Planning to Migrate to New Zealand? Explore its Job Market First

There are many reasons to why people choose New Zealand as their immigration destination. Apart from being a clean, beautiful and less crowded country, with its safe and secure environment, New Zealand (NZ) also lets its inhabitants to have a balanced lifestyle. Additionally, New Zealanders are also famous for their warm hospitality, which naturally makes them friendlier towards immigrants.

New Zealand has ample job opportunities, and this is what primarily attracts foreign nationals. However, what gives New Zealand the edge over other international job hubs is that here people not only get to build a career, but to have a life as well. In addition, NZ also has a very efficient and transparent immigration process for the requirement and selection of foreign workers. However, if you want to migrate to NZ to work here, then it is necessary to explore and understand its job market first.

Analysis of NZ’s two main internet boards state that there was a net growth of 15.4% in job vacancies in 2013. And, according to a government report the NZ economy will add over 100,000 jobs by 2016, which means a 4.4% growth. Strong job growth is expected in Auckland and Canterbury regions in construction and utilities industries. Additionally, managerial and other professional jobs are also in high demand. However, on the other hand, results of other surveys constantly tell that NZ employers are constantly facing the challenge of finding skilled workers locally. And this opens door for overseas workers.

Getting a job in New Zealand is easy for overseas professionals and workers, especially if they have the right skills. The country continuously faces immediate and long term shortage for skilled workers in a number of industries. Consequently, the government maintains a list of occupations that have shortage of skilled workers and encourages employers to attract foreign workers. Additionally, the NZ government also offers a friendly immigration policy to ensure an easy admission of overseas workers in the country.

The list of industries that are currently facing immediate or long term shortage of skilled workers is as follows.

• Agriculture and Forestry
• Construction
• Education
• Engineering
• Finance and Business
• Health and Social Services
• ICT and Electronics
• Oil and Gas
• Recreation, Hospitality, and Tourism
• Science
• Telecommunications
• Trades
• Transport

In case, you don’t have professional skills in an occupation in the shortage list, even then you can migrate to New Zealand as a skilled migrant. For that you first need to get a job offer from a New Zealand employer who could not find a local worker for the vacancy. In order to reach the employers you can upload your professional profile to a number of job portals. Some of the notable job portals include www.workingin-newzealand.com, www.workhere.co.nz, www.newkiwis.co.nz, and www.seek.co.nz.

After you have been nominated for a skilled position in NZ, then you can apply for a New Zealand work visa. And to make the visa process easier, you can also take assistance of a registered New Zealand immigration consultant.

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Canada Express Entry: Comprehensive Ranking System

Canada Immigration department has launched the point based ranking system it will use for its Express Entry (EE) program. Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS), as it is called, will rank the candidates through CRS formula based on following four factors. 

·         Skills and Experience (Core Human Capital) factors,

·         Spouse and Common-Law Partner factors,

·         Skills Transferability factors, and

·         Job offer by a Canadian employer or nomination under a province’s or territory’s Provincial Nomination Program (PNP)

Under CRS, candidates will be awarded points from a maximum total of 1200 points. The spouse and common-law factors will only be applicable in case of an accompanying spouse or legal partner. An applicant can earn up to 40 points based on these factors, which would otherwise be adjusted in the core human capital factors. Here is a comprehensive view of how points will be distributed under the CRS.

Core Human Capital Factors(Maximum: 500 points)

·         Age

Age	Applicants with accompanying spouse	Applicants without accompanying spouse
18	90	99
19	95	105
20-29	100	110
30	95	105
31	90	99
32	85	94
33	80	88
34	75	83
35	70	77
36	65	72
37	60	66
38	55	61
39	50	55
40	45	50
41	35	39
42	25	28
43	15	17
44	5	6
45(+)	0	0

·         Education

Education	With accompanying spouse – applicant/spouse	Without accompanying spouse
Secondary/High school	28/2	30
One-year post-secondary program	84/6	90
Two-year post-secondary program	91/7	98
3 or more years post-secondary program	112/8	120
2 or more post-secondary programs, with one completed program of 3 or more years	119/9	128
Master or Professional degree	126/9	135
Doctoral degree	140/10	150

·         First Language (English/French) ability

CLB (Canadian Language Benchmark) score	With accompanying spouse– applicant/spouse	Without accompanying spouse
4	6/0	6
5	6/1	6
6	8/1	9
7	16/3	17
8	22/3	23
9	29/5	31
10 or higher	32/5	34

·         Second language (English/French) ability

CLB score	With/without accompanying spouse
5 or 6	1
7 or 8	3
9 or higher	6

·         Canadian Work Experience

Number of years	With accompanying spouse– applicant/spouse	Without accompanying spouse
1 year	35/5	40
2 years	46/7	53
3 years	56/8	64
4 years	63/9	72
5 years or more	70/10	80

Skill Transferability Factors(Maximum: 100 points)

·         Education and Language Ability

Education	CLB 7 or 8	CLB 9 or higher
1 year post-secondary	13	25
2 or more post-secondary programs, with one completed program of 3 or more years	25	50

·         Education and Canadian Work Experience

Education	1 year work experience	2 or more years’ experience
1 year post-secondary	13	25
2 or more post-secondary programs, with one completed program of 3 or more years	25	50

·         Language Ability and non-Canadian Experience

Work Experience	CLB 7 or 8	CLB 9 or higher
1 or 2 years	13	25
3 years or more	25	50

·         Canadian and non-Canadian Experience

	Canadian: 1 year	Canadian: 2 years or more
Non-Canadian: 1 or 2 years	13	25
Non-Canadian: 3 years or more	25	50

Additional Points(Maximum: 600 Points)

·         Applicants with a job offer by a Canadian Employer: 600 points

·         Applicants nominated under a province’s or territory’s PNP: 600 points

Since the point distribution system for EE is quite complex it is advised to hire a consultant to omit any confusion while applying. 

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