Thursday July 1st, 2010
Automotive Employment NZ notify all users that some of our improved functions are now live, if you cannot view them, please use your refresh button and note a number of improvements will roll out over the forthcoming week. Minor abnormalities such as us running two news sections will occur for a few days but the improvements will prove well worth waiting for.

Tuesday June 29th, 2010
The new Automotive Employment NZ website upgrades are now to go live on Thursday, July 1 and disruptions are expected while the improvements are implemented. While the changes may appear minor in terms of the appearance of the site, the structure behind it represents a massive investment of time, creating a job board interface of a world standard. Keep watching this site; we look forward to improving what has become New Zealand’s leading specialist automotive job within a just a few hours and apologise in advance for any disruptions caused.

Tuesday June 22nd, 2010
Automotive Employment NZ is about to undertake improvements to the automotive employment website which will enhance the services we provide for job seekers, employers and motor industry staff; it is possible minor disruptions to some sections of the site may be experienced while this upgrade takes place.

Tuesday June 22nd, 2010
Automotive Employment NZ Ltd welcomes an additional consultant to our team with today’s appointment of Rusty Bertram; the appointment reflects our recent drive to extend our nationwide business in many centres of New Zealand and increased international exposure. We warmly welcome Rusty to our team with his skills proving complementary to the high quality team that already work with us. A full profile on Rustys background is available in the our people section of this website.

Wednesday June 16th, 2010
New Zealand is now officially listed as most peaceful country in the world according to the 2010 Global Peace Index and winning another accolade, in the most liveable cities category, Auckland has tied with Vancouver to be forth most liveable city in the world. With the economy now rebounding nicely and growth forecast for the last six months of the year at 3.5% those planning migration are advised that now is the time to start making plans.

Monday June 14th, 2010
The Automotive Employment NZ employer newsletter is now live and can be found in the employers section; the newsletter discusses pending skills shortages that are predicted to now return more promptly than earlier expected, our opinion on the current wage and salary rates in 2010, labour market statistics and more.

Friday June 4th, 2010
Those applying for automotive jobs through the job board should note that the 7th of June is a public holiday, we will respond to all applications the next business day. The public holiday celebrates the Birthday of the reigning British Monarch as and is celebrated as Britain has sovereignty over New Zealand. Queens Birthday weekend also marks the opening of the NZ snow skiing season and the onset of winter.

Tuesday June 1st, 2010
The third consecutive lift in the ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence measure rose 4 points in May pointing to yet another lift in business that is due for the automotive industry. The series is still behind the recent peak of 131.4 measured in January, but at 126.0, the headline confidence measure is considerably above year-earlier levels. SUMMARY: Consumer confidence rose slightly in May, posting its third successive rise. The current conditions component continues to lag general consumer sentiment but steady gains suggest better times ahead for retailers. Information source, ANZ Bank.

Friday May 21st, 2010
Automotive Employment NZ provides our opinion of the wage and salary rates updates for 2010, this is the first update we have completed on this section of the website for 12 months; visit either the employer section or job seeker support section of this website to review the report. Please note the wage and salary rates are the opinion of the consulting team here at Automotive Employment NZ. In assessing how your income or the income of your staff may compare to our assessment, an honest assessment of work skills, employment tenure, communication skills, location of employment and many more aspects will need to be carefully considered. While the employment market here in New Zealand is gathering momentum, many economic reports describe the recovery as patchy. In our experience remuneration is usually closely aligned to an employer’s ability to remain profitable, many employers will be focusing on making gains to offset losses during the recession, during 2010 it likely wage increases may prove hard to attain presently with many employers expressing a need to exercise restraint. The good news however is unemployment is down, employment is up and the economy is gathering momentum which will prove positive for both employees and employers in the medium term.

Thursday May 20th, 2010
Tax cuts for New Zealand companies and staff have just been announced in New Zealand’s 2010 budget; getting the company tax rate down to 28 cents next year will be two years ahead of Australia and provides a huge incentive for new migrants to consider New Zealand as their chosen destination given the stimulus expected to occur as a result. Tax reductions across the board have featured in the budget but were balanced by an increase in goods and services tax. Nonetheless tax breaks across the board will be welcome news to employers and employees alike.

Thursday May 13th, 2010
Prominent New Zealand job boards are now reporting huge increases in activity with the following report being reflective of recruitment needs, what an encouraging week, the first decrease in the unemployment rate in two years announced on Thursday comes as no real surprise to us and we expect this trend to continue. We have seen the number of new job ads steadily increase by 39% since the low point of July 2009. This indicates that employer confidence is up and the demand for employees is increasing,” says Annemarie Duff, General Manager of New Zealands largest job board.

Thursday May 6th, 2010
April new car registrations of 4,585 recorded the highest monthly increase for the year so far of 30% when compared to the corresponding months in 2009. Commercial vehicles however inched along with 1,103 registrations which was down by 8.4% on April 2009. “The new vehicle industry is very happy with these numbers” said Mr Kerr, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association. “April is traditionally a quiet month as sales slow with the Easter break and with school holidays. Dealers I have spoken with are reporting good levels of enquiry, but they are also commenting they do not have enough good quality near new used stock, which is putting pressure on prices.” Mr Kerr added that there was no easy solution for this situation as new vehicle sales throughout 2009 were at an historical low. In the passenger car segment Toyota retained top spot with 757 registrations followed by Holden (503) and Ford (489). The top three selling models, for the month and year to date remain with the Toyota Corolla in first spot, followed by the Suzuki Swift and the Holden Commodore. In the commercial sector Toyota was number one with 321 registrations followed by Ford with 167 and Nissan with 117. The most popular light commercial model was the Toyota Hilux followed by the Nissan Navara and the Ford Ranger.

Thursday May 6th, 2010
The best news received in two years for job seekers surfaced today and was released by the NZ Government statistician, that is that unemployment has now officially turned the corner from a peak of 7,3% in the December quarter to just 6% in the March 2010 quarter, the news of this unprecedented reduction in unemployment may not be quite as positive for NZ employers who are now aggressively seeking to secure new skills in a more positive market place. Skills shortages for the Motor Industry are now predicted to return to a level exceeding 2007 market conditions and this change is likely to happen quickly. As the market sits, many sectors of the NZ Motor Industry are already starting to find the skilled employees are harder to find, this is little wonder given unemployment has dropped with an unprecedented….thud. To put this into perspective unemployment has officially dropped by 25,000 or a remarkable (15.1%) and this has happened in just 3 months! Common sense prevailing, NZ motor industry employers who are now experiencing an increase in business will seek to increase staff numbers capitalising on the better trading conditions. Given the current supply of acceptably skilled job applicants is decreasing at the same time as employers increasing staff numbers, this has already led toward increased competition to secure talent and wage and salary increases now appear inevitable. Automotive Employment NZ run a quarterly update of New Zealand unemployment rates, further details of the current labour market report are available on the following page. http://www.automotiveemployment.co.nz/labourforcesurvey.html

Tuesday May 4th, 2010
Recent business confidence reports note employment intentions have continued to improve with a net 13% of businesses expecting to hire more people over the coming year up from 9% in March and well above the ten year average reading of just 3%. This bodes well for our expectation that the labour markets turnaround will accelerate later this year with employee shortages appearing again from some point in 2011 especially as we lose more good people to the fast growing Australian economy- which already has a shortage of employees.

Tuesday April 20th, 2010
Job boards in New Zealand and Australia including automotiveemployment,co,nz are experiencing an unprecedented number of NZ based applicants looking for jobs with one of the job boards claiming as many as 7 out of 10 NZ employees “are keeping their eyes open for new jobs”. While the aforementioned claim would appear wildly over reported, it is hard to argue the high number of job applicants apparent in NZ is very high. The report at least matches our own findings as to the increase in job applications through Automotive Employment NZ; usually these increases in candidates’ enquiry are followed by an increase in job vacancies if past experience is anything to go by.

Monday April 12th, 2010
Advertised job vacancies are up 9% in New Zealand according to a prominent NZ job board, “we’re seeing employers feel more at ease with the economic outlook and its not a one-month blip was the leading comment made by, Keith Muirehead of Trademe jobs, statistics showed Wanganui leading the increase the job listings at 43%, followed by the Bay of Plenty, 23% and Southland 22%. Increases across the board were experienced by all regions except Gisborne, Otago and the West Coast. Auckland leads the tables for highest paid workers followed by Wellington, Southland, Westcoast and Whangarei.

Tuesday April 6th, 2010
Yet more news cementing the international economic recovery is surfacing with US employers quoting the American economy adding an additional 162,000 jobs, the pace of the international recovery starts to become more evident when comparing companies in Australia and New Zealand that have been steadily adding personnel in many industry sectors for six months. Skills shortages have now become evident in the some sectors of the motor industry with employer concerns that staff shortages could surpass those encountered prior to 2007.

Sunday April 4th, 2010
We trust all our clients and candidates are having a pleasant Easter Break; as a reminder our offices open after the Easter holiday period, bright and early on Tuesday Morning, 7,30am NZ time.

Thursday April 1st, 2010
Automotive Employment NZ wishes all clients and those seeking jobs a pleasant and safe Easter break; for the benefit of offshore clients Friday April 2 [Good Friday] and Easter Monday are both public holidays, as a result our staff will take a break and be back in the office on Tuesday Morning. All email enquiries will be answered promptly upon our return.

Monday March 22nd, 2010
Business confidence has hit a decade high with a net 50 percent of respondents expect better times ahead, up 11 percentage points on December last year; according to National Bank, this news followed up other motor industry news articles showing NZ vehicle sales leading the retail recovery and higher F&I profit forecast predictions for automotive dealerships. While the Construction Equipment, Forklift and Farm Machinery sectors are slow to follow the recoveries now evident in the light automotive and heavy transport sector, industry sources tip June 2010 as the turning point for these sectors of industry. In particular we are told September is the month business is tipped to improve as this coincides with the seasonal upturn which traditionally occurs after winter for farming and construction equipment.

Friday March 19th, 2010
As predicted in earlier news this month, Automotive Employment NZ notes six senior motor industry management roles have emerged in the past 14 days, another three are due to surface shortly. Available roles are in the locations of Auckland Hamilton, Wellington, and Hawkes Bay and Whangarei: Keep watching management vacancies on this site, the larger roles will emerge soon.

Wednesday March 17th, 2010
Listings of jobs for March continue to be strong with job applicants in the motor industry also active, it is noted the increase in employment listings and availability of personnel matches reports of improving market conditions in New Zealand and Australia for many of Automotive Employment NZ clients. While the farm machinery sector reports a slower first quarter leading up to the seasonal change this sector of industry is also looking positive towards September this year.

Tuesday March 16th, 2010
Automotive Employment NZ today advise of a short email outage which was caused through a software upgrade; all emails have now been retrieved and will be responded to shortly, if however, you have not received a reply from Automotive Employment NZ, we encourage you to make contact with us via phone to alert us of the delay.

Monday March 8th, 2010
February sees continued growth according to the Motor Industry Association with New car sales for the second month in a row exceeded 2009 volumes. February has seen both new car and commercial registrations above 2009 volumes, with passenger cars up 13.3% on the same month last year. Commercial vehicle registrations showed a similar trend being up 7.4% on February 2009 and also up 23.1% on January 2010. For the month there were 4,302 new cars and 1,357 new commercial vehicles. Mr Kerr, Chief Executive Officer of the MIA said “these numbers are further proof of the confidence expressed last month – that the motor industry is on a steadily improving path with better results yet to come.” Breaking down February numbers; in the commercial vehicle sector Toyota led (438 units) followed by Ford (204 units) and Nissan (142 units) in third place. With passenger cars Toyota continued in first place (551 units), followed by Holden (433 units) and Ford third (402 units). Year to date for overall sales Toyota leads (2,479 units), Holden takes out second spot (1,356 units) and Ford in third place (1,216 units). The small car segment took out the top two places in the most popular model with Suzuki Swift selling 234 units, followed by the Mazda 3 with 197 units, just two registrations ahead of Holden Commodore with 195 units.

Friday March 5th, 2010
Permanent recruitment has grown from 4% to 7% in the last three months, according to the latest RCSA (Recruitment & Consulting Services Association) Quarterly Business Manager Survey, the survey has also shown a 5% drop to 92% in on-hired and contractor placements. RCSA CEO Julie Mills believes this is a sign of the country’s economic recovery, “When there's a rise in permanent hiring, it's a sign that employers are confident they have the work and the revenue to keep people on long-term. And in past downturns, it's been a sign for the recruitment sector that the worst is over and the recovery has begun in earnest.” According to RCSA, business confidence amongst its members is also on the rise, with 72.5% of business owners expecting business to grow in the next quarter, representing an increase of 6% from the previous survey.

Monday March 1st, 2010
New Zealand business confidence has not just risen; it has gone through the roof and according to the National Banks Business outlook survey a net 50% of respondents expect better times ahead, to put this into perspective this is the highest reading for business confidence since April 1999. “Firms own activity expectations, [the key lead barometer that tracks economic growth] followed headline confidence with a net 42% of respondents expecting an improvement over the coming year; up from 37% in December. The survey went onto say, “when we [The National Bank] roll such readings from the survey into our composite growth indicator, the economy could well be on track for 4% growth, so 2010 has started with good cheer.”

Thursday February 25th, 2010
Automotive Employment NZ advise key appointment applicants of the pending return of multiple general management vacancies, the first half of 2010 is tipped to be the busiest time for the top jobs in the light automotive sector since 1997 and we encourage applicants to contact us at the earliest opportunity with applications from NZ, Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom and possibly other countries now all of consideration. The vacancies are a direct result of the improving market conditions here in New Zealand.

Wednesday February 17th, 2010
News data released by a prominent NZ and Australian company specialising in job boards indicates significant growth in job ads since July 2009, New Zealand largest city, Auckland, predictably leads the way with 41,6% growth in new jobs, of further interest it is noted new results also reveal job ads increased by 31,4% in NZ compared to 26,2% in Australia. Commentary suggests, “Despite record unemployment in NZ at 7.3%, the news may be more positive than it looks” Most impressively however is the dynamic snapshot graphical display produced by this job board showing the increase in job ads from 2006 to June, 2008. This was followed by the steep decline to July 2009 and most importantly the graph has shown a steep upward trend in job ads for six consecutive months.

Thursday February 11th, 2010
Automotive Employment NZ notes there has never been a better time to consider New Zealand as a first choice for skilled migrants to relocate to, with changes in Australian immigration policy tipped to cause problems for new and recent migrants, according to a recent press release by the MIA in Australia, arguably there has never been a better time to make New Zealand your first choice, the first two paragraphs of the MIA “press release” make interesting reading….. The article commences as follows: The Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) congratulates the Minister on a long-overdue overhaul of the migration system, but says yet-to-be-announced policy will have major implications for current and prospective visa applicants. "We sympathise with the 20,000 people who have had their applications cancelled as they are sure to be disappointed. They do, however, have some measure of certainty, which is something that current international students and those already in the migration pipeline and affected by priority processing don't have" said CEO Maurene Horder. Automotive Employment NZ encourages new and recent migrants to Australia affected or potentially affected by these changes to make contact with us as we have Motor Industry Jobs nationwide. While the jury is still out on how this will affect those who migrated to Australia, once again it proves New Zealand looks increasingly positive in terms of a migration destination.

