

Recruiters To Make Sure You Are Working With The Best

• 12 Reasons Why You Should Move To New Zealand

• Directory Of Useful Informaon

• 4 Steps To Finding Out If New Zealand Is A Viable Opon For You

And Your Family

Read this guide and you will discover:






1. It is too dicult to get a VISA

It is dicult to get a VISA for Australia or Canada, so people incorrectly assume that it is dicult to get

a VISA for New Zealand as well. The NZ Immigraon process can be very friendly for the right person -especially for engineering & construcon specialists.

2. It will cost too much to move there

Moving countries can be expensive – however in some (or usually most) cases you can gain assistance

from your potenal employer who will put together a relocaon package to assist you. Compare the

cost of moving to a less expensive lifestyle to the cost of staying in the UK and you will probably be far

beer o.

3. It is too far away from home

It is approximately a 24 hour journey me to New Zealand; you can be back in the UK for any reason the

next day. New Kiwi’s usually nd that the benets of living in New Zealand far outweigh any distance

issues as you quickly sele into your new life.

4. I will be leaving all of my friends and family behind

True, although phone calls can be as lile as 0.7p per minute and you will very quickly make new

friends who share your values. As for your UK family – they will probably have the best holidays of their

lives when they come to visit. The internet also makes staying in contact across the globe easy using

videophone Skype, Facebook, and other services.

5. The kids will be leaving all their friends and family behind

True, but usually the kids are the easiest of the family to sele as they make new friends very quickly.

Again they have the phone and Skype to stay in touch with the UK and to get them through the early

stages. Your children above anyone else in the family will just love their new outdoor lifestyle.

6. The educaon system is not as good as the UK

Not true, the educaon system in New Zealand is ranked as one of the best educaon systems in the

world (4th best in the world - 2011 Mercer Global Ranking) and individual school informaon can very

easily be checked out on the internet. Many schools also use UK qualicaons such as Cambridge.

13 Costly Myths Stopping People

Making The Move to New Zealand

The Definitive Engineers Guide to Moving Your

Career and Family to New Zealand“There is nothing to fear but fear itself”






7. The educaon system is not recognised internaonally

This is untrue again. New Zealanders are highly sought aer in a range of internaonal locaons.

Australia and the UK are the two largest markets for Kiwi’s although the USA and Middle East are

equally keen to employ our best.

8. I will not earn enough in New Zealand to keep the same living standards

This again is untrue. Although if you convert your NZ$ salary into £ you may feel that you are earning

less, but it is all relave. The actual cost of living in a beauful country where you can walk or drive to

the beach without trac jams or paying to park or whichever acvity takes your fancy – far outweighs

having a few extra pounds to spend on an indoor acvity in the UK. The quality of life your family will

be able to aord cannot be bought in most parts of the UK.

9. I won’t be able to get a job in New Zealand

If you hold a professional posion in the UK, there is every likelihood that you will be able to secure

a similar posion in New Zealand. This is because we have a skill shortage in New Zealand as our

professionals are constantly poached to travel overseas!

10. The family will make no friends

This depends enrely on your atude. If you come to New Zealand and are truly prepared to give it a

go and t in, you will nd Kiwi’s are some of the most hospitable people in the world. We have all heard

of people migrang to New Zealand and not ng in. This is only the case if you come here and start

telling the Kiwi’s that they are doing it all wrong. In that case they will be right in asking why you came

here in the rst place!

11. I don’t like dealing with recruiters

It is well known that the recruitment industry in the UK is a cut-throat industry where nobody seemsto win. In New Zealand, most recruiters are highly professional long termers who know the market and

the clients and will provide you with the highest levels of service.

The best recruiters work on your behalf in a consultave manner and aim to secure you the best

available role with the right company in the right locaon. This is because New Zealand is a much

smaller market and you can’t aord to get a bad reputaon – ever – something that everyone needs to

remember whichever industry they work within.

