Work and Income
Work and Income assists all people looking for work. If you are unsure about what to do or where to start, Work and Income is a good place to start.
Work and Income also provides Youth Transition Services, which can help young people into jobs or training
Student Job Search
http://www.sjs.co.nz/
State Services Commission (NZ Govt) Government vacancy search
Search for jobs in government, sign up for job alerts and find out how to apply for government vacancies.
Careers NZ Job Listings
New Zealand and international job listing site links.
The career services at schools or universities can usually help young people with things like CVs and cover letters.
Trade Me Jobs
Trade Me provides a salary guide based on their job listings.
Seek
Seek also has a tool kit with salary guide and careers advice.
Careers New Zealand is the government agency responsible for leading the career development of all New Zealanders.
They have a particularly good section for planning your career, no matter what stage you are at.
CareerQuest – match your interests to actual jobs using CareerQuest, and then compare those jobs.
Know Your Skills – find out what your skills are and how you can transfer your skills from everyday activities and work with this interactive tool.
Subjects and jobs matcher - enter your favourite subjects into the matcher to get ideas for interesting jobs.
Resignation letters – Are you about to change your job? It’s important that you leave in a positive way. Here you can find out what to write and see some examples and templates to use when leaving your job.
Modern Apprenticeships
Guides for would-be apprentices and employers under the Modern Apprenticeship structure.
Gateway Scheme (Tertiary Education Commission)
Work experience - learn on the job and get NCEA and industry qualifications with the Gateway programme. Gateway is a scheme offered by the Tertiary Education Commission, and is available to state and integrated secondary schools, and supports senior secondary students (Year 11 to Year 13+) undertaking structured workplace learning across a range of industries and businesses around New Zealand, while continuing to study at school.
Industry Training Organisations
Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) are recognised by the Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education) under the Industry Training Act 1992. They are established by particular industries and are responsible for:
NZQA provide a list of accredited Industry Training Organisations.
Youth Law / Tino Rangatiratanga Taitamariki
YouthLaw is a community law centre providing free advice for children and young people under 25 throughout Aotearoa / New Zealand. This site provides information about how the law can help young people to overcome issues that may be affecting them.
Young Workers Resource Centre
The Young Workers' Resource Centre (YWRC) is a not-for-profit organisation that provides youth with free advice on employment-related issues. Their website also contains useful information and resources for teachers, students and the youth-in-general.
Netsafe
NetSafe is an independent non-profit organisation that promotes confident, safe, and responsible use of online technologies. They promote cyber-safety and champion digital citizenship by educating and supporting individuals, organisations and industry on a range of issues.
They have a great resource collection regarding Cyber-Bullying for parents.
Young Worker’s Guide to the Health and Safety in Employment Act
Safety Information for Young Workers and Employers of Young Workers.
AYV
The Ministry of Youth Affairs’ Aotearoa Youth Voices (AYV) offers young New Zealanders aged 12 – 24 years a way to get your voice heard by government and community decision-makers. Aotearoa Youth Voices helps connect you to young people nationwide who want to make a difference and helps you grow your skills to ensure your voice is heard on issues affecting you.
Help with Homework
AnyQuestions.co.nz is a free online reference service for New Zealand school students. Designed for both primary and secondary students, AnyQuestions.co.nz puts them in touch with an online librarian. Using interactive software and an agreed information literacy approach these librarians are able to help school students identify the information they need then guide them to quality online resources. The service is an additional resource, to work alongside and complement, (but not replace) existing school and public library services – a ‘guide on the side’ at the point and time of need.