Tuesday February 9th, 2010
With the increase in emerging vacancies now self evident Automotive Employment NZ has today recommended reinstatement of mechanics, general on the Long Term Skills Shortages List, [LTSSL]. Should our recommendation be accepted skilled mechanics will find the process of securing employment here in NZ greatly enhanced when in the country applying for work; last year, Automotive Employment NZ successfully achieved reinstatement of Diesel Mechanics when combined research demonstrated that many areas of NZ where still suffering from shortages. These findings were backed by the Motor Trade Associations own recommendations.

Friday February 5th, 2010
New Car Sales Holding Their Own is the news today and after eighteen consecutive months of falling sales, January 2010 new car registrations are ahead of 2009 numbers, just released registration data shows that there were 5,601 new cars registered in January, which compares with 5,296 for January 2009 (up 5.8%). Commercial registration figures however are not showing the same signs and were down 9% on January 2009 with 1,102 registrations. Mr Kerr, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association, said that “in spite of the commercial vehicle numbers he was quietly confident that the new vehicle industry has “turned the corner” with industry forecasts showing that we would now see slow but modest growth from here on out” Toyota holds onto their top spot in all three categories – commercial vehicles, passenger cars and total market, with an overall market share of 22.2%. Next follows Holden and Ford with Mazda taking number four spot. In the commercial vehicle segment behind Toyota was Nissan with Ford in third. The top selling model for January was the Toyota Corolla, followed by the Holden Cruze, with the Suzuki Swift in third.

Thursday February 4th, 2010
The latest labour force survey was released at 10,45am this morning showing unemployment has risen to 7,3% which is considerably lower than initially expected, none-the less, unemployment is now at its highest level since 1993, to find the good news about these statistics for job seekers.....Read More..... In the first quarter of 1993 New Zealand was coming out of a recession deeper than New Zealand has recently experienced in the 2007 -2009 “global credit crunch.” The statistics were horrific; Automotive Employment NZ director Russell Phillips witnessed unemployment rates peak at 10.5% in the first quarter of 1993 but when the previous recession abated, NZ suffered skills shortages for the next 17 years. This time skills shortages will not just return in 2010 and beyond, they will be magnified tenfold. We predict wage and salary increases will occur by mid 2010 and the number of Motor Industry vacancies will continue to increase. Many employers are now finding that deferring the employment of additional staff has lead to increased competition to secure work skills as the market continues to heat up. For those seeking motor industry jobs this is probably the best news posted on www.automotiveemployment.co.nz in 24 months.

Tuesday February 2nd, 2010
Automotive Employment NZ advises that during the Auckland Anniversary holiday weekend we have received an unprecedented level of enquiry resulting in job applications from almost 230 local and international applicants during this three day period. We are working through this huge level of enquiry and will appropriately respond to each and every applicant in due course. Automotive Employment NZ normally responds to all employment applicants within 48 hours of submission of their job applications, however due to the sheer volume of applications we are dealing with, it may be longer and we apologise in advance for any delays in responding to your enquiry. We sincerely appreciate your understanding. We are also very encouraged by the increased level in jobs advertised which coincides with the increased applicant enquiry level.

Monday February 1st, 2010
PLEASE NOTE MONDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2010 IS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN AUCKLAND, ACCORDINGLY THE OFFICES OF AUTOMOTIVE EMPLOYMENT NZ WILL REOPEN TOMORROW WITH ALL INCOMING ENQUIRIES DEALT WITH PROMPTLY, more information on the history of Auckland Anniversary day follows: Auckland's Anniversary Day commemorates Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson's arrival in New Zealand in 1840. Today it is best known for the huge Anniversary Day Regatta on Waitemata Harbour, held every year (except one) since 1850 and often described as the largest one-day regatta in the world. In 1841 the government arbitrarily chose 29 January as Auckland province's official Anniversary Day. Curiously, this date marked the anniversary of Hobson's 1840 arrival in the Bay of Islands, rather than the establishment of the city (18 September), the Governor's arrival there to set up his capital (13 March) or – perhaps most appropriately of all, according to historian Russell Stone – the day of its first property sales (19 April 1841). The first Anniversary Day regatta was held on 29 January 1842. Horseracing at Epsom was the favoured Anniversary Day event for the next few years, but in 1850 the regatta on Waitemata Harbour was revived. It became an annual event and since that year it has only been cancelled once, during the South African War in 1900. In the early years of the regatta a variety of craft, including ship's gigs, dinghies, whaleboats and Maori waka (canoes), provided much interest for spectators. Some of the most exciting racing was between fishing or other working vessels like centreboard mullet boats and scows. Power boats took part for the first time in 1903, and in 1919 there were even races between seaplanes. Visit www.nzhistory.net.nz to read this and other articles on NZ history.

Friday January 29th, 2010
On the 4th of February statistics NZ will release the household labour force survey for the December quarter which is expected to show an increase in unemployment from the current rate of 6.5%, the increased rate we are picking will either be the peak or close to the peak unemployment figure NZ experienced as a result of the immediate past economic recession. As Prime Minister John Key has said - this is the year the Government will start delivering on the faster growth agenda we want. Last year our focus was on jobs, as we weathered the worst global recession since the 1930s. While unemployment is still expected to rise in the first part of this year, our focus has paid off with the jobless rate tracking well below forecasts. Automotive Employment NZ has kept records tracking unemployment in NZ. Cut and paste the following url into your browser to review New Zealand’s traditionally low unemployment from 2004 to current date. www.automotiveemployment.co.nz/labourforcesurvey.html

Thursday January 28th, 2010
As predicted in our news from Wednesday, Automotive Employment NZ confirms we have listed numerous new and fresh automotive jobs on our job board in the Wellington and Auckland regions. Some of the best roles listed in nineteen years will emerge over the next three months and they will feature on the Automotive Employment NZ job board. Make sure you keep and close eye on these vacancies as they surface and we hope to hear from you very soon.

Monday January 25th, 2010
All indications are positive with regard to the volume of client and candidate enquiry Automotive Employment NZ is experiencing, and has been experiencing since the end of last year. As you may note from our job listings, we have been involved in placements around the globe and are currently involved in numerous international placements. With the advent of technology there are virtually no limitations on where our clients or candidates are based. Successful video conferencing along with initial telephone interview techniques by our consultants have resulted in the successful placement of candidates from around the world. As the financial indicators and business confidence in New Zealand grows, we expect the resultant increase in client requests will require we continue to tap into our huge database of quality candidates.

Wednesday January 20th, 2010
The next surge in job vacancies is expected to go live on the automotive employment job board with numerous vacancies expected to be listed in the Auckland and Wellington regions. The surge has been caused by higher confidence in virtually all sectors of the Motor Industry here in NZ and the resulting employer enquiry.

Tuesday January 19th, 2010
International migrants applying for automotive jobs in New Zealand and about to travel here shortly should contact Automotive Employment NZ at the earliest opportunity; our recommended immigration adviser has important updates that could affect your ability to find work and enter NZ. It appears recent skilled migrants arriving in NZ are encountering border entry problems on holiday visas when the intent is to search for jobs. Ensuring the correct process is followed will ensure these problems are not encountered and therefore contacting Automotive Employment NZ is highly recommended before traveling.

Monday January 18th, 2010
Automotive Employment NZ reminds employees visiting our automotive job boards from NZ, Australia and other International destinations to also review our job seeker support section which can be found off the home page, here you will find important information including current wage rates in the Automotive and Heavy Diesel sectors with job seeking tips and much more. The www.automotiveemployment.co.nz job seeker support section is ready for its next upgrade so keep your eyes open for the forthcoming improvements.

Thursday January 14th, 2010
Surveys completed by motor industry media this month indicate a strengthening of the retail motor industry sales, this coincides with the large increase in automotive jobs advertised by Automotive Employment NZ on our job board. . Comments from those surveyed apparently include planning for new staff hires, increase in vehicle sales and repairs and increased revenue in the heavy transport sector. While the industry will no doubt await for more concrete evidence in terms of hard facts we are once again pleased to report more good news at the start of 2010.

Monday January 11th, 2010
The new vehicle industry ended the year with total sales of 70,048, some 28% below 2008 volumes; new commercial vehicles were hardest hit with 15,644 registrations, compared with 23,933 the previous year (down by 34.6%). The passenger car total of 54,404 was reduced by 25.9% on 2008 volume. “December is traditionally a quiet month for new vehicle sales and last year was no exception” said Mr Kerr, Chief Executive Officer of the Motor Industry Association. “We saw 3,973 new passenger car registrations and 1,012 commercials – both figures down on the comparable numbers for 2008. Clearly the financial crisis has had a dramatic impact on new vehicle sales” said Mr Kerr. “Members of the Association however had anticipated this and the final numbers were in line with industry forecasts. The New Zealand car market has not had the benefit of support schemes such as “cash for clunkers” or “accelerated business depreciation” that have been implemented in other markets. Accordingly the industry has faced the full force of the recession. Looking forward we see small growth with numbers starting to improve from the second quarter of this year”, he said. Mr Kerr continued that the new vehicle industry has weathered the storm well; MIA members have reduced stock with the number of unsold new vehicles at an all time low, to a point where customers are having to wait for some of the more popular models – in fact this is a return to the days of past. For December we saw Mazda jump to number two spot for passenger car registrations with 476 sales – an all time record for the company. Toyota has taken out all of the top spots for both December 2009 and for the full year selling the most commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles and top selling model. Overall they finished with 21.7% of the total market. Ford and Holden finished number two and number three respectively. The luxury car market, compared to the mass market, has weathered the economic conditions well, with Audi taking the top spot for this segment. BMW and Mercedes Benz increased their market share – both moving up two places on the sales table. Hyundai has also taken advantage of the adverse trading conditions jumping four places to number five, increasing their total market share to 7.2%. Their Korean associate Kia captured 3.05% of the total market. Others in the top fifteen to show improvement in overall market share include Subaru, Mazda, Nissan and Volkswagen. The top selling model for the year was the Toyota Corolla followed by the Holden Commodore with Suzuki Swift taking out number three spot.

Thursday January 7th, 2010
A strong start for Motor Industry recruitment is evident in the first week of trading for 2010 boding well for those looking for automotive jobs this year. Increased enquiry is now being received from both job seekers and motor industry employers in anticipation of a more buoyant 2010 trading period with significant shortages forecast by Automotive Employment NZ by June of this year. This will be a good time for off shore migrants to start planning relocation to NZ as your arrival could coincide with the improved trading conditions. NZ based job seekers will also benefit from early enquiry in 2010 as often a surge in vacancies emerge early in the year.

Tuesday January 5th, 2010
The recruitment team at Automotive Employment NZ are now back from annual leave, for the purpose of candidate feedback we are responding to all enquiries received during the Christmas period. Due to the high levels of email enquiry we anticipate it may take several hours to clear any back logged emails.

Friday January 1st, 2010
Happy New Year from the recruitment team at Automotive Employment NZ, we remind those seeking automotive jobs or staff that we will be open from January 5 after our short Christmas break.

Friday December 25th, 2009
Merry Christmas and our best wishes for the season from Automotive Employment NZ. We trust you all have a safe and enjoyable Christmas.

Wednesday December 23rd, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New year, we will be taking a short break over Christmas from the morning of the 24th of December to Tuesday January 5, 2010. We encourage job applicants to send your job applications into us during this time so we can promptly respond to enquires upon our return.

Tuesday December 22nd, 2009
Immigration is good for business according to business leaders from Asia Pacific, North America and Europe and according to an online survey conducted by the Economist, 80% of 501 business executive respondents indicated that immigrants helped fill specific skill gaps and staffing needs. The report said “The results clearly indicate a belief that foreign workers are seen as a critical component of a workforce that includes predominantly domestic workers, complemented by foreign workers”. But, nearly nine out of 10 said they faced significant challenges to hiring foreign workers, including language and cultural barriers, limited quotas and visa processes being too long, complicated and costly. More than a quarter said regulations made it difficult to hire a sufficient number of foreign workers, and the report says policymakers need to address this need.

Monday December 21st, 2009
The biggest influx of new migrants since 2004 was the news this morning with New Zealands population set to swell by 20’000, Automotive Employment NZ has also noted an increase in migrants in the motor industry but associates this increase with migrants on temporary work permits feeling a need to process permanent residency quickly. The country has gained more than net 20,000 permanent and long term (PLT) migrants during 2009 after a net 2,501 PLT migrants arrived during November. This brought the total net arrivals during the calendar year to the end of November to 19,882. Departures fell 27 per cent in November from a year ago, while arrivals fell 2.4 per cent. The year to November 2009 had the highest permanent and long-term net migration since the year to July 2004, figures released by Statistics New Zealand show. There were 20,021 net arrivals in the 12 months to November, up from 3,569 in the year to November 2008. The Reserve Bank and housing forecasters watch net migration figures closely for an indication of housing demand given previous influxes have helped drive up house prices through 2002, 2003 and 2004, although previous influxes were driven more by arrivals rather than a lack of departures.

Friday December 18th, 2009
This week NZ Treasury opened their books for the half year economic and fiscal update which shows how the Government and country are doing economically, “supporting jobs has been the Government's focus for most of the year" said Bill English, NZ Minster of finance, the most heartening news in the update was that 64,000 fewer jobs are now forecast to be lost from the economy than predicted in the Budget. The updated forecasts showed a better economic outlook than Budget 2009. The recession was not as deep as originally feared and growth is expected to be slightly stronger over the next four years.

Thursday December 17th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ has today added a technicians productivity calculator for employer clients wishing to analyse potential labour sales, this calculator can be found by clicking into the employer section of the home page and is useful for calculating the financial cost of leaving a job vacancy open against listing it with a recruitment agency.

Wednesday December 16th, 2009
The Government's half-yearly accounts paint a better picture for New Zealanders than the Budget and the Prime Minister says "there is light at the end of the tunnel" and New Zealanders can feel more confident they will keep their jobs and we will have a stronger economy in 2010. Finance Minister Bill English said the revised job figures were "the best news in the half-year economic and fiscal update". While employment will continue to fall, the size of the fall will be less than forecast. The Budget forecast that the economy would have 124,000 fewer jobs in September next year than it had two years before. The Treasury now forecasts that there will be 60,000 fewer jobs. Quite a dramatic difference and as reasons for being optimistic are not easily found, this one looks pretty good.

Tuesday December 15th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ reports increased salary enquiries from motor industry employees seeking jobs, the hope of many resting on their ability to improve earnings in 2010. The enquiry is across all market sectors with the interpretation from leading recruitment companies being a significant increase in job listings commencing 2010. While we stress that right now is the time to be applying for a role due to lesser competition from other applicants there is no doubting the projected increase in the more interesting jobs emerging is welcome news. The new roles are expected to be listed early 2010.