12. New Zealand is a backward country with no technology

Untrue - several of New Zealand’s most successful industries are in computer technologies (e.g. Weta

Workshops 3D realisc graphics as seen in the Lord of the Rings lms). In many ways New Zealand leadsthe world in technology, although we have a much more laid back approach to most things. When the

heat is on, Kiwi’s will usually end up on top.

13. The same role in Australia pays a lot more than New Zealand

On rst appearances, this may well look the case. But consider this... Would you move from your home

town to London for what appears to be more money? If so why do you think they pay more money in

London?

Any Kiwi leaving New Zealand to ‘jump the ditch’ looks for their NZ salary plus 40% plus the exchange

rate - i.e. If you were earning NZ$100k you would be seeking around AUS $140k. Remember, the

main reason the Australian companies oer a higher incenve to move there is because the workingcondions are harder and the cost of living is higher.






1. Get the wrong job - It is important that you match your skills and ambions and personality

with the right role with the right company in the right locaon.

2. Expect to be treated like an expat - There are many Brish people in New Zealand and they

tend to integrate with the easy going culture very easily.

3. Accept a job on too low a salary - It is important to do your homework and make sure you

know what you want and the market rates for your eld before you accept a role.

4. Did not talk it through fully with the family and they were not fully on

board resulng in you geng blamed when it went wrong! - It is important you discuss the

decision with your family thoroughly before you make contact with potenal employers in NZ.

5. Accept a job in a very small town that will not provide the opportunies

that you were expecng - If you are not fully prepared for the locaon in which you accepted

a role this is probably because you have been misinformed by either the company (if you went

direct) or a poor recruiter. Your lifestyle will vary dramacally depending on where you end up

so do your homework and match the lifestyle with the locaon you want in New Zealand.

6. Accept a job with the wrong company with a poor reputaon in the

market, who do not look aer their sta - Again, you will avoid this if you deal with a

recruiter who is viewed as an industry specialist and who knows your market (see the quesons

in the appendix for assessing recruiters).

7. Use too many recruiters - A professional football player only has one agent to look aer his

aairs - your career is just as important so it is best to select the best person to represent you

so they understand you and your needs closely and work solely on your behalf.

8a. Accept a job with a similar job tle to your current one - only to nd that

it is a very dierent role in NZ - Again – there is no replacement for local specialist knowledge.

You need to avoid being sold a line by potenal employers.

8b. Accept a job with the right tle that was very dierent in New Zealand

and nobody was able to advise me as I went direct - As above in 8a.

9. Not fully understanding the migraon process and applying for the wrong

VISA, pung the family’s future on hold while you wait - Use a recruitment rm that

specialises in assisng Brish people move into New Zealand. They will be able to point you in

the right direcon to ensure a smooth passage.

10. To presume that New Zealand is just like the UK - In many ways the culture is similar but

there will be surprising dierences. Be exible and ready to adapt - that is half the fun!

11. To accept the wrong role only to nd that your career has

been put back several years - Once again a quality recruiter will be able to advise you

accurately so you have a good understanding of your employment opons.

The 11 Biggest Mistakes People Make

When Moving to New Zealand

“A decision made in fear is always the wrong decision” - Tony Robbins






1. Some recruiters will send your CV out to clients without ever speaking to you; this

actually breaks the Privacy Act. The likely outcome is that your CV will not be

presented in the best possible way to the clients - Liming the number of companies

that will potenally interview you. Each company should be individually approached by phone

– not just sent your CV. This means you may miss out on the roles that best suit you.

2. Some recruiters will just try to place you to get a fee rather than know the marketwell enough to discuss all of the potenal employers who may be interested in your

CV - This also means you may miss out on the roles that best suit you..

3. Some recruiters do not have your best interest at heart and will convince you to take

a lower paying job or miss-inform you about a job just to get the placement - Your

goal and the goal of your recruiter MUST be to get you the best job in the best locaon for your

career, lifestyle preferences and family needs. Do not accept anything less than 100%

commitment from your recruiter to achieve this goal.

