Bumptious

Try Opus International Consultants - they have offices all over NZ. Or Beca although I know that in some areas they have cut back on Mechanical.

sriraksha

Hi Bumptious

Thanks a lot for the info. I'll contact the consultants....ASAP.

sriraksha

Hi MrsFychan

are you sure, the application stays in the pool for 6 months ? and thanks a lot for your advice.

love30stm

ok, well i dont have any need to look on the immigration website anymore luckily :lol

kooga61

Hi, I was/am a Mech Eng'. Not as well qualified as you but... Anyway, I came over for a "holiday" for a month. I had enough points but as I had a family I wanted the security of a job offer before I took the plunge.

Long and short of it, after a month of interviews I got two job offers, I got a letter from the employer saying they couldn't find someone in NZ with my particular skills and

Got a work permit and got residence a couple of years later.

But, be warned. Engineering here (In my opinion, judging from the two company's I worked for) is completely different. You have to be very flexible, be prepared to work on projects completely outside of your comfort zone, and in some cases knowledge! I felt sometimes being labeled here as an engineer meant they expected you to be able to turn your hand to anything! You probably wont be able to "specialize", the markets too small.

Also, for one company in particular, I got very frustrated with the poor materials being bought from China for my designs. They wanted a "quality" product that was cheap, engineered ASAP, as good as European counterparts, but made with substandard materials!! I got very disenchanted with the industry and left.

Now this was my experience and yours could be very very different, this was 11 years ago, but its something to think about. If you're working for an "international" company you may find the materials issue isn't an issue.

One cool thing about this place though. You don't get pigeon holed here. You can apply for something outside of your field and if you're keen they'll give you a go.

One word of warning. Don't waste time on employment agencies. I wasted nearly two weeks talking to Kiwi's who only wanted to talk about their own OE or what it was like to work in the UK. Not one of my interviews came via these losers!!

Try cold calling. It worked for me.

K

MrsFychan

Yes

"If my EOI does not get selected from the pool, how long can my EOI remain in the pool?
An EOI is current for a period of six months from the date of initial entry to the pool."

http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migra...rsinvestor.htm

BEVS

What a great post. Karma.

BEVS

Yes.

An EOI stays in the pool for 6 months. If it is not picked in that time , it is binned. You have to re-apply with a new EOI.

As MrsF states, 110 points is far too low these days to hope to be pulled from the pool.

BEVS

I think you mean.
" Thanks a lot for your concern. Please do correct me whenever I get this wrong. Cheers"


So. Nice little bit of sarcasm there but if English is not your first language, then you may be required by NZIS to take an IELTS test . That would be even if your degree course was solely in English.
If it were me & it is not, I would take the suggestion on board and ensure your CV & your EOI application contains good grammar, spelling and written English.

sriraksha

yep, you were right.....thanks

sriraksha

One cool thing about this place though. You don't get pigeon holed here. You can apply for something outside of your field and if you're keen they'll give you a go.



thanks for the info

I don't think I would be able to apply for a job role without having the field knowledge/experience ? Most of the jobs are looking for a minimum of 4+ years experience and are also asking for residency.
So could you please tell me what kind of job roles this small markets expect ? and which markets are easier to secure a job role with around 2 years of work experience.
I think most of the jobs are in food processing,Dairy,Petrochemical, Paper, Power Industries and yacht industries.

sriraksha

HI
any updates on the mech. job recently ? ?

Bumptious

Good luck with finding a job in NZ.
My husband who has NZ residency (having lived here since babyhood) didn't have a job when we moved from Auckland to where we are now, so he went door knocking and got offered a really good job as Mechanical/Building Services Consultant. They didn't even want to look at references.
He did have many years experience though.
And they offered him a higher salary here in the provinces than he was getting Auckland for doing same job.
He is a specialist in his field though and as mentioned in earlier post it can be tough as market is small, so he has diversified and doing one or two other things as well.
And to reiterate what the other poster also said, if English is not your first language you may be at a disadvantage.

sriraksha

thanks a lot for the info ....so cold calling helped him secure a job easily. English is not my first language, and i won't consider this as an disadvantage coz I have couple of years experience working for an MNC in the UK...and I did secure that job without any difficulty.

BEVS

I would also concur with the cold calling approach. Not just for your occupation but for many occupations here.

....& you shouldn't, although NZ is not the UK in this respect .

Perhaps re-look at your CV to make it more NZ friendly if you haven't already. See this useful thread & ensure that your spoken and written use of English Language is as flowing as it can be.

The chief obstacle will be the visa/residency status. It will be up to you to educate the prospective employer that it is a job offer first , then visa. Not the other way around.