Friday December 11th, 2009
Those looking for motor industry jobs from todays date through to January 15 2010 will note the momentum tends to slow during this period, particularly so leading up to Christmas, as we were just reminded by another prominent job board “this is a perfect time to take advantage of the job-seeker lull” so get online and get your application in for the best results possible.... nows good!

Thursday December 10th, 2009
Cautious optimism was expressed today by the NZ reserve bank, this mirrors the actions of motor industry employers here in NZ, many of which have left decisions on expansion till the start of 2010; reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard said: “The New Zealand economy continues to recover but there remains considerable uncertainty about the durability of the expansion. “Global activity has continued to rebound. Most obviously, activity in Australia, China and emerging Asia continues to increase and solid growth is expected over the next few years. “The picture is more mixed in the major developed economies. While activity is expanding, sustained growth is not assured. Financial sectors are still impaired in a number of economies and economic activity is still heavily dependent on policy support. “In New Zealand, the economy continues to recover, reflecting improved world growth, higher export commodity prices, increased government spending and housing strength. A key uncertainty is the extent to which higher house prices are eventually reflected in increased consumer spending. At this point credit growth remains subdued suggesting households are being relatively cautious. “While business confidence has improved, actual business spending remains weak. In addition, the high level of the New Zealand dollar has limited the scope for exports to contribute to the recovery. After some short-term correction the current account deficit is expected to widen in the future. “Annual CPI inflation is expected to remain below 2 percent until early 2011 and track within the target range over the medium term. “The economy is being assisted by both monetary and fiscal policy support. As growth becomes self sustaining, fiscal consolidation would help reduce the work that monetary policy might otherwise need to do. “If the economy continues to recover, conditions may support beginning to remove monetary stimulus around the middle of 2010. Recent tightening in financial conditions, driven by a higher exchange rate, increased long-term interest rates and a wider gap between the OCR and bank funding costs, reduces the need for more immediate action.”

Wednesday December 9th, 2009
As the recruitment market gears up for unprecedented post recession staff turnover due to large numbers of job seekers holding off employment decisions, those seeking jobs should heed the wisdom expressed by the CEO of one of New Zealands largest international recruiters. He comments,“the job interview processes has changed considerably, those changing jobs post-recession will notice a very different job interview than they would have experienced just 18 months ago. Don’t expect employers to try to sell the prospect of coming to work for them, the shoe is on the other foot” Automotive Employment NZ concurs with these findings and notes employer expectations are high in terms of quality expectations. This is perhaps a natural reaction resulting from the higher standards companies have had to embrace during the harsher trading conditions: All this said, it is certainly a welcome change to be discussing “post recession” commentary. Keep an eye on the www.automotiveemployment.co.nz website because the market is about to heat up and will produce some of the best vacancies seen in many months. Job applicants nationwide are now increasingly recognising the Automotive Employment NZ job board is a reliable source of ever changing jobs and our new branch in Christchurch will be opening for our valued South Island candidates in the first quarter of 2010.

Tuesday December 8th, 2009
For new migrants looking for Motor Industry Employment in New Zealand the time to start making enquiries is right now as the industry gears up for the peak recruitment period approaching soon. Our consultants are some of the most skilled in this market sector and are ready to start assisting you to find the right jobs here in NZ.

Monday December 7th, 2009
Car sales figures still in line with industry forecast were reported by the Chief executive of the motor industry association, Perry Kerr, with November new car sales of 4,486. While these figures are down on last month’s registrations and November 2008 figures, they were in line with the industry forecast for 2009 boding well for automotive jobs leading up to 2010. November 2008 saw the new car market tip quite dramatically in direct response to the economic downturn coupled with the collapse of a number of car finance companies. At that point the new car industry predicted that 2009 would be a very difficult year with sales anticipated to be down by up to 30% on recent years. Mr Kerr, Chief Executive Officer, said that this prediction was “right on the money. We have to remember that this time last year we were coming off the end of a six year boom in the car sales market. The industry is now leaner to meet current market conditions.” New car registrations for November were 4,486, with commercial sales of 1,249. The commercial sales figure while up on October was well down on November 2008. Toyota continued as market leader in November with Ford and Holden rounding out the top three marques in the new passenger vehicle sector. Toyota also topped the commercial vehicle sales followed by Holden and Nissan. Year to date, Toyota still leads with overall total market share of 23.28%, followed by Ford with 10.85% and Holden with 9.83%. October saw the Suzuki Swift as the top selling passenger model, followed by the Toyota Corolla and in third place the Ford Falcon. Year to date figures show the Toyota Corolla still continuing as the country’s best-selling model with sales of 4,335 units sold, ahead of the Holden Commodore with 2,705 units and the Suzuki Swift with 2,174 units.

Friday December 4th, 2009
Job applicants and employer clients should note that Automotive Employment NZ will not be open on Friday December 4 due to our company Christmas fuction. This year the team will enjoy the day on Waiheke Island visiting Mudbrick resturant and Vineyards. www.mudbrick.co.nz

Thursday December 3rd, 2009
In a recent newsletter, prominent New Zealand job board, SEEK claims seven out of ten job seekers are presently browsing once a week with two in five looking to leave their current employer within the next six months, the news article continues suggesting that as economic conditions begin to improve, this could signal a trend of high staff turnover in the New Year.

Wednesday December 2nd, 2009
The Motor Industry Association was briefed recently by Infometrics on the state of the economy and their presentation was guardedly optimistic, indicating that the recession is over and we are on a recovery path, albeit a tenous and slow one. November sales figures for the new vehicle market are due to be released in the next few days and initial indications are that a slight decrease on last November’s figures is expected.

Tuesday December 1st, 2009
Jobs in the motor industry continued to increase during November with the sudden emergence of the more senior technical management roles leading the way. A 45.6% increase in job listings was measured from March, 2009, to current date. View our jobs on the Automotive Employment NZ job board. Similar increases are believed to be occurring with jobs in the Australian markets showing the resilience of developed countries in the Southern Hemisphere.

Monday November 30th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ launches the new job seeker support section of this website where you will find job seeking tips, interviewing skills, how to maximise your email application, newsletters, our opinion of current wage rates in the NZ Motor industry and much more.

Friday November 27th, 2009
The first ever job seeker newsletter has just gone live at on this website and can be found in the new “job seeker support section” The job seeker newsletter compliments the employer/client correspondence we already send out regularly. In this edition you will find information about the immediate past recession, immigration issues and more.

Thursday November 26th, 2009
Diesel Mechanics back on the long term shortages list was the news Immigration NZ reported this morning with the second release of the long term shortages list for 2009. Automotive Employment NZ had been actively lobbying Immigration NZ when it became apparent skills shortages were evident in many areas of NZ and this wasn’t being recognised by INZ. To the department's absolute credit employers looking for specific product skills such as farm machinery mechanics or product/brand skills will now be able to employ off-shore workers in this category who demonstrate the skills required. At the same time Automotive Employment NZ have been working with any remaining New Zealand unemployed skilled workers affected by the immediate past recession to ensure New Zealanders are NOT left out in the cold and without work. Off shore applicants seeking work as a Diesel Mechanic here in NZ will need specific product experience to be successful in securing employment, but our licensed immigration adviser tells us that with these job offers the process of achieving work permits is much improved. We thank the Motor Trade Association for their assistance in helping Automotive Employment NZ have Diesel Mechanics reinstated.

Wednesday November 25th, 2009
New Zealands’ annual net migration rose to a five-year high in October driven by a drop in kiwis departing overseas, boding well for housing demand and the consumer goods to fill them including vehicles and other retail motor industry products. House prices hit a 10-year high in October, adding to speculation Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard raise interest rates early next year as the economy picks up pace.

Tuesday November 24th, 2009
Bank of New Zealand monthly surveys show a net 56% of business clients forecast an improving economy in the year ahead compared to just 15% at the same time last year, compare this to additional analysis attained from Automotive Employment NZ employer client surveys and the outlook for 2010 is looking bright indeed for the New Zealand Motor Industry. While the recovery is still seen by many as “fragile” it is apparent confidence is returning to both employers and employees, the first improvement was felt in the light vehicle sector closely followed by heavy transport and farm machinery. The same “grass shoots” comments are now being made by construction equipment and forklift companies which should translate to across the board employment opportunities in all sectors being available by March 2010 assuming the rate of improvement continues at todays rate. Bank of New Zealand monthly surveys shows a net 56% of business clients forecast an improving economy in the year ahead compared to just 15% at the same time last year, compare this to additional analysis attained from Automotive Employment NZ employer client surveys and the outlook for 2010 is looking bright indeed for the New Zealand Motor Industry. While the recovery is still seen by many as “fragile” it is apparent confidence is returning to both employers and employees, the first improvement was felt in the light vehicle sector closely followed by heavy transport and farm machinery. The same “grass shoots” comments are now being made by construction equipment and forklift companies which should translate to across the board employment opportunities in all sectors being available by March 2010 assuming the rate of improvement continues at todays rate.

Monday November 23rd, 2009
Motor Industry employers and those seeking jobs are at odds to what fair pay is according to news reports from three recruitment companies; these observations also match our own findings and results from our job board applications. It would seem that having suffered harsh times in the immediate past recession employees are now voting with their feet in order to gain pay rises. On the other side, employers are observing the NZ unemployment rate rising and translating this to an abundance of available skill. If Automotive Employment NZ had to make a call on what is actually happening, verses reality, we are now in a rare neutral market position. This means that it is reasonably difficult to find good skills but an excess of abundant positions are not available which is leading to the occasional stalemate between employer and employee as to what constitutes fair remuneration. We will be reviewing our salary survey in the next few days and anticipate minor increases in income for some employees has occurred over the past two to three months. The most obvious change is in the vehicle sales sector where pressure on retainers is becoming an obstacle for employers and welcome news for some employees. The salary section of our website can be found in the employer section best navigated from the home page.

Friday November 20th, 2009
Vehicle sales are now up in both New Zealand and Australia with car sales volumes recently having been reported as increasing for the first time in Australia for 16 months, simultaneously the motor industry association of NZ reports heartening sales volumes.

Thursday November 19th, 2009
Toyota Motor Corp ends global slump with vehicle sales rising to 5 percent in October to about 640,000 units, marking the first year-on-year increase in 15 months, the world's biggest automaker reported on Wednesday.

Wednesday November 18th, 2009
The November 2009, Automotive Employment NZ client newsletter is now live on this site with motor industry employers and interested job seekers having the ability to review the newsletter from the employer section. In this edition we discuss the following: Australian motor industry increasingly forced to target NZ's skilled workers, skills shortages looming in the next twelve months, top candidates available right now.

Tuesday November 17th, 2009
News in this mornings national papers indicate Immigration NZ have just brought in a new category for migrant investors, under the new “entrepreneur plus immigration category,” effective November 30, entrepreneurial migrants who create at least 3 jobs for New Zealanders and invest NZ$500’000 may qualify for conditional work permits and residency. Further information can be obtained by speaking with our recommended immigration advisers’ golden sands migration. www.goldensandsmigration.co.nz

Monday November 16th, 2009
Those who believe New Zealand is heading out of the global recession have plenty of support from the latest car sales statistics, In the quarter ended September 31 (Q3), 14,483 new passenger car sales were registered, this is a 23% increase on sales during the June Q2 quarter, when 11,808 vehicles were sold. However sales for 2009 to date are still 25% down on the corresponding 2008 figure, with extremely low sales between January and April skewing this figure. Although still down 21% from September 2008, commercial vehicle sales showed a sharp 25% increase over August. November and December are picked by Automotive Employment NZ to again provide an upward swing.

Friday November 13th, 2009
Further immigration, employment and recruitment difficulties for Australia’s motor industry may be on the horizon as an Australian Labour MP outlines his 14 point plan to reduce Australia’s population, and one of his proposals is to limit the number of New Zealanders crossing the Tasman to live and obtain Australian jobs in his quest to reach a net annual migration target of 70,000. MP Kelvin Thomson seeks to restrict the number of “automatic places” available for New Zealanders to the number of departures from Australia over and above 25,000. He also states that New Zealand personnel should be competing for skilled migrant places along with people of other nationalities. The implications for New Zealand automotive industry skilled light car, truck and heavy equipment staff and Australian recruitment agencies should be self – evident. Changes may become more evident with decreasing job board vacancies for Australian positions in the future.

Thursday November 12th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ congratulates Winger Hyundai on being named the Hyundai dealer of the year for 2009, Winger Hyundai picked up a spectacular total of five awards during the Hyundai Motor industry dealer awards.

Wednesday November 11th, 2009
The latest NZ household labour force survey for the September 2009 Quarter is now live on our website and shows the September quarter, 6,5% is still lower than initially expected comparing favourably to the worldwide OECD figure of 8,6%, cut and paste the following url to review historical labour force surveys in NZ dating back to 2004 www.automotiveemployment.co.nz/labourforcesurvey.html

Tuesday November 10th, 2009
Fonterra payout good news for rural motor industry and farm machinery sector was the news today with economists suggesting the payout will lift farmers’ joint incomes by between 1,2 Billion and 1,3 Billion. Such news is hoped to provide a boost to the farm machinery sector with many farmers having taken a conservative approach to investment in recent times. Light commercials vehicles such as utilities, farm bikes may also benefit with improving conditions likely in many rural sectors.

Monday November 9th, 2009
The Automotive Employment NZ job board was once again boosted with an extra 7 vacancies in 7 days, Auckland based job applicants should keep an eye out this week as our team will be out and about seeking out quality jobs around Auckland.

Friday November 6th, 2009
Recent changes released on the 23rd September this year by Australian Immigration are tipped to positively affect the flow of migrants into New Zealand with Australia now becoming recognsied as a difficult location to migrate to. Initial indications awaiting further validation indicate that new legislation has all but closed the door to skilled migrants, that is, any application for residency of Australia via the skilled visa will not now be looked at until 2012. The only exceptions are those in an area of absolute skill shortage, but you are required to work for the employer for 4 years.

Thursday November 5th, 2009
The latest figures released by statistics NZ indicate the unemployment rate has now risen to just 6,5%, well below earlier predictions; this means a far greater level of employment than earlier forecast, more good news.... also indicates that in the September 2009 quarter, salary and wage rates (including overtime) increased 0.5 percent, following a 0.3 percent increase in the June 2009 quarter.

Wednesday November 4th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ wishes David Vinsen CEO of the Imported Motor Vehicle Industry Association [IMVIA formally known as IMVDA] good luck for the epic 10,428km traverse of Patagonia. Aside from David being accompanied by brothers David and Richard the team includes 11 members who have began the expedition with equipment arriving at Valparaiso in Chile. The expedition officially starts in Vina Del Mar, riding a variety of Dakar style motor cycles to Tierra del Fuego to Fin del Mundo (End of the earth) in Ushuaia, turn around and head North, back to Vina Del Mar. The journey and its progress can be followed by cutting and pasting the following url into your browser as the team has an active blog http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/North-Island/Northland/Kaitaia/blog-437745.html

Tuesday November 3rd, 2009
While unemployment has risen during the tougher economic trading period of the immediate past recession, Bill English, New Zealands finance minister this week broke the news that unemployment is now tipped to peak at 7%. This is considerably lower than initially expected here in NZ and will save 20’000 jobs should this forecast come to pass. Applicants will note by reviewing past news bulletins this prediction was made several months ago by Automotive Employment NZ and that a return to shortages for the New Zealand motor industry could occur as early as July 2010.

