New Faces, New Futures: New Zealand

Migrants' Labour Market Participation

Table 5.7: How migrants found first job in New Zealand by immigration approval category

How respondent got their first job	Immigration approval category (%)							Total (%)
	Skilled principal	Skilled secondary	Business category	Family Partner	Family Parent	Pacific category	Other
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total weighted	11,890	5,510	420	5,060	300	1,190	1,360	25,720
Looked at job advertisements	33.6	38.7	11.9	32.0	46.7	10.1	21.3	32.4
Through friends or relatives	13.5	25.2	52.4	32.4	40.0	47.1	49.3	24.1
Contacted an employer	24.5	18.9	14.3	17.2	6.7	13.4	14.7	20.5
Through a private employment agency	13.6	8.7	11.9	11.9	S	12.6	8.1	11.7
Was asked to apply for a position or head hunted	6.5	4.0	S	2.8	S	3.4	3.7	4.8
Transferred to NZ by my employer	2.6	0.7	S	S	S	6.7	S	1.7
Other	5.7	3.8	9.5	3.2	S	6.7	1.5	4.7

Notes: Includes migrants who had worked in New Zealand in the last 30 months. Excludes don't know responses and response refusals.

Symbol: S = suppressed for confidentiality reasons.

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