4. Some recruiters do not have your best interest at heart and will convince you to take

a posion in a poor locaon just to get a placement - Once again the recruiter must beworking with your best interests at heart or you will not get the best opons available to you.

5. Some recruiters will not understand your background and therefore may

not be able to secure you that all important interview or not submit your CV

to the correct companies - If they do not take the me to understand you, your family,

and your individual needs then how can they help you get where you want to be?

6. There are recruiters out there with a bad reputaon and many potenal

employers will not read CV’s from them - These recruiters will tell you that they can help

you, but will not represent you strongly (because in a small country like New Zealand reputaons

are everything).

7. Some recruiters know nothing about migrang to New Zealand and the challenges

this can pose if you’re not careful - The only opon is to use an experienced recruiter with

an extensive track record of bringing people into New Zealand. That way you can be assured

that your family has the best team on your side.

8. Some companies involved in helping people get to New Zealand actually charge a

fee - No recruiter should ever charge a candidate a fee! Companies that oer a ‘job search’

service for a fee usually end up contacng specialist recruiters as the specialist recruiters hold

the in-depth relaonships with the clients.

The 8 Dangers Of Working With

The Wrong Recruitment Consultant

It is important that you receive a balanced view of New Zealand so that you are aware of some

of the potenal dangers of coming to New Zealand. Once you know what these issues are, you

can seek out the right knowledge to eliminate the dangers. The key to success is to have a great

team working on your side but you need to select your recruiter carefully.






1. Most recruiters are like used car salesmen!

This is untrue. In New Zealand, most recruiters do a ne job because reputaons are veryimportant in New Zealand, but like anything you have to research carefully to nd the right

person to speak with and interview them as much as they interview you!

2. Believing your recruiter when they say New Zealand is perfect!

The truth is New Zealand is great but not perfect, if anyone tells you we don’t have our fair

share of problems they’re not being completely honest with you and not focusing on your

needs. You need to gain a balanced view of New Zealand before you arrive so that you and your

family are not disappointed from the start.

3. Believing false promises from your recruiter.

Recruitment is compeve and somemes some recruiters will oversell a job to secure acandidate. Unfortunately it usually ends in disappointment for all concerned and a lot of

wasted me. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

3 Mistakes People Make

About Recruitment Agencies

8 ‘No Nonsense’ Power Quesons to Ask Recruiters to

Make Sure You Are Working With The Best

These are not dicult to overcome as long as you are aware of them.

“Fotune favours the bold”

Selecng the best recruitment rm to work with you can be as easy as knowing what quesons

to ask and knowing what answers to look for. The dierence between having the best players

on your team and average players in any area of life can make all the dierence to your family’s

happiness in New Zealand.

8 ‘No Nonsense’ Power Quesonsto Select your Recruitment Partner

1. How many people have you personally been

responsible for relocang to New Zealand?

2. Would you please explain the depth of relaonships

you personally hold with your clients?

3. Are you allowed to speak to line managers or just HR?

4. Can you explain your personal knowledge of the

industry you work within?

5. Are you a specialist within your eld?

6. How well do you understand my role technically?

7. Which companies are you not allowed to send CV’s to?

8. How quickly does the process work? What is your

process?

Company X Company ZCompany Y






1. Beaches - from all of the three biggest cies you can be on the clean sandy beaches in less

than 15 minutes.

2. Safety - New Zealand is one of the safest places in the world to live, even the Government is

rated as one of the least corrupt!

3. Space - 4 million people in a country bigger than the UK. Freedom, less stress and bustle and

with the sun on your back (just remember the sun block)!

4. Weather - Christmas dinner on the beach, make sure to wear sun screen and put some shade

over the Xmas Pudding, and ice to chill the wine and beer.

5. Commung - It is unusual to have to travel more than 20 minutes to work. Parking is usually

outside where you work and trac is geng busier in some parts but nothing like the UK. Workhard and then leave work and go straight to the beach or a park with the kids.

