Careers

As the end of another year approaches, many students will be thinking about their futures: “What career do I want to pursue, and what do I need to get there?”

These questions influence the subjects, training, or employment options that each student will choose.

There are several career sites available to inform students about their career options and the qualifications or training required for each industry and position.

Many of the selected sites below also feature advice on preparing a curriculum vitae (CV) for employers, and interview skills to help students put their best feet forward when applying for a job.

How can you find your ideal career if you don’t know that it exists? Students can benefit from taking the time to research the myriad of options available in the job market. They can utilise online tools such as Career Services Rapuara, arrange an appointment with their school careers advisor, and talk to people they know, such as their parents, parents’ friends and colleagues, and classmates’ family members, who are in jobs they find interesting.

Feel free to direct your students to some of the sites below.

Career searches and planning sites

Researching and Presenting Information on Occupations
This ICT Learning Experience involves students investigating an occupation using interview techniques. Findings are organised and presented to the class as an oral report, supported by PowerPoint presentation software.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/ict/ictpd/occupations_e.php

Snap - Business Needs Met by Students
This website describes a pilot initiative from the New Zealand Government to match the resource needs of businesses with the skills and interests of tertiary students. It includes information for students on writing a curriculum vitae (CV) and handling job interviews.
http://www.snap.govt.nz

Career Services - rapuara
Career Services provides information on occupations, how to apply for jobs, training options, and the labour market.
http://www.careers.govt.nz

KiwiCareers
KiwiCareers is a career information website. It features links to employment vacancies, industries, and qualifications in New Zealand. It also includes material to career, education, and training resources for careers advisors in schools and advice for students choosing careers options.
http://www.kiwicareers.govt.nz

Kiwi Careers Alphabetical Job Listings
This web page provides an index of jobs. Each job includes a description (in English and Maori) and a list of tasks this job involves.
http://www.kiwicareers.co.nz/lists/jobs/talpfrm.htm

Skill New Zealand
The Skill New Zealand site describes programmes, resources, and publications related to training and employment.
http://www.skillnz.govt.nz

Nzoom.com
This website job searches in addition to news and information.
http://nzoom.com/index.html

Nelson Bays Education Business Partnership Trust
The Partnership Trust is a business-school partnership in the Nelson region. Businesses provide locations for careers development and onsite training for students to help teaching programmes include the business community as a resource.
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/nbebp

InfoTech Weekly
This website focuses on information technology in New Zealand. It includes a job search function.
http://www.infotech.co.nz/current/index.html

Wow! It's Science!
Wow! promotes science and technology interests from a New Zealand perspective. The Careers link includes information about science-related jobs.
http://www.science.net.nz

Career specific sites

Electrotechnology Industry Training Organisation
The website of the Electrotechnology Industry Training Organisation encourages students to take part in electronics projects. Information on career options is also included.
http://www.etito.co.nz

Insurance Council of New Zealand - Educational Resources
This site shows you how to plan a career in insurance.
http://www.icnz.org.nz/education/teachers.htm

New Zealand's Army: Ngati Tumatauenga
Arm me with a future! The NZ Army site tells you about New Zealand's army – past, present, and future, and the different careers available in the army.
http://www.army.mil.nz

Royal New Zealand Navy: History
The Royal New Zealand Navy website contains information on the navy's role in New Zealand. Includes history of the navy and its ships, a timeline, how the navy is organised, and current news and recruitment information.
http://www.navy.mil.nz/history/history.cfm

Behind the Viewfinder - A Year in the Life of Photojournalism
Thinking of a life behind the lens? Read the online diaries of actual photojournalists, including Tom Burton, Lynn French, Mark Hertzberg, Joe Jaszewski, Dick Kraus, and George Bridges. They explain what is involved in doing the job of telling the daily news and being storytellers.
http://digitalstoryteller.com/YITL

Tertiary training providers

Tertiary Sector Links
This page of the New Zealand Ministry of Education website contains links to tertiary sector websites. It includes links to central education crown entities, the Tertiary Education Advisory Commission (TEAC), government departments related to tertiary education, tertiary sector organisations, universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and wananga.
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/web/document/document_page.cfm?id=4406&p=1028.4328

New Zealand Qualifications Authority
Find out details of degrees and courses offered by education providers, training, and assessment services with the NZQA site.
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz

Otago School of Medical Sciences for High Schools
The website of Otago School of Medical Sciences for High Schools (OSMS) features information for high school students about medical sciences. It links to sites with information for students interested in careers in medicine, and other health professions (dentistry, physiotherapy, pharmacy).
http://osms.otago.ac.nz/main/tophigh.htm

Careers in Teaching

TeachNZ
TeachNZ is a New Zealand Ministry of Education programme to promote the recruitment of teachers in New Zealand. This website provides information about teaching and delivering the New Zealand curriculum.
http://www.teachnz.govt.nz

Please note: These links were valid when this page was posted. However the Web is very volatile, and TKI has no control over outside websites. Please let us know if you find anything inappropriate, if you find a broken link, or if you have an update for a link by emailing links@tki.org.nz. Te Kete Ipurangi recommends that teachers view all websites we link to before using them with students.

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