Thursday October 29th, 2009
News news from Motor Industry Association CEO Perry Kerr highlights September sales as "heartening" September sales figures for new passenger cars showed that 5593 were registered, the highest month recorded thus far in 2009. September’s passenger sales were up 21% on August, though down 16% on September last year. Although still down 21% from September 2008 commercial vehicle sales showed a sharp 25% increase on this August, up to 1453 registrations. “It is encouraging to see that September was the highest month for passenger sales in eleven months,” says Kerr. “The pick-up in the economy is starting to flow through to vehicle sales however we remain cautious until we see more of a definitive and sustained increase in sales figures” he said. Toyota, Ford and Holden were still the top three marques in the new passenger vehicle sector with Toyota, Ford and Mitsubishi the top three in commercial sales. Year to date, Toyota leads with overall total market share of 20.15% compared to Ford with 12.35% and Holden with 9.25%. September saw the Toyota Corolla as the top selling passenger model, followed by the Ford Falcon and in third place the Holden Commodore. Year to date figures show the Toyota Corolla still continues as the country’s best-selling model with sales of 3034 units sold, ahead of the Holden Commodore with 2145 units and the Suzuki Swift with 1804 units. ENDS.

Tuesday October 20th, 2009
A new automotive sales training initiative is currently being assessed by Automotive Employment NZ, those interested in sales training jobs are encouraged to review the management section of our job board at the earliest opportunity.

Tuesday October 20th, 2009
Job applicants should be aware that yesterday Telecom NZ who is the major supplier of internet in New Zealand had major outages, it is entirely possible that if you have not heard from Automotive Employment NZ in the last 24 hours that we may not have received your application. The period affected was from 9am till 10pm NZ time on Monday October 19.

Wednesday October 14th, 2009
A full upgrade of all jobs on our job board occurs on this site several times a week, as those seeking motor industry jobs in NZ will note the Automotive Employment NZ job board is arguably one of the most reliable sources of job vacancies specific to the motor industry in New Zealand. We attempt to provide a solid source of automotive jobs throughout NZ at all levels.

Tuesday October 13th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ highlights to Wellington, New Plymouth and Hamilton job seekers we have listed 20 vacancies in these regions in the past 7 days, check out the jobs that are now live on our job board.

Monday October 12th, 2009
New Zealands jobless total reduces during September with the main centers of Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury leading the charge with more jobs created than lost. This was the news reported in leading newspapers throughout NZ heralding renewed hopes that the immediate past recession will have not created unemployment rates anywhere near as high as first forecast. The outlook for employment in the motor industry is now looking increasingly bright with Automotive Employment NZ highlighting significant shortages by mid 2010.

Friday October 2nd, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ highlight an increase in automotive vacancies listed on this site from Monday so keep watch for the following roles: Assistant service manager Auckland, service advisor Greymouth, Fleet Manager Flaghsip site Auckland, Vehicle Sales new central Auckland and five separate roles for automotive technicians in Auckland. The roles will be followed up with a series of farm machinery positions and various roles through central and lower North Island next week.

Friday September 25th, 2009
Motor industry job listings and automotive companies seeking to employ staff continue to increase on prominent job boards this month. Automotive Employment estimates this increase in Motor industry vacancies to be as high as 40% within a period of three months. This is not to say the job market is easy as it was prior to December 2007 but certainly the improvements will be welcome news to those who have been displaced from their employment.

Thursday September 24th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ alerts Motor Industry applicants looking for South Island Jobs to review our own vacancy for South Island Recruitment Manager. This ad can be located in the management vacancies section of our job board.

Thursday September 24th, 2009
New Zealand is now officially and technically out of recession according to front page news this morning. Only just our of recession but the 0.1% rise in GDP was described as being “statically significant.”

Monday September 21st, 2009
New Zealand employers are being urged to prepare for a possible return to a labour shortage as the number of job advertisements starts to rise, according to an article published today on one top New Zealand news site. "The economy is starting to improve and the rise in job ads suggests confidence is starting to return and employers are starting to hire again especially in Auckland," the NZ managing director of one of New Zealands largest recruitment companies. Employers who delayed their hiring decisions could be caught "in a competitive spiral like the market experienced 15 months ago, which saw businesses vie for the few top candidates in high demand". This featured article is only one of many referring to New Zealands return to economic strength and comes well ahead of the recovery for many other OECD countries.

Friday September 18th, 2009
Its official, the recession is abating or at least it is at at Automotive Employment NZ and the recovery we hoped to commence in September 2009 is starting to become a reality. News is Automotive Employment NZ is now committed to expansion here in NZ further cementing our position as leader in this market here in NZ. Watch this space, developments are well advanced. “Keep it Kiwi” and support NZ’s own Motor Industry recruitment company

Thursday September 10th, 2009
New Zealand top job boards report increases of 5 to 17% in terms of new jobs being advertised and once again this trend is mirrored at Automotive Employment NZ. One of more established websites claims that during the recession the number of jobs live on the site fell from nearly 11,000 ads to a low of 5600. Yesterday this company reported an average increase of 600 ads in a three month period. Automotive Employment NZ believe it will not be long till the NZ motor industry experiences shortages at a magnitude never before seen.

Tuesday September 8th, 2009
“New Zealands recession is probably over” was the news head lining New Zealand papers and news boards early this morning which is encouraging news for the NZ Motor Industry. On September 7, 2009 the NZ treasury department indicated the economy is likely to expand in the current quarter ending September.30, reflecting rising business confidence and consumer demand. “Signs of renewed growth means the labour market wont deteriorate as much as expected said the Treasury.” Here at Automotive Employment NZ we have been witnessing an improving market since March 2009, directly inline with increased dealer sales in the light automotive sector. The heavy diesel sector is only now showing the same green shoots improvement the light automotive sector did. In our opinion extensive job vacancies will start to emerge in forthcoming months; particularly so in the technical sector and associated support staff. In direct contrast to predictions of increasing unemployment; Automotive Employment NZ predicts we have taken the first step towards skills shortages in the NZ motor industry of a magnitude never experienced previously and lets face it NZ has had skills shortages for years! In explaining why we feel this will occur, we have assessed that NZ has some 4’100 employer/members in the MTA. Just concentrating on this group It is perhaps not unreasonable, in our opinion, to expect the increase in business from the recovery may create new jobs. Should just 25% of MTA members employ only one extra person in the next 12 months, this will equate to 1’025 extra staff needed over a period extending to late 2010. NZ was well positioned prior to going into recession and the recovery, now it is underway could be much stronger than many expect.

Friday September 4th, 2009
News from the MIA indicates the motor industry is hopeful of car sales boost with warmer weather. Figures for new passenger vehicle sales in New Zealand showed that 4,417 were registered in August, down 1.2 percent on July’s registration figures. 1,076 commercial vehicles were registered in August, a drop of 15% from the 1,267 registered in July. “The good news for passenger car sales is that it is not the lowest monthly total in our historical figures - we experienced similar numbers in 1992/93. Aso year to date this number is the fourth highest month,” says Motor Industry Association CEO Perry Kerr. Despite the continued slide in sales, Kerr says the results were to be expected “It is still difficult trading conditions, the year to date total is in line with our revised industry forecast, overall the results were to be expected,” says Kerr. “The winter months are always slower for the industry, we are hopeful that with the first days of spring and warmer times ahead that the market will pick up.” Toyota, Ford and Holden were still the top three marques in the new passenger vehicle sector with Toyota, Ford and Mitsubishi the top three in commercial sales. Year to date, Toyota leads with overall market share of 19.17 per cent compared to Ford with 12.42 per cent and Holden with 9.34 per cent. For August the Holden Commodore was the top selling passenger model, followed by Toyota Corolla and in third place the Ford Mondeo. Year to date figures show the Toyota Corolla still continues as the country’s best-selling model with sales of 2,363 units sold, ahead of the Holden Commodore with 1,855 units and the Suzuki Swift with 1,587 units.

Tuesday September 1st, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ today warmly welcomes Mike Perez as an additional new consultant to our team; Mike joins our team after serving 13 years in a wide variety of senior management positions within the New Zealand motor industry accumulating to the level of National Sales Manager for the second largest motor vehicle distributor in New Zealand. During this period he also represented the Motor Industry Association [MIA] on the Motor Industry Training Organisation's Board of Directors for over four years. Employers and job seekers will find Mike well connected in the industry by any standards with the benefits of this for both job seekers and employer clients being self evident. A full profile on Mike's background will be posted on the Our People section of this website shortly.

Monday August 31st, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ reports job listings have risen 18% in the past two months and now predicts major shortages in the motor vehicle industry by March 2010. These predictions have arisen from the many redundancies New Zealand employers made during the period commencing September 2008 to September 2009. It is noted by our recruitment company that many motor industries employees moved away from the trade during this period. As an example of why we are predicting mass shortages; it is noted there are 4100 registered members of the MTA. [Motor Trade Association] Should 50% of members experience an upswing in business as New Zealand comes out of recession in the next 12 months and employ just one extra person this will mean an extra 2100 vacancies emerging. This upswing in business is obviously not such an unlikely situation given New Zealand was well positioned economically prior to the recession and therefore may bounce back quicker than many other OECD countries. Whether such shortages will indeed happen as we suspect they will be open to debate, however, employers should note that precisely the same situation occurred immediately after the 1990 to 1992 recession caused by the stock market crash when employers stopped taking on new apprentices and made redundancies. While the number of vacancies that become available in the market place will be debated by many, there will be little debate that job opportunities will increase for those seeking employment in the near future.

Monday August 31st, 2009
Out latest Motor Industry recruitment newsletter is now on line for employers and employees interested in the content which includes; changes to immigration policy and how they affect the motor industry. The recruitment market during the recession. List of national job seekers looking for employment. Return of candidate shortages. National skills shortages and actions taken by the Ministry of social development. For those that have been unable to open the attached PDF, we will post an online version later today. The newsletter is found by either cutting and pasting the following url into your browser http://www.automotiveemployment.co.nz/employers.html or by visiting the employer section, best navigated from the home page of this website.

Tuesday August 25th, 2009
Forthcoming immigration expos for skilled migrants seeking jobs, work permits and permanent residency in NZ will be attended by our partner company Golden Sands Migration during October. Should you wish to attend the expo the following dates apply: Thursday 01 October 2009, 7.30pm The Park Hotel, Dunningsbridge Road, Netherton, Aintree, Liverpool Monday 5 October 2009, 7.30pm The Holiday Inn Kenilworth, Abbey End, Warwickshire Golden Sands Migration (NZ) Ltd is partnering with World First, The National Bank of New Zealand, Jones Law and Anglo Pacific to hold special skilled migrant seminars in Liverpool and Coventry. There is no entry fee and supper will be provided. Learn more about getting your visa, finding a job and relocating to New Zealand. Talk to professionals who can help make your move as smooth and as stress free as possible. Information about the content of the seminars will be available shortly. Go to the contact us section and send Automotive Employment NZ an email to register your interest now!

Tuesday August 25th, 2009
The Automotive Employment NZ migrant support section has today been updated to comply with Immigration NZ requirements for licensing; this best navigated by clicking the “migrant support” section on the left hand navigation panel. We have chosen to partner with Golden Sands Migration who is a fully licensed immigration adviser for their sound ethical reputation and cost effective pricing. Automotive Employment NZ are now better positioned than most to assist new migrants to NZ with motor industry backgrounds. Our support includes also includes our own packing/unpacking and relocations company, a GPS navigation and tracking company to help you find your way around when you get here and of course the new association with Golden Sands that now completes the loop. Keep an eye out on this website for future developments as Automotive Employment NZ is entering a strong expansion phase over the remainder of 2009.

Thursday August 20th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ has now listed the latest statistics on unemployment which have remained remarkably low at just 6%, it would seem NZ is holding up better than most other OECD countries despite the increase in the unemployment rate, The unemployment rate still remains lower than the average of the OECD of 8.3% . New Zealand has been less affected by global events and is in a relatively better position than most other countries. This is due to factors such as having a strong labour market position when the downturn began, tax cuts and large reductions in interest rates. The NZ Motor industry in our opinion will soon face the challenge of extensive skills shortages once again. The new update can be found by going to the migrant support section and looking for the globe on the left hand side of this page or by cutting and pasting the following link into your browser. http://www.automotiveemployment.co.nz/labourforcesurvey.html

Friday August 14th, 2009
Overall retail sales in New Zealand increased in June compared to May thanks in large part to automotive sales. Excluding vehicles, sales were lower. Statistics NZ reported Friday that overall retail sales for June increased 0.1 percent from May. June retail sales excluding motor vehicle related sales were lower by 0.4 percent.

Friday August 14th, 2009
Management roles in the motor industry are now starting to reappear after a brief disappearance during a tougher economic market. Candidates seeking to secure these roles are encouraged to commence speaking with your consultant at Automotive Employment NZ at the earliest opportunity; it highly unlikely many of these roles will make it to the job board.

Monday August 10th, 2009
On the 5th of August 10 2009 Automotive Employment NZ has purchased the domain name autojobs.co.nz. The domain had belonged to our direct competitors who have ceased trading. Automotive Employment NZ Limited will announce plans for our use of the URL in due course and stress we have no financial connection with Autojobs other than having purchased their domain name.

Sunday August 2nd, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ appoints an additional recruitment consultant details of which will be posted in due course.

Tuesday July 28th, 2009
Feedback from many sectors of the NZ motor industry now indicate a strong increase in business and an increase in automotive and heavy automotive jobs becoming apparent around the country. While the market will need to continue along current trading trends to achieve a full recovery indications are that NZ could move out of recession as early as September 2009.

Thursday July 23rd, 2009
Shortly after the Immigration NZ review of labour shortages and the removal of mechanics from the Long term shortages list [LTSSL] Automotive Employment NZ has now moved to lobby against the removal of mechanics through NZ Immigration and the Ministry of Social development; our consultancy strongly believes in protecting the interests of NZ employees but where shortages are evident we feel removal of mechanics from this list is not helpful, particularly at a time when the economic recovery has become self evident.

Tuesday July 21st, 2009
New Vehicle Sales in June Continue Increase; there has been another lift in the sale of new vehicles in New Zealand with June’s new car sales figures showing an eight per cent increase over May’s registrations. “This is another encouraging sign that the New Zealand new car market is through the worst,” says Perry Kerr, CEO of the Motor Industry Association. “Both new car and light commercial sales increased over May’s totals, which themselves were an improvement from the very low sales volumes in April, one of the industry’s worst ever months.” In June, a total of 4,306 new cars were registered, compared to 3,979 in May this year, an 8.2 per cent increase. Registrations totaling 1,812 units in the new commercial vehicle sector produced a 37.8 per cent increase in volume over the previous month. The total new vehicle market for 2009 looks to be approximately two-thirds the level of 2008 with forecast new car and commercial sales of between 50,000 to 60,000 units expected for the full year. Kerr says overseas trends indicate that other major markets are now through the worst of the low sales volumes. “It seems we’re following these trends in New Zealand, which is very encouraging. With June’s total, we’re on track for these predicted 2009 figures.” In terms of market share, Toyota continues as the market leader in both new cars and commercial vehicle sectors. Toyota’s overall market share of 19.3 per cent puts it in front of Ford with 12.4 per cent and Holden with 8.9 per cent year to date. The Toyota Corolla is the country’s best-selling model, ahead of the Holden Commodore and the Suzuki Swift.