6. Skiing - What you don’t ski yet? Well you will soon (or at least snowboard!). The elds are

within easy access from all the main cies and the snow is clean and crisp.

7. Kids - Let your kids grow up in sunshine and safety!

8. Outdoors - Spectacular scenery, you are free to roam without the fear of poisonous snakes

& spiders and discover world class countryside. They did not shoot the Lord of the Rings in

New Zealand for nothing!

9. Culture - Work to live, not live to work.

10. Sport - Kayaking/Skiing/Rugby/Golf/Sailing/Cricket/Ironman/Surng - whatever you like to

play or watch this is a sports mad culture where it is safe and quite possible to go to any

sporng event.

11. Health - Live the healthiest outdoor lifestyle; give your kids something to do that is more

excing (and beer for them) than TV and computer games!

12. Auckland - Is consistently voted as one of the best ve cies in the world to live and according

to some it is New Zealand’s third best city!

12 Reasons Why You Want To Give Your Family

The Gi Of A Life In Paradise

• NZ has more golf courses per capita than any other country.

• NZ was the rst country in the world to allow women to vote.

• NZ has the highest car ownership in the world.

• NZ has no dangerous snakes, spiders, crocodiles, sharks, or jellysh.

• NZ is over 1000 miles from Australia.

• 22% of New Zealanders were born overseas.

“You only get one shot at this game... life is not a dress rehearsal”






General Informaon

www.emigratenz.org/LivingInNewZealand.html

www.shelteroshore.com/index.php/living/cat/C50www.move2nz.co.nz

Tourism Websites - for generic city informaon

www.nz.com

www.tourism.net.nz

Generic city Informaon

Auckland www.aucklandnz.com www.aucklandtourism.co.nz

www.aucklandcity.govt.nz www.arc.govt.nz

Christchurch www.christchurch.org.nz www.ccc.govt.nz

Dunedin www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/newcomer

Hamilton www.hamilton.co.nz

Tauranga www.tauranga.govt.nz

Wellington www.wellingtonnz.com

www.wellington.govt.nz

New Zealand Immigraon

www.immigraon.govt.nz

www.bunac.org

Educaon

www.ero.govt.nz

www.minedu.govt.nz

Technical Professional Recruitment

www.catalystjobs.co.nz

Directory of Useful Websites and Books

For Informaon and Further Research

• NZ is home to the world’s smallest dolphin - Hectors Dolphin.

• NZ is home to the world’s rarest Sea Lion - Hookers Sea Lion.

• NZ is home to the world’s largests parrot - the ightless Kakapo.

• NZ is home to the world’s oldest and longest life-span reple - theTuatara (living over 100 years and originang 225 million years ago).

• NZ is home to the world’s heaviest insect - the Weta (bigger thansparrows).

• NZ is home to the world’s smallest bats in the world - only 10 grams.






4 Steps to Finding Out If New Zealand Is

A Viable Opon For You and Your Family

1. Make a commitment to act

‘Nothing happens unl something moves’ is the tle of a book by Robert Ringer and he is right. If things

are not as good as you want them to be then get serious about nding out if New Zealand could befeasible for you.

2. List your objecves

Here is the most important step. Unless you know what you want you will never know where to nd it.

3. Ask Quesons

The right answers lie behind asking the right quesons of the right people.

4. If you are a suitable candidate and you know New Zealand can give you

what you want for your career and family then take a deep breath, be

bold, and do it!

There is no class system in New Zealand, if you are a good person then you will be respected and you

will succeed. We sincerely hope we get to see you when you get here.

• Kiwi Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay were the rst to conquerMt Everest.

• Auckland’s Sky Tower is the tallest building in the SouthernHemisphere (just 4m taller than the Eiel Tower).

• New Zealand has the longest place name in the world:-‘Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu’

• There is no tree on Auckland’s “One Tree Hill”

• 90 mile beach is actually only 65 miles long!

