New Zealand · Career advice
New Zealand career advice
New Zealand hiring has its own habits. The CV runs two to three pages, a little longer than the UK's, the tone is plain and wary of overselling, and most CVs name two referees where UK and US ones name none. These guides cover what is specific to New Zealand: the local CV format, how to write a cover letter in the right register, and how to apply from overseas when your first CV was built for a different market. For universal advice on length, structure and ATS, the global career advice library goes deeper. If you are applying from abroad, start with the international job seekers guide.
CV writing · 7 min
New Zealand CV format: the shape Kiwi employers expect
A New Zealand CV is a little longer than a UK one, a little plainer in tone, and ends somewhere UK and US CVs do not: with your referees. Here is the shape, section by section.
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Applying for New Zealand jobs from overseas: a practical guide
Applying for a New Zealand job from Colombo, Chennai or anywhere else is mostly a sequencing problem: what to sort out before you apply, what to leave until after an offer, and where to actually look.
Read →Cover letters · 7 min
How to write a New Zealand cover letter
A New Zealand cover letter is short, direct and a little warmer than a UK one once you know the reader's name. Here is how to structure it, and the small local habits that make it read as genuine.
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