Thursday July 16th, 2009
Great news for those in NZ seeking automotive jobs or off shore waiting to arrive; it has been observed by Automotive Employment NZ that auto jobs listed throughout the country have increased by nearly 25% in the past two months. Top of the jobs listed have been sales vacancies followed closely by truck and tractor/farm machinery mechanics. Of considerable interest is the reemergence of Key appointment placements with Automotive Employment NZ in discussions relating to five new vacancies about to surface.

Wednesday July 15th, 2009
New Zealand recovery will be ahead of the pack was the headline in the business section of the NZ Herald today with reserve bank Governor, Dr Allan Bollard commenting “Early signs of global recovery have now emerged; we have avoided a repeat of the great depression.” Westpac Chief Economist in it’s July overview backed these comments by saying “if it were not for the swine flu threat we would say the recession has already ended.”

Wednesday July 15th, 2009
Statistics New Zealand reports the largest monthly rise in retail sales since November 2007 although motor vehicle retailing dropped 1,9% during May, this was however after a recorded increase the previous month of 0,9% according to the statistics NZ website. Full details are available www.stats.govt.nz. In the interim Automotive Employment NZ has noted a marked rise in motor industry business confidence with companies reporting falls and rises in terms of sales success but strong confidence in future sales. It is interesting to note the comparative increase in vehicle sales that occurred in June as reported in our article July 10, 2009 below.

Tuesday July 14th, 2009
News off the Motor Trade Assocation Website expresses concerns that skilled migrants who are making a real contribution are not getting a fair deal on work permit extension. MTA spokesman, Andy Cuming, said that those migrants who in the past had responded to New Zealand’s call for skilled workers, who have retained their jobs, and continued to enjoy the support of their employers in ongoing employment, should be granted an extension of their existing work permits. “Certain sectors have only just recently been re-assigned as no longer having skill shortages, and one of these is in the area of automotive technology,” said Andy Cuming. “We have enjoyed the contribution that a number of skilled migrants have made to our industry and our economy. “There are cases now where permits are not being extended, and hard working contributors are being advised they are no longer required in our country, despite their employers wanting to retain their services.” Andy Cuming said that changing the rules for these workers was not a fair deal for them or their employers. “Both have made a commitment to the continued viability of our businesses, and have enabled those businesses to continue to offer employment to New Zealanders in the broader sense. “Our industry’s call is for these workers to be allowed to now continue their contribution.” Andy Cuming said that it has been reported that the British media have already picked up on this issue that had arisen as an unnecessary and unwelcome consequence of reclassifying skilled shortage areas. “This does our country’s reputation no favours, and works against New Zealand being considered a good destination for future skilled migration as the need arises again when the economy rebounds,” he said. The Motor Trade Association is the largest trade association in the automotive sector, and its member businesses employ more than 40,000 workers throughout New Zealand.

Friday July 10th, 2009
News from new vehicle sales show 4306 new cars were sold in New Zealand and a 8% increase in June car sales according to the Motor Trade Association [MTA] spokesman, Andy Cuming “It certainly is encouraging that June sales levels showed some improvement. General economic conditions did not allow the industry to get the same ‘bump’ it traditionally gets mid-year,” he said. None the less light commercial vehicles were up 38% over May spurred on by National Agricultural Field days. “June results in this sector show promise, and the outlook is brighter with good, well-priced stocks becoming available,” said Andy Cuming.

Friday July 3rd, 2009
The long awaited announcement predicted by Automotive Employment NZ in June 2008 has now become a reality, this announcement affects all migrants in NZ on temporary work permits and those wishing to move to NZ, gain offers and secure permits; following is the except from the immigration NZ website, Long Term Skill Shortage List (LTSSL) biannual review Tuesday, June 30, 2009 The biannual review of the LTSSL, which is administered by the Department of Labour, sees eight occupations removed from the list. The list comprises occupations deemed to be in long term shortage in the New Zealand labour market. The removal of the occupations from the list is the result of extensive consultation with industry groups, other stakeholders and relevant government agencies. Removal of occupations from the LTSSL does not mean employers cannot recruit migrants in those occupations. An employer can demonstrate genuine attempts to recruit a suitable New Zealander, as is the process with all other occupations. If, after the labour market is tested, Immigration New Zealand is satisfied no suitable New Zealanders are available in that location then temporary work permits will still be granted. The occupations being removed from the LTSSL with effect from Thursday, 2 July 2009 are: • Motor Mechanic (General) • Motor Mechanic (Auto Air Conditioning Technicians) • Motor Mechanic (Motor Vehicle Inspectors) • Plumber (General) • Fitter Welder • Diesel Motor Mechanic • Carpenter/Joiner • Cabinet Maker. Skilled Migrant Category The LTSSL is also used for the awarding of bonus points under the Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) for employment, work experience and qualifications in areas of absolute skills shortage. Changes to the SMC will take effect from 2 July 2009 to ensure people whose Expressions of Interest (EOIs) have been drawn from the pool of EOIs are not disadvantaged by an occupation being removed from the LTSSL. EOIs selected that claim points in an area of absolute skills shortage on the basis of an occupation removed from the LTSSL will now continue to be considered as if the occupation had not been removed. Any changes to the LTSSL will not affect the processing of an SMC application that has already been accepted by Immigration New Zealand. Residence from Work policy The LTSSL Residence from Work policy has been amended so people can qualify for residence if they have held a LTSSL Work to Residence work permit for 24 months prior to applying and either: • have an offer of employment in an occupation currently on the LTSSL, or • the offer of employment is in the same occupation for which they were granted the LTSSL Work to Residence work permit (regardless of whether the occupation is currently on the LTSSL). This means that people holding a LTSSL Work to Residence work permit will not be disadvantaged by the removal of occupations from the LTSSL. Recognising this review was due, we encourage new migrants and those potentially affected by the policy to make contact with Automotive Employment NZ or our preferred licensed immigration advisor, Golden sands migration. The article we posted July 2 2009 sheds some light on the more positive aspects for new migrants to focus on and should be considered mandatory reading.

Thursday July 2nd, 2009
Today the Automotive Employment NZ job board features an article for Golden Sands Migration that makes comments regarding changes to the Immigration NZ shortages lists; Glen is a licensed immigration advisor and assists many migrants with motor industry experience along with other skilled migrants…… The removal of some occupations from the Government’s Immediate Skill Shortage List (ISSL) does not mean that all migrants in those professions will be denied the opportunity to live and work in New Zealand. As you may know, the New Zealand Government has recently removed 44 occupations from the ISSL. The announcement has generated concern about what this means for migrants and their ability to obtain a visa. Your occupation does not have to feature on the ISSL or the Long Term Skill Shortage List (LTSSL) in order to successfully obtain a New Zealand work visa/permit. These skill shortage lists were designed by the New Zealand Government in response to gaps in our labour market that we can’t fill with Kiwis. The lists recognise occupations in New Zealand for which we have a greater demand. While it is not essential your occupation is on a skill shortage list, it does have benefits. If your occupation is included on either of these lists, it is unlikely that your work visa application will be subject to a Labour Market Test and processing times can be faster. A Labour Market Test is carried out at the discretion of Immigration NZ to ensure there are no suitable New Zealand residents for the role. These tests only apply to work visas/permits, not permanent residency. In order to meet immigration requirements for a Temporary Work Visa/Permit or Permanent Residency under the Skilled Migrant Category (SMC), here are a few things to remember: • Your offer of employment must be considered ‘skilled’ and feature on the Australian New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO). • Permanent Residency - your offer of skilled employment must be classified under ANZSCO Skill Level 1, 2 or 3. • Work Visa – your offer of employment can be classified as Skill Level 1,2,3,4 or 5. However, for jobs of Skill Levels between 2 and 5 your application may be subject to a Labour Market Test. • Your job offer must be relevant to your qualification(s) and/or work experience – evidence must be provided. • Employment must be full time (ie. 30+ hours/week). Your salary must be at least equal to the New Zealand minimum wage (except for Work to Residency category). • Your occupation may feature on one of the skill shortage lists. If so, your visa application is unlikely to be subject to a Labour Market Test and processing times may be faster. Don’t be alarmed about the changes to the ISSL. It does not necessarily mean that your visa application will be declined. If you have concerns, make sure you get professional advice and the facts from a Licensed Immigration Adviser before you make any hasty decisions or put your migration plans on hold. Glen Standing Licensed Immigration Adviser 200800361 Glen can be contacted by visiting the following website www.goldensandmigration.co.nz

Tuesday June 30th, 2009
In yet another news release to skilled motor industry migrants Automotive Employment New Zealand Ltd warns of continuing problems associated with Immigration NZ relating to labour market checks. While job offers are a little tougher for off shore migrants to secure due to there being more NZ applicants it is evident Automotive Employment NZ are still able to secure jobs for many; the main problem presently relates to the severe tightening of temporary work permit processing by Immigration NZ. In our opinion mistakes are being made by the department and this means that should you get a job offer, whether or not it is listed on the long terms shortages list or not, many applications are being referred to the Ministry of Social Development for labour market checking processes. We have been informed by the department that just one person is completing these checks and the information they have to work on is weak to say the least. This all accumulates for it to be a very difficult time for new migrants attempting to move to New Zealand. Automotive Employment NZ will release the new process we use to assist new migrants in the next few days as we release the new migrant support program. Close communication is now required with your consultant at this consultancy prior to attempting to secure employment here.

Thursday June 25th, 2009
News from NZ’s Westpac bank “Q2 Westpac McDemott Miller Consumer Confidence Index” today is good and according to the report consumer confidence moves back into optimistic territory to reach its highest level in 18 months! The report continues by indicating “the rebound is broad based, led by an improvement in perceptions around the short term economic outlook. Comments of a “collective sigh of relief” feature in the report which boasts a margin of error or 2.5%. For those wanting some good news we highly recommend cutting and pasting the following link into your browser and reading the PDF. Here at Automotive Employment NZ we have said for some time we expect the more obvious signs of an improvement in the economy to begin in September 2009 and we see yet another positive consumer confidence report that more good news for a return to our buoyant economy is on its way. http://www.westpac.co.nz/olcontent/olcontent.nsf/content/FM_Bulletin_20090624/$FILE/Q2_Consumer_Confidence.pdf

Tuesday June 23rd, 2009
New Zealand posts strongest increase in immigration for six years reflecting fewer New Zealand citizens moving overseas and an increase in returning expatriates. Commentators indicate that the longer net migration increases, the more optimism grows for the domestic economy. Here at Automotive Employment NZ this is of little surprise to us as the tradition of New Zealanders traveling overseas to experience travel to other countries has been long entrenched. The global downturn in the economy will always bring back some of our brightest and best who regardless of off shore experiences will always consider New Zealand home. In the interim it is evident Immigration NZ is doing their level best to ensure work is available to NZ residents and Automotive Employment NZ is also trying to assist any unemployed here in NZ to the best of our ability. We will always welcome migrant enquiries but suggest new migrants proceed with caution at the current time due to tightening of NZ immigration policy. New Zealand’s unemployment is still relatively low at current date with the latest unemployment figures having increased to 5%. This is considerably lower than leading OECD countries such a s Australia on 5.7%, 9.4% for the USA, 7.2% for the UK and a whopping 23.5% in South Africa. Unemployment in NZ is forecast to rise in NZ and to peak in May 2010; some indicate this could be as high as 8% however Automotive Employment NZ observe New Zealands long term shortages in many areas of industry go back as far as 1956 and as growth returns to the market our prediction is for a marginal rise in unemployment, well below the forecast rates of many other OECD member countries.

Monday June 22nd, 2009
New car sales were up 13 percent in May, according to official registration figures released today by the NZ Transport Agency.

Wednesday June 17th, 2009
Immigration NZ announces the news of the review we predicted would occur of the long term skills shortages list due to be released Early October 2009; any new migrants on temporary work permits placed in employment by Automotive Employment NZ should contact us urgently. If you have been placed in employment by our consultancy and are still on a temporary work permit there is now a real risk your permit will not be renewed, this is not a false alarm it is the reality of an alarming and serious situation emerging for both new migrants and the NZ motor industry. Automotive Employment has developed a strategy that can help but it will take urgent action on the part of temporary permit holders. We will be attempting to contact all new migrants placed by us as soon as possible but should you know a migrant who has moved to New Zealand in the past 3 years, bring this notice to there attention. If the new migrant has not commenced permanent residency applications and they are skilled motor industry staff then we can help whether we have placed them or not. Automotive Employment NZ has negotiated preferential fees for processing of permanent residency which can also be financed at low cost, if required. DO NOT DELAY!!! This is not a profit generating exercise for Automotive Employment NZ, it is a serious and urgent message that needs to be passed onto all new migrants. Delay in acting will almost definitely lead to some if not many having replacement work permits declined.

Wednesday June 10th, 2009
The news on the Motor Industry Association website for May is good news……”The New Zealand new car market, in line with overseas trends now seems to be turning the corner says Perry Kerr CEO of the Motor Industry Association” “Despite the sharp reversals of the last few months, Mays new car sales were up on April registrations which is an encouraging sign he said.” "Year to date, the new vehicle market is running at approximately two-thirds the level of the same period last year, but recent trends would suggest that this is as low as it will go" Here at Automotive Employment NZ we are experiencing changing markets also; while some employers have made redundancies there are other companies starting to scoop the pool of available talent. This is not to say it is not hard for some job seekers to find employment, but watch this space, if our observations are correct we expect the turnaround to become more obvious around September this year which coincides with the peak period for recruitment in NZ. We anticipate the improving market conditions will be most obvious between September and Mid November as far as employment goes then trail off again for a short period before the market returns to a growth situation as far as employment is concerned in March.

Wednesday June 3rd, 2009
Yet more good news for the news section of our job boards was observed today with the New Zealand dollar on its way up which will help importers and vehicles and heavy equipment ten fold should this trend last. The “Kiwi” [NZ’s dollar] reached 65 cents yesterday against US currency. While a pull back in the rate is tipped temporarily, commentators see the trend in New Zealand's rising dollar leading to a sustainable 70 cents against the US dollar, late in the year. The NZ dollar has also gained on the Japanese yen to 62.50 demonstrating the appeal of the “Kiwi” to overseas investors. What this all means to the motor industry and in particular the heavy equipment sector that has minimal insulation from currency changes, is that retailers will soon be able to purchase equipment and vehicles at favourable rates not seen in many months. From conversations with many in the NZ motor industry throughout the automotive, heavy equipment and agricultural machinery sectors, this is precisely what we have all been waiting for….an increase in the NZ dollar. Late last year the effect of New Zealand's low dollar against the US dollar and the Yen meant that dealers were trying to sell heavy machinery in some cases for 30% more than the same time the previous year and attempting to do this during a recession! This led to a significant decrease in the importation of heavy equipment. Should the trend of the increasing NZ dollar last however, the effect cannot help but be positive for the NZ motor industry sector that imports almost 100% of all vehicles and equipment sold in New Zealand. Yet again more good news for the NZ motor industry!