• New Zealand has deserts, glaciers, rain forests, alpine, & geothermalregions.

• The Cropp River region received 18.4m of rain in 1997.








8 ‘No Nonsense’ Power Quesonsto Select your Recruitment Partner

CatalystRecruitment

Company 3Company 2

How well do you understant my role technically?

As with queson 5 it’s imperave to speak with aspecialist. At the end of the day we are recruiters and

so we won’t know your job inside out. However havinginterviewed the right candidates and speaking withour clients connuously since 1996 we can discuss insome detail what you want and where you are likely tobe successful.

6. Which companies are you not allowed to sendCV’s to?

No recruiter can work with everyone in New Zealandand give a good service. For whatever reason there willbe a few companies we don’t deal with and that’s ne,a good company will tell you who they are. What they

denitely will have though is a list of companies theydo work with that they know very well and have greatrelaonships with, all the beer for securing you theright role.

7. How quickly does the process work? What is yourprocess?

It’s dicult to say how long the process should take;it can depend on the me of year, the type of workyou want etc. Once we have spoken to you and gonethrough all you needs regarding New Zealand we willimmediately get your CV out to our clients. From thenthere is close communicaon to take you step by step

through interviews, immigraon etc unl you arrivein New Zealand. Of course it doesn’t stop when youarrive either as we’ve got to take you for a beer!

• New Zealand has more Scosh pipe bands than Scotland!

• Dunedin’s Baldwin Street is the steepest street in the world.

• Wellington is the most Southerly capital in the world.

• Gisbourne is the rst city in the world to see the sun rise each day.

Thank you for taking me to read this summary report based on an

interview with Andy Hopkins & Phil Ponder at Catalyst Recruitment.



Phone: +64 (0) 9 307 6111UK freephone: 0808 234 3587

www.catalystrecruitment.co.nzhttp://www catalystjobs co nz

Andy Hopkins was a Civil Engineer working on the M1 Widening Project

in 1996, when he decided to move to New Zealand to play a season of

rugby. He loved his rst 6 months so much that he decided to stay and

is now married to a Kiwi with a daughter born in February 2007 and a

son in December 2009. Since his arrival in New Zealand, Andy has been

recruing in the Technical Disciplines since 1996.

“When I was rst considering the idea I guess I was a lile scared - it’s a

daunng decision as all my friends were moving to Australia, but aer a

few months I knew I was in the best place in the world as the quality of life

for my family is incredible”

Phil Ponder came to New Zealand in 2000 as a school teacher however

he made a career change and started recruing in 2001. Phil is also

married to Kiwi with a daughter born in January 2011. He specialises in

placing construcon and civil contracng professionals.

“I was living in Sheeld when we decided to move, we were living in

a cardboard box on the side of the street. Lile did we know what we

were missing when we came to New Zealand, we now have a two storied

cardboard box with all day sun”

Mireille Verdonkschot (pronounced “Miray”) moved to New Zealand

from the Netherlands with her family at the age of eight so knows rst hand

what it is like moving to a new country. Mireille focuses on recruitment

with Engineering Consultants in the technical professional disciplines.

“I will always look back fondly on my childhood. My parents had a dream

of providing their children with a beer life. The move to New Zealand

provided me and my siblings opportunies and experiences that would

never have been possible in the Netherlands“

Andy and Phil both moved to New Zealand in search of a beer life. For them the experience has been

such a good decision that they now spend their days making the process easy for other adventurous

people who want to make the same journey.

Fran came to New Zealand from the UK in 2010 on a Working Holiday

VISA aer compleng a degree in Marine Biology & Oceanography. Franspecialises in placing Engineering Consultants in the Water & Waste Water

sectors.

“Moving to New Zealand happened very fast for me and my partner; we

were living and working the New Zealand life before our feet had even

touched the ground. Looking back I would say that it was the best decision

for me and my future and I am certainly not looking to return back to the

UK any me soon”

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