Friday May 29th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ and staff will be taking a short break on Monday for the Queens birthday weekend but be assured job applications on our jobs board will be replied to promptly on Tuesday morning. For the interest of motor industry candidates in the UK, Queens Birthday is celebrated on a different day in each of her countries with none of these dates being a static date. In New Zealand however we tend to celebrate her Birthday on the first Monday of June each year. In accordance with the Holidays Act, all of New Zealand's working public are entitled to a paid day off, or paid day in lieu on this day.

Friday May 29th, 2009
New Zealand’s motor industry was last night watching budget 2009 closely and although considered a “bland budget” by many the result accumulated in New Zealands rating moving from negative to stable with a AA+ rating issued by Sandards and Poors. When credit agency Standard and Poors who had been monitoring the budget revised NZ’s rating from negative to stable this resulted in the NZ dollar suddenly spiking 70 basis points. “The change was an incredibly huge positive surprise” said Westpac Banks Imre Speizer” The budget did however forecast weaker economic growth overall and indicated economic activity was likely to remain below 2007 levels until the middle of 2011. Deutsche Banks chief economist Darren Gibbs said after being much to optimistic last year the treasury’s economic predictions now erred on the side of being too conservative, he said ”we think there is plenty of scope for the size of deficits and dept to prove less than treasury projects” The key point Automotive Employment NZ observes is that many commentators on the budget seem to agree that New Zealands economic recovery is under way; it is only the date of when NZ will return to the peaks of economic activity observed in 2007 that seem to be disputed. Unemployment is however forecast to peak at 8% in the September quarter of 2010. Automotive Employment NZ ltd feels this unemployment outlook it far more pessimistic than that which will eventuate but off shore migrants monitoring this website seeking to move here would be well advised to take this forecast into consideration.

Tuesday May 26th, 2009
Motor industry experienced migrants should exercise caution when moving to NZ presently as predictions of immigration NZ tightening policy are now a reality; the good news is we are still able to find pockets of labour tight markets. These labour tight markets are generally spread around areas outside main centers but even then there are still labour shortages in the main centers, in some specialty areas. New migrants need to work closely with there consultant to ensure we can assist. To date we have still not had an immigration turned down due to our proactive stance of ensuring we are doing everything we can to help New Zealanders out of work prior to submitting such applications.

Thursday May 21st, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ notes a continuing improvement in the number of jobs increasing on our job boards. Employers now making decisions more promptly than past months also but we encourage those who are not presently employed to renew contact with our consultants making sure we are aware of your continued availability. We are still encountering pockets of hard to fill vacancies all around NZ even given the freeing up of the labour market in recent times. Automotive Employment NZ is doing everything possible to assist those made redundant during the more difficult trading periods some companies have encountered but of course we need to be aware that you are looking to assist. If you know someone seeking employment that has experience in this sector, ensure you highlight our job boards to them as we are definitely still on the hunt to seek talent. In addition to the present number of vacancies listed on our job boards Automotive Employment NZ has been in discussions with companies that have numerous vacancies emerging, some of a senior or “key appointment” nature . In our opinion there is no doubt the market for job vacancies is increasing once again but if government statisticians are correct, even though there are continuing signs of “grass roots improvement” unemployment may continue to be a problem for some sectors for some time yet. Automotive Employment NZ is continuing to help off shore migrants also but highlights job offers are now often subject to “labour market checks” by Work and Income NZ to ensure there is available talent in the market place. The best time to seek jobs in NZ is usually September and March so if you are planning to move to New Zealand this will prove the best time assuming vacancies are available in your area of expertise

Monday May 18th, 2009
While news around the industry shows a challenging market keep an eye on our website here at Automotive Employment NZ because our job boards are where you will find the positive news, as these news articles show, you can genuinely find companies succeeding but it is rarely highlighted. For an example did you know that Jaguar increased sales worldwide by 8% selling more than 65000 more new vehicles in 2008 than Jaguar did in 2007. Here in New Zealand the new XF luxury sedan won numerous accolades including NBR [NZ national business review] car of the year. Automotive Employment NZ has tried hard to align our services with the higher performing companies and keep things positive for those seeking employment, at the current date we have 58 genuine vacancies listed on our job boards and candidates can be assured these positions do actually exist! We secure these vacancies through shear hard work traveling thousands of kilometers throughout NZ and visiting dealerships all around the country, working extended hours in the evening and attempting to reply to every enquiry. So next time your in the market for a new job or need to secure good staff talk to us first at Automotive Employment NZ….you’ll find we are available virtually anytime you call!

Friday May 15th, 2009
The Automotive Employment NZ Ltd salary survey for May 2009 is now live on our job boards, this information can be located by clicking the employer section on this page then selecting, “view current wage rates.” Recessionary pressures have taken there toll on wage and salary rates for new hires with some small drops in rates occurring but the good news, depending on whether you’re an employer or employee, is that in our opinion the market will return to the levels we witnessed on June 2008 sometime between December 2008 and March 2009 inline with the improving economy. Similar surveys have been completed by government statisticians and these show wages and salary rates have held up well during the more difficult trading periods, this differs from our own observations. We feel the difference between our own observations and that of government statisticians reflects the more generalist gathering of information from employees in their existing employment. Automotive Employment NZ feel it is however common sense that if you are competing against a greater number of job seekers then this will have some effect on the rates you are able to secure. We understand the MTA; Motor Trade Association, M.T.A salary survey is due out soon which will prove an interesting comparison.

Friday May 15th, 2009
New vehicle sales for March 2009 increased 28,6% from February 2009 in NZ with the NZ market showing remarkable resilience says Perry Kerr, CEO of the motor industry association. April however has been a hard month for the industry but once again his comments remain positive “hopefully we are now past the worst if overseas experience is anything to go by, as market declines in other countries have leveled out over the last two or three months”

Wednesday May 13th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ today posts the update for the labour force survey for the March 2009 quarter, we have posted these results since 2004 so if you wish to track New Zealands progress over the years either click on the migrant support section or cut and paste the following URL in your browser window. With an unemployment rate of just 5% New Zealand has held up well compared to many other countries in the OECD. http://www.automotiveemployment.co.nz/labourforcesurvey.html

Wednesday May 13th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ lists 24 positions on our job boards in less than 10 days with roles throughout NZ bucking the national trend, when you support Automotive Employment NZ with your job listing or application you support a company that is trying to deliver on your expectations not coming up with excuses why we can not. Make sure you pass on you knowledge of our job board to others seeking employment as we are making a concerted effort to ensure we generate as many jobs as possible during the recession to help job seekers out of work.

Tuesday May 12th, 2009
News in todays NZ Herald regarding a research NZ poll indicates New Zealand employees are growing more confident they will keep there jobs despite unemployment reaching a six year high. Of 501 people surveyed 79% felt their jobs were secure. The poll has a margin of error plus or minus 4.6%.

Monday May 11th, 2009
The strongest business confidence survey since September 2008 has just been completed by the BNZ this week which while still pessimistic in some sectors shows strong improvements in “vehicles and automotive” and other some other sectors of industry sectors of industry. Comments from BNZ clients included in the report include: Construction machinery and hire: major slowdown since September but the last 4 weeks have seen a lift” while concerns in the heavy equipment sector revolve around the forthcoming winter period it is also noted that redundancies are slowing motor industry.

Tuesday May 5th, 2009
The Automotive Employment NZ wage review due out May 3 has now been deferred to May 15 due to another independent survey taking place simultaneously. It is hoped our own results will be enhanced by the information contained in the second survey; we note however out own survey is based upon actual placements occurring and what candidates can expect to secure in a tighter labour market verses those rates secured by employees currently in employment.

Tuesday May 5th, 2009
In an effort to gain a accurate indication of the New Zealand motor industry market Automotive Employment NZ and will have visited nearly 1000 major automotive and heavy diesel companies throughout the country from the period commencing October 2008 to the end of May 2009. The recession has of course impacted on trading conditions throughout NZ but the good news from our observation is that the tide is turning. It would appear from our research the main problem holding back many companies has been the NZ dollar which has affected the ability to procure new vehicles and equipment at the same price of pre October sales. The tighter economic conditions have of course also impacted but the market is now showing signs of improvement. We now view the key indicator as the NZ dollar which is beginning to rise in line with market conditions and hopefully will continue to do so. Businesses visited include automotive, heavy transport, heavy equipment and farm machinery dealerships. Our focus has been to attempt to help those displaced in employment and move skills around the country to where they are most needed.

Friday May 1st, 2009
News reports from Suzuki NZ record global car production has been reported by Suzuki Motor Corporation, despite the economic downturn that has affected the motor industry. Suzuki built more cars in 2008 than ever before and the result was mirrored in New Zealand where the brand posted record sales and increasing demand.

Thursday April 30th, 2009
In what appears to be an exceptionally positive increase in business confidence towards employment and according to reports in the NZ Herald this morning on business sentiments just 19.1% of businesses surveyed in New Zealand expected staff numbers to fall further in 2009. Being of the cup is half full not half empty set, Automotive Employment NZ Ltd cant help but highlight that if this report is correct surely this means a staggering 80.1% felt their staff numbers would either stay where they are or increase! The report went on to discuss; “talk of green shoots” “signs of housing market recovery” and “global share markets that have rallied”. The report was cautious in content but mirrors observations Automotive Employment NZ Ltd is seeing in the market place that the first signs of a green shoot recovery are under way.

Wednesday April 29th, 2009
Recent studies conducted by Mercer consulting name Auckland New Zealand as the 4th best city in the world to live alongside Vancouver Canada, the two cities however are the only English speaking cities in the top five making Auckland the best English speaking city in the world to live alongside Vancouver. To add to this remarkable accolade New Plymouth in the North island was recently named best small city in the world to live in the 20000 to 75000 population category.

Tuesday April 28th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ Ltd announces our independent salary review coming up for beginning of May 2009 which we will be posted live on our job boards. It would seem apparent in the early stages of this review that although little shift in salary and or bonuses are evident; salaries for new employees are tending to vie on the side of caution. This means for an example that while high hourly wage rates were offered to employees commencing employment back in June 2008, employers now have a tendency to commence new employees on more modest rates and evaluate the skills in the work place from here. Changes are also evident in the base salaries paid to sales staff or managers however this is nominal. Automotive Employment NZ forecasts little change in the wage rates during 2009 however as New Zealand continues to move out of recession towards the end of 2009 beginning of 2010 it is highly likely wage and salary rates will once again be on the move; this will be due in part to employees who have been made redundant moving to other careers outside the industry. The same phenomenon was observed at the end of the 1990-1992 recessionary periods where the upturn in business saw difficulties with most companies competing to hire staff and as a consequence wage and salary rates increased. Keep watching this site for the release of this survey shortly.

Monday April 27th, 2009
News regarding New Zealand immigration medicals and the US/Mexico swine flu: Some two years ago now the world awoke to the news of a possible bird flu threat. New Zealand is traditionally one of the safest places in the world due to our remote location away from major continents and more so given policies for controlling out breaks of a flu epidemic are already in place. It was noted in 2006 that Immigration New Zealand tightened their policy on medicals for this very reason. With a new outbreak and a new strain of flu that appears to be spreading to many corners of the world quickly, Automotive Employment NZ predicts a further tightening of polices regarding medicals is now just around the corner and could be implemented with urgency. The message is clear: if you are traveling to New Zealand book your medical now while you are off shore and get this done prior to departure as this will benefit you two fold. You can be assured immigration New Zealand will be looking at medicals very carefully, even the most minor aliments will be sent for closer inspection and this will delay your application for up to six weeks. The common sense thing to do, prior to departure, is to get your medicals done before you leave, this will alert you to whether any delay in processing a work permit applications is likely to occur. If your medicals are clear then you know such a hold up is unlikely given current policy. Keep an eye on this news section of our website because it is quite likely further comment will be posted soon given worldwide events that are unfolding.

Tuesday April 21st, 2009
Once again good news on the Automotive Employment NZ job boards as continuing observations of the recovery are emerging in sectors of the New Zealand motor industry. Not more than three months after cuts have been made in the heavy equipment sector jobs started to reemerge as orders for heavy machinery have shown signs of tentatively increasing, quickly following this we have noticed that sales vacancies in the light sector after having all but disappeared are now returning with many dealers reporting a stronger than expected March trading period. The parts sector is the slowest to show signs of recovery but when this does occur Automotive Employment NZ view this as the most telling sign a full recovery is underway. The heavy truck franchises have been quietly sitting on the side in terms of listing positions in the most populated regions of New Zealand but these roles too are starting to emerge; we are picking this an area to watch once the dust settles from the recent acquisition of Volvo truck franchise by Sime Derby. As one industry manager recently reported. “It would seem that as long as the soothsayers can refrain from negative sensationalist reporting the NZ motor industry is on the way up.” Aside from indications or job listing increases it is noted that a stark DECREASE in redundancies is occurring. This is now the third month in a row Automotive Employment NZ has seen positive signs and enjoyed small but significant increases in business when compared to the more challenging months of recent times. Candidates should none the less note that Automotive Employment NZ will be continuing to list our vacancies on our own job board for the time being and will not be advertising elsewhere. If you’re looking to access the jobs through our company you need to visit this site! It would seem the word has got out and the lift in visits has not only increased our page rankings yet again but unique visitors to the site have improved. We are particularly pleased with support from our New Zealand South Island clients and those outside the main centers. The challenge for Automotive Employment NZ will be now post a forth consecutive increase in business for May 2009. If you’re an employer client in New Zealand, lets talk and prove to you the best candidates in the country are genuinely coming from Automotive Employment NZ ltd.

Wednesday April 15th, 2009
A full update of all vacancies on our job board has been completed today with all clients having been contacted to ensure vacancies are current. Automotive Employment NZ ltd endeavour to keep our automotive job board current every day; yet another service to our job seekers to ensure you time visiting our site is well spent. Should you know someone seeking employment we encourage you to use our “forward to a friend” function found at the bottom of each job ad and spread the word to others who are also seeking jobs. Above all candidates should be aware to go straight to this site to find jobs listed with our company as some of the better jobs never make it to the public job boards. This is due to a reduced need to advertise on public job boards when there are a few more job seekers in the market place.

Wednesday April 15th, 2009
Fresh back from the Easter break Automotive Employment NZ has listed 3 new positions in three hours this morning alone. Candidates who may be experiencing difficulties locating employment are encouraged to make full use of this site. Securing employment while NZ is in recovery from the recession is not impossible, in many cases all it takes is a little flexibility. One example of this is to look at location, for many candidates who may be positioned to relocate we have roles in virtually every sector of the motor industry nationally. If relocation is an option for you, discuss this with your consultant here at Automotive Employment NZ, this will open a whole host of new job vacancies for you and it is entirely possible we could locate a job opportunity of a lifetime in another region. Many job seekers are choosing the current market to make lifestyle changes…maybe this could be an option for you also. Above all though the message is flexibility and recent experience shows us those who are flexible are winning the job vacancies. If you need career advise, pick up the phone and call us on 09 271 3200, our consulting team provides free advice whether you decide to come in for an interview or not. In many cases we will even tell you where the vacancies are if we are unable to assist you directly. Automotive Employment NZ ltd are aware of the privileged position we hold as specialist industry recruiters and will help those in need whether we get paid for it or not.

Thursday April 9th, 2009
Good news from the recruitment team at Automotive Employment NZ and our job board for Easter, today were asked whether the New Zealand automotive recruitment sector is showing signs of improving, we are delighted to report a most emphatic….YES. It would seem that after a period of companies downsizing between October and March an element of confidence is starting to return to the market and companies are now starting to re-list vacancies without being prompted. Should the market continue in the positive direction we have witnessed in the past 6 weeks Automotive Employment NZ believe the recovery has started, this also coincides with an increase in property sales and improvements in retail sales. We will be looking closely at the market in the ensuing weeks to ensure this pattern is consistent but we are delighted to report good news for once and right on Easter. We wish all our job seekers and employer clients an enjoyable Easter: for us it is off to Great Barrier Island for the weekend. www.greatbarriernz.com The office will not be manned during the Easter but we will all be back on Tuesday and will respond to any enquiries immediately upon our return. Have a safe and enjoyable Easter break from the team at Automotive Employment NZ Ltd.

Monday April 6th, 2009
REMINDER OF URGENT AUTOMOTIVE NEWS FOR RECENT MIGRANTS!!! On January 15 2009 Automotive Employment NZ issued an urgent notice on our website to recent migrants on temporary work permits. This reminder urged new migrants on temporary work permits to start moving towards permanent residency applications; our concerns were that the current recession had the ability to undermine temporary work permits. Recent migrants should be warned this is exactly what is now happening; in short the INZ [Immigration New Zealand] is now being hard on new work permit applications. It is becoming increasingly more difficult to have these permits approved or renewed when they expire. We understand for an example that according to INZ case officers that all new job offers for migrants whether on the long term shortages lists or not will soon be subject to labour market checks to see if there are unemployed New Zealanders available. Immigration minister Jonathan Coleman is quoted by the NZ Herald as last month saying “he expected the labour department which oversees immigration to ensure that fewer migrants entered New Zealand on temporary work permits during the recession” Mr Coleman is further quoted by the Herald as saying there would not be new temporary migrants coming in as no new permits would be issued, and temporary permit holders would not have their permits renewed” If you are in New Zealand and are on a temporary work permit……MAKE SURE YOU ARE PROCESSING YOUR RESIDENCY APPLICATION NOW!!! If you are a new or recent migrant alert your friends and work peers to these pending changes.

Friday April 3rd, 2009
The US economy is showing signs that it could be getting ready to crawl out of a long recession according to an economist at Goldman Sachs. At +9 in March, against -0.7 in February, it was "the best sign for a few months that the severity of the US recession might be easing; meanwhile in New Zealand while most in the heavy and light sectors of the motor industry have felt the affects of the recession, reports over the past two months indicate early signs of a revitalised market, certainly the New Zealand recruitment which is usually an early sign of recovery is begining to improve. We trust this will translate to job offers in due course for those candidates recently displaced from employment. Keep visiting our job boards as we are now convinced there is positive change on the immediate horizon.

Tuesday March 31st, 2009
The total number of jobs listed on the Automotive Employment NZ job boards exceeded 23 vacancies for the month of March; this is an increase on previous months and represents an increase in employer activity. Jobs in the NZ auto industry are once again starting to emerge so keep watching this site, share your knowledge of this site with others who are also looking for work, we will appreciate it and so will they. It is noted job vacancies are being filed a little quicker than in past months also indicating employers are more prepared to make decisions. Job seekers are encouraged to move promptly when job ads are listed and once again we remind job seekers that this website is the best place to view our vacancies. The www.automotiveemployment.co.nz job board is updated daily…..our jobs are current!

Tuesday March 31st, 2009
The news from automotive industry giant General Motors Detroit is that CEO Rick Wagaoner will step down immediately at the request of US president Obama. Wagoner joined GM in 1977, serving in Brazil, Europe and finally the USA. He has been chairman and chief executive since 2003.

Friday March 20th, 2009
The annual March upswing in job vacancies has once again returned; it would seem that regardless of a tighter market so far experienced in 2009 these roles are reemerging on our job board. Twelve quality job listings have now been added in the past 10 days which while marginally down on the same time last years is a positive sign.

Tuesday March 10th, 2009
As the recession continues throughout NZ it is evident there are strong pockets of shortages in regional areas and select positions through the main centres. NZ based applicants are urged to keep a close watch on our vacancies on this job board; regardless of reports eluding to difficult market our consultancy continues to place job seekers in employment. We continue to urge off shore migrants to keep communicating with our team and heed warnings of a tighter employment market here in New Zealand.

Wednesday March 4th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ notes vacancies in the NZ automotive industry both heavy and light automotive are now down an estimated 60% when compared to the same time last year; companies are commonly either reducing the hours of many workers or retrenching a staff member and having one person take on the role of two. Job seekers are currently well advised to accept changes in employment structure as a matter of course rather than leaving when extra duties are imposed on them. Automotive Employment NZ has attempted to keep news on this site as positive as possible however particularly new migrants to New Zealand do need to be alerted to sudden changes in market conditions. None the less although the annual upswing this year has been slower to produce more jobs than usual in the past fortnight, 15 have been listed and the 45 jobs now listed on this site are all 100% current as at todays date. The current downturn now means that Automotive Employment NZ is being extremely selective when accepting off shore applications and tending to work with NZ based applicants. If however you are a skilled tradesperson working in the motor industry in a country that is seem as comparable in terms of technical skills we may still be able to help. We advise all applicants should be working closely with their recruiter at Automotive Employment NZ to ensure you are not disappointed on arrival.

Wednesday February 18th, 2009
Reports from the NZ auto dealer network are now starting to indicate an upswing in sales and service work, simultaneously it is noted the Auckland region has had changes in the dealer network with new flagship dealers for Nissan, Alfa, Fiat and Citroen.

Tuesday February 17th, 2009
Job seekers will note that our automotive and heavy automotive job board has added 10 new vacancies in the last week, in normal trading conditions over 40 new jobs are listed for Automotive Employment NZ Ltd during the late February to late March period and 2009 appears at this stage it will be no different than normal despite challenging trading conditions for some in the motor industry. March and September are the peak periods for the motor industry recruitment calendar and Automotive Employment NZ is in full swing. if you are looking to change your job or find staff in 2009, now will prove the one of the best time of the year in terms of quality jobs and the availability of quality employees.

Tuesday February 10th, 2009
GPS Tracking NZ, another associated company to Automotive Employment NZ was today appointed a Garmin navigation dealer. The association with Garmin compliments the lineup of high tech GPS equipment sold by the company which now includes, GPS Tracking, GPS Navigation, in car security alarms, home alarms, marine alarms and CCTV technology.

Monday February 9th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ pledges our support for the management and staff of Williams and Adams group recently affected by challenging trading conditions in the Wellington region. In our experience the Williams and Adams motor group has been a well run business with top brand franchises such as Jaguar, Landrover, Volvo, Holden, Suzuki, Saab and Renault franchises. Our thoughts are with the management and 100 plus staff at Williams and Adams at such a difficult time. Having previously purchased my own vehicle from this company as well as having enjoyed their support on occasions with applicant placements we can but offer our consolations to the highly professional staff and management of this company who have been adversely affected by third party financiers when sales slowed for the company. In the interim we understand The Willams and Adams motor group continues to trade and no doubt should any assets be sold announcements as to the new ownership would follow shortly thereafter.

Monday February 9th, 2009
Today’s update to our job board saw Automotive Employment NZ update 25 job vacancies, while many of these job vacancies were active the company chose to remove them to ensure we complied with client head office job listing authorisations. We highlight the consultancy has approximately another 17 vacancies not listed on our website. Accordingly we recommend that if you do not find a vacancy you are seeking in the region or level you are searching that you should make a more generalist enquiry to our team to discuss your requirements. All jobs listed on our website are in all cases real and genuine jobs and are currently active at the request of our clients.

Thursday February 5th, 2009
The NZ department of statistics today released the latest house hold labour force survey showing an increase in unemployment from 4.2% iin the September quarter to 4.6% in the December quarter, this is an increase of 11000 unemployed for the quarter; average total hourly earnings for the private sector however rose 5.1% companred to the same time last year. Automotive Employment NZ however has noticed a tightening of hourly rates paid to incoming employees and will be updating wage a salary rates to reflect this trend shortly.

Thursday February 5th, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ remind our clients that we are not open on February 6 [Waitangi day] as this is a NZ public holiday the exception will be for those displaced in their employment due to the receivership at Williams and Adams. We will take calls from those employees if any who have been made redundant. Other than this we will be back in the office on Monday the 9th and look forward to responding to your enquiry at this time.

Wednesday January 28th, 2009
Job seekers in the NZ auto industry should note the annual upswing in jobs usually occurs late January/February in New Zealand and Automotive Employment NZ will actively be listing as many of these vacancies as possible. We advise close attention to monitoring jobs added on this job board during the next month is required to be well positioned when applying for these roles. The current market requires prompt attention and job seekers should phone soon after your application has been sent to ensure it reaches our server.

Thursday January 15th, 2009
PLEASE READ! URGENT AUTOMOTIVE NEWS FOR RECENT MIGRANTS!!! There are currently hundreds of migrants on temporary work permits here in New Zealand. If this is you then urgent action should now be taken to commence your permanent residency application. Do not underestimate the importance of this recommendation. In March 2009 Automotive Employment NZ Ltd predicts we will have a major realignment of immigration policy that will coincide with the review of the skills shortages and ANSCO lists. While there is currently some debate to whether technical automotive staff will likely scrape through in the first review of these lists or even the second review later the same year, should your occupation be removed or downgraded from one of these lists then it is possible any renewal of permit will be dependant on a labour market check should this change occur. If this check shows unemployed NZ permanent residents are registered unemployed and deemed skilled, then your permit could end up being declined or not renewed. Once you have a work permit declined you are immediately then considered an “overstayer” This would mean you may not be able to stay in New Zealand unless an appeal was successful. The current global recession is causing redundancies in some parts of the country. When companies make these redundancies those on temporary work permits will be most exposed. This is a two fold statement in that assuming employees are able to find employment once made redundant, should the lists indicated above remove technical automotive staff from the top categories then the fore mentioned scenario with labour market checks becomes a reality. In summary if you are a new or recent migrant working in New Zealand on a temporary work permit then you should, with urgency, now move as quickly as possible to process your permanent residency application. If you know other new or recent migrants to New Zealand please direct them to this page so they can read this information with urgency. www.automotiveemployment.co.nz Russell Phillips Managing Director Automotive Employment NZ Ltd

Tuesday January 13th, 2009
Job seekers should note Automotive Employment NZ Ltd is experiencing a massive increase in applicant enquiry presently which is an annual occurrence at the commencement of the New Year. This year however we are even busier than usual but are still replying as promptly as possible to all enquiries and working extended hours to keep up with applications. If you are experiencing delays in gaining a reply we suggest going to the contact us section and phoning us direct. We are none the less doing our best to reply to all candidates regardless of background and ask for your patience during a period which is difficult for us to respond as quickly as we wish.

Monday January 5th, 2009
Our team are now all fresh back from annual leave and keen to assist you with enquires; if you have sent an application to us over Christmas and not yet heard back from your automotive recruitment consultant, now is the time to check your email has arrived. All enquiries should have been responded to by the end of the day.

Thursday January 1st, 2009
Automotive Employment NZ Ltd wish all candidates and clients a happy New New Year, we also remind job seekers that the office will re-open on the 5th of January as our consultants have taken a short break during this period.

Friday December 19th, 2008
The team at Automotive Employment NZ wishes all our clients and candidates a very Merry Christmas; our offices this year are open right up to 5pm on Christmas eve. We will take a short break during the statutory holidays and days in between, returning to the office on January the 5th 2009. If your enquiry is urgent and cannot wait until the 5th of January please either phone us prior to 5pm on Christmas Eve or contact our director via cell phone 0274 790000. Our best wishes to all for a restful and enjoyable Christmas.

Wednesday December 10th, 2008
The employer section of website now has the first edition of the employer/client newsletter live. Although Automotive Employment NZ experienced minor teething problems in the first delivery to those clients who requested a copy of this newsletter, the first edition has now been successfully delivered. Our consultancy is now empowered to communicate with those that have requested this information on an ongoing basis without outside assistance.

Thursday December 4th, 2008
Through popular request Automotive Employment NZ announces today the extension of our migrant support program to include not just motor industry skilled migrants but others who have experience in allied fields also. Candidates interested in benefiting from this service that should prove one of the most cost effective paid services presently available should read the migrant support program for further details.

Thursday December 4th, 2008
Offshore candidates seeking jobs in New Zealand should note we have updated the information in the migrant support program; this information is best navigated off the home page by clicking the image with the passport. Due to pending registration requirements being imposed on all companies processing immigration applications, Automotive Employment NZ has had to impose a small fee for the processing of migrant work permits. PLEASE NOTE: our recruitment service continues to be free for all candidates both here in New Zealand and for new migrants both in NZ and off shore. This fee is not for recruitment services and candidates do not have to utilise the permit processing service. Indeed we have provided candidates in-depth instructions on how to avoid paying this by self processing. The many changes to immigration policy implemented in July 2008 however have made self processing of applications unrealistic and more time consuming in our opinion; If errors are made in processing this will delay the application which could also lead to an employer withdrawing an application. Our recommendation is still to process work permit applications through our company. Candidates should not find the new fee structure prohibitive and exceptions may still be made to those that can genuinely prove the modest fee we have imposed is unaffordable to them. Such cases will need to be proved in advance.

Monday December 1st, 2008
Once again and for the third time this year the Automotive Employment NZ proudly announces yet another major upgrade to our website. Just added today is the new employer section where registered candidates can promote themselves to employers. Employers can now list jobs on line and a whole host of services are ready to be rolled out making www.automotiveemployment.co.nz and our consultancy hopefully the first place you will go finding seeking employees or finding a job; we like to think it already is but we know that by working hard to gain your interest, keeping the site fresh and current while ensuring we look approachable and friendly as we are then hopefully we will retain this privileged position. We hope you like the new look. For interest sake, even given some of the changes are subtle, in total there have been over thirty changes made and content in 18 pages has either been updated or will be finished being updated shortly. If there is something you think we could benefit from by adding to the site, let us know; some of the best changes made have come from the contributions of others who support us and we really appreciate the feedback.

Thursday November 27th, 2008
Automotive Employment NZ today welcomes Kim Powell from South Africa to our team of automotive consultants and to the beginnings of her career in New Zealand. Kim joins our recruitment company with 15 years experience in recruitment. Her specilaisation has been motor industry recruitment, making her skills an even greater asset to our consultancy. Kim’s contribution in terms of experience means our consultants now have a combined 36 years recruitment experience. This is over twice the amount of any other company in NZ in the motor industry. We wish Kim every success in her endevours and hope the appointment will further assist Automotive Employment NZ to once again increase our market share of the motor industry recruitment market in 2009; as has been achieved in the last four consecutive years of trading. As a recruiter who successfully traded in South Africa, a country with an unemployment rate of some 40% we have no doubt she will enjoy recruiting in New Zealand’s with our relatively low unemployment rates that presently stand at 4.2% even given slightly tighter market conditions.

Thursday November 20th, 2008
Employers are starting to report an upturn in service work nationwide, while this is a seasonal event in New Zealand prior to the annual Christmas holiday period it is also a good sign for the parts and service industry so soon after the general elections that were held in November the 8th. Past elections had seen the government hung for up to 32 weeks or more while the M.M.P. [current electoral system] coalition was formed. The quick formation of the current government should be seen as an excellent start for the new government and many automotive employers nationwide who had expected the changeover to be protracted.

Friday November 14th, 2008
Motor industry migrants should currently be working closely with your consultant here at Automotive Employment NZ ensuring there will be work here in New Zealand when you arrive, in most cases there will be work but caution is still required. Recent arrivals are finding in some cases that employment is a little harder to secure than in the past. In particular, sales roles in the motor industry for new migrants are now hard to secure and even more difficult to gain work permits for. There are still abundant work opportunities for Diesel Mechanics throughout New Zealand. We are still placing plenty of off shore automotive technicians when they arrive in the country provided they are flexible as to location, this in many cases means looking outside Auckland and you will note we have many of these roles advertised on our job board. Management personnel located off shore and attempting to secure senior appointments in NZ will find such vacancies are presently hard to locate. While the above caution has been posted for off shore migrants the fact remains that New Zealand still has one of the world’s lowest unemployment rates at 4.2%. Automotive Employment NZ continues to post strong trading months and has listed 35 vacancies in less than a month. The company has also just appointed an additional consultant commencing December 2008 to keep up with demand and has continued to carve a larger portion of the motor industry recruitment market for four consecutive years. The above highlighted, the New Zealand motor industry is still trading in a volatile market so taking sensible precautions prior to departing to NZ and listening to your consultants advice is a sensible decision.

Monday November 10th, 2008
The New Zealand general elections held on November 8 has resulted in a change of government with the NZ National Party now in power. The election result has largely been received positively by employers and has seen a shift from a centre left government to a centre right government. The national party however is considered business friendly. As for what this means to employment opportunities, at a time of the world wide credit crunch for many this change was seen as welcome news. Both parties are viewed as very capable but national has strong plans for growth. In the first day after being elected for an example, national immediately laid out plans for the first 100 days of being sworn into office, these initiatives include the following: The introduction and passage of National's tax package into law before Christmas, with tax cuts beginning on 1 April 2009. Updating and publishing the economic and fiscal forecasts to determine the on-going effects of the international economic crisis. Appointing a Minister of Infrastructure and begin implementing National's infrastructure plan that will see investment of 6 billion dollars in infrastructure over the next 6 years. 1.5 billion Investment in ultra fast broadband to enhance productivity and improve global connectivity. The introduction and passage of National's transitional relief package into law to offer extra assistance to Kiwis who are worst hit by redundancy. Calling in public service chief executives and instruct them to undertake a line-by-line review of their department's spending. For those off shore migrants unaware of the changes that may to occur under the new national party governance, Visit www.national.org.nz as this website has comprehensive listings of all policies the NZ national party embrace. Under a the current MMP electoral system national will govern with the assistance of the Act party www.act.org.nz Both parties are business friendly which has resulted in a big shift to the right for New Zealand politics. There are few in the business community who will argue this is timely.

Monday November 10th, 2008
Automotive Employment NZ in addition to our North Island vacancies has just listed an extensive number of South island vacancies after visiting an estimated 250 automotive, heavy automotive, farm machinery and heavy equipment businesses. These vacancies cover all areas of the South Island from Blenheim at the top of the South Island. Right down the East Coast including, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin and Invercargill. Our company then extended our visitations back up the West Coast of New Zealand including Queenstown, Wanaka, Haast, Greymouth, Westport, Stockton and back up to Nelson. The result was the listing of 27 vacancies and job seekers will note that every region visited above now has jobs listed in it. Once again Automotive Employment NZ has solidified our position as New Zealand’s only automotive recruitment company to achieve vacancies in every area of NZ.

Friday October 17th, 2008
As an update on immigrantion policy for skilled migrants, from 3 October 2008, temporary entry health policy will include a specific health waiver for certain applicants who intend to give birth in New Zealand. The waiver applies if: they are partners of New Zealand citizens or permanent residents; or they or their partner is applying for a work to residence visa or permit, where the visa or permit is for a period of two years or more; or if the length of the visa or permit plus earlier visas or permits adds up to two years or more. The granting of this specific health waiver does not require referral to a Medical Assessor.

Monday September 29th, 2008
Automotive Employment NZ congratulates Grant Noonan from our company in achieving the best month for placements by any consultant employed by the director of our consultancy in his exposure to automotive recruitment in 17 years. The individual record was last broken by Toni Vermeulen of our company in January 2008. Grants tremendous effort has also accumulated in assisting the company to equal the best overall month the company has ever achieved. The best overall recrord for our team was last achieved in April 2008. Automotive Employment NZ warmly thank Grant and our entire team for the focused effort to achieve this accolade; all the more so in times that have proved challenging for other companies.

Monday September 29th, 2008
After a period of declining vehicle sales reports in the New Zealand motor industry indicate “the bottom of this decline has been reached and that confidence will increase in the coming months”. These sources report; “the industry can move into 2008 with considerable confidence.” As if on queue,Automotive Employment NZ has posted a record Month for September 2008 also indicating the strength of employer enquiry continues to be strong. Candidates immigrating to New Zealand from off shore countries however are alerted that it is entirely possible the forthcoming general elections due on November 8 2008 could have an affect on the number of vacancies likely to be posted immediately leading up to the elections. The longer term forecast for employment opportunities in NZ seems to indicate unemployment will rise from 3.9% to 5%, Automotive Employment NZ predicts this marginal rise will reflect more in the appointment of non skilled or semi skills employees which may not adversely affect vacancies in the New Zealand automotive industry.

Friday September 12th, 2008
Off shore migrants moving to NZ seeking automotive jobs should note the news released today is the date for the forthcoming New Zealand general elections was set for the 8th of November 2008. The main two parties contesting to form a government are the NZ national party [www.national.org.nz] and labour party. [www.labour.org.nz] the policies of both parties are on the URL's listed. New Zealand presently operates a MMP electoral system, full details of how this system works are available on the following URL http://www.elections.org.nz/voting/mmp/

Friday September 12th, 2008
Spring is now here in NZ and with the warmer weather the news is automotive vehicle dealerships are starting to report an upturn in business. The automotive employment sector is once again experiencing an increasing demand for staff with enquiry from candidates brisk.

Friday August 22nd, 2008
Statistics New Zealand today releases the revised labour force survey, the latest survey released today shows unemployment is still one of the worlds lowest at 3.9%. Automotive Employment NZ has arguably the largest number of vacancies ever listed and the slight freeing up of candidates for the quarter, 0.2% has done little to alleviate the shortages New Zealand employers are experiencing in the motor industry sector. There are however sections of the automotive industry where the freeing up of labour is starting to impact on the ability of some candidates to achieve job offers. Currently it is noted that candidates who have previously resided in countries that are perceived to have dissimilar work cultures to New Zealand are included in this observation. This means for an example that even given our willing desire to assist candidates in some of the more disadvantaged areas it is our observation it is becoming difficult if not impossible to place candidates with these backgrounds. Candidates residing in New Zealand with appropriate skills and those residing in the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Canada and USA should continue to have few problems securing employment assuming employment backgrounds are in keeping with what is needed.

Monday August 11th, 2008
Candidates should note the job board has just received a major update. While many of the positions removed were current the update reflected the upgrade in terms of the quality of positions listed.

Monday August 11th, 2008
GPS Tracking NZ, a sister company to Automotive Employment NZ today announces our expansion into wireless digital security and marine alarms. Securing reseller rights to these products further enhances the lineup of GPS capable security products. The company now services the residential and commercially property and marine markets in addition to the automotive and heavy automotive areas we have been servicing for some time.

Thursday August 7th, 2008
Automotive Employment NZ’s migrant support program will provide updates to the new essential work skills policy from Tuesday the 11th of August and inclusion of the ANSCO list. We apologise for the delay in posting this information which was due to information provided to us being incomplete. The information will be accessible on the following URL which is also accessible off the home page under support information for new migrants http://www.automotiveemployment.co.nz/newmigrants.html

Thursday August 7th, 2008
Reports that the NZ economy is moving into recession were confirmed by NZ treasury on the 5th of August however the employment market remains strong for now. The announcement was made after two quarters of negative economic growth. Employment options while still strong in many sectors are starting to become challenging for sales personnel. Technical positions for the most part remain strong for those with stable work histories. The official unemployment rate remains one of the worlds lowest at 3.6%. Off shore candidates in particular should ensure they remain in regular contact with their consultant at Automotive Employment NZ during this period of uncertainty; particularly so in the lead up to the New Zealand general elections in November.

Thursday July 17th, 2008
Those looking for Motor industry jobs migrating to New Zealand without residency or work permits should note that New Zealand immigration is about to release new policies as at the 28th of July 2008. The new policy called the "Essential Skills Work Policy" is replacing General work policy on 28 July 2008. One of the key changes in the new policy is that Essential Skills will differentiate between occupations on the basis of their skill level. The following url links to the anzsco list of skills which determine whether New Zealand immigration will consider your occupation in an area of skills shortage. http://www.immigration.govt.nz/anzsco As with the general work policy the responsibility will be on the employer to prove they cannot employ a New Zealand based applicant. A cursory study of the full policy would indicate this could clear the way for other skills outside the traditional trades to gain NZ permanent residency. If you require further advise on this new policy and what it may mean to your chances of moving to NZ we are happy to assist.

Friday July 11th, 2008
Job seekers outside Auckland or New Zealand should note Automotive Employment NZ now have both Skype voice and video phone facilites in addition to our normal methods of contact. It is hoped by providing this service that Automotive Employment NZ will help off shore candidates to make such calls more affordable. Full details on our Skype address and further instructions are avaiable in the contact us section of this website.

Monday July 7th, 2008
Automotive Employment NZ returns from a business trip in Perth Western Australia and now has listed a range of vacancies in the Mining and Heavy transport sector. Candidates will need full NZ citizenship to qualify for these roles due to Australian immigration requirements. Rates however are top class. Go to the job board for more information

Friday July 4th, 2008
Candidates applying for job vacancies in the motor industry will note Automotive Employment NZ have made minor changes to the application process for ease of using our website. These changes now allow candidates to browse their computer and locate multiple files which in turn can be sent to our consultancy. The changes will be particularly useful for those using free email programs that may not automatically prompt your email to start up. In addition candidates will still have the functions of going to the contact us section directly from each advertisement and being able to forward advertisements to work colleagues or friends

Monday June 30th, 2008
Website users will notice our estimates for wage and salary rates for the New Zealand motor industry are now accessible off our home page. We trust this assists both NZ based employees, employers and off shore migrants in gaining an estimate of potential earnings/salaries. The rates are based on our opinion of the median wage rates currently in New Zealand. Employees should note that regional adjustments may need to be made in areas that have a greater or lesser cost of living and regional shortages or excesses of available workers may also affect these rates.

Monday June 30th, 2008
A job opportunity working in Automotive Employment NZ is now available, you will need a motor industry background, great communication skills and IT literacy. Check out our job board for full details of this ad

Wednesday June 25th, 2008
The migrant support program for those seeking motor industry jobs in New Zealand is now fully updated. Automotive Employment NZ has a full support program for those moving to NZ and this information can be accessed by either returning to the home and clicking on “Support Info/new migrants” on the left hand of the home page or by copying the following url into your browser www.automotiveemployment.co.nz The migrant support program provides valuable information about the best way of achieving a desired job offer and work permit. Information contained in this area includes salary and wage rates, required documentation for gaining work permits, information about the best areas to move to, a pictorial virtual tour of New Zealand and information about which permit will best suits your needs.

Monday June 23rd, 2008
Job applicants in NZ and new migrants should note the 2008 updates to the wage and salary estimates for automotive jobs nationally in NZ have just been updated. The document includes our estimate of the current rates for most job categories in the New Zealand motor industry. Either copy or paste the following url in to your browser to view http://www.automotiveemployment.co.nz/rates.html or navigate to this page by visiting the support info for new migrants and then clicking on step five. Job seekers and employers should note that while Automotive Employment NZ has attempted top provide an accurate indicator of wage rates these rates should be considered an indication only. It would be wise for job applicants or employers to phone a consultant at Automotive Employment NZ and provide the additional details for us to provide a more in-depth analysis. Our recruitment company provides such assessments free of charge to both employers and employees other than the cost of your toll call if you are phoning outside Auckland or NZ

Wednesday June 18th, 2008
Updates to the skilled migrant support program are underway; this area of our website is designed to provide guidance to new migrants moving to NZ. Navigate to this page by going to the main menu and click on migrant support. The section has current wage rates, document downloads and some 60 pages of copyright support information you will not find anywhere else.

Thursday June 5th, 2008
IMPORTANT NOTICE! Off shore migrants intending to emigrate to New Zealand should note that from July 28 2008 NZ Immigration Services intend to increase the base rate for applications for work to residency made through a registered talent visa provider to $55000 per annum. Automotive Employment NZ has commenced lobbying the New Zealand government to retain the level at $50'000. Applications made with the department of labour/immigration prior to July 28 will not be affected by this policy.

Friday May 30th, 2008
Off shore candidates seeking employment should note that Monday June 2 2008 is a public holiday in New Zealand hence we will not be open on this day. The holiday celebrates England’s Queens Birthday. It is celebrated in New Zealand due to New Zealand being a member of the British Commonwealth group of countries. Our recruitment consultants will reply to emails as soon as possible on the next business day.

Wednesday May 28th, 2008
After a brief surge in redundancies in the Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch motor industry markets, Automotive Employment NZ has listed 37 vacancies in 14 days. This demonstrates that the employment market remains strong nationwide with senior level positions also showing strong growth.

Thursday May 8th, 2008
Automotive Employment NZ will have consultants in Wellington conducting interviews for nationwide vacancies from Monday May 12 till Thursday May 15. Should you be based in Wellington and seeking employment or be an employer seeking to fill a vacancy phone us on 0800 67 57 47 now.

Tuesday April 15th, 2008
Automotive Employment NZ is exhibiting at the NZ Motor Show this week from Wednesday 16th of April till Saturday April 19. The Expo is held in Hamilton at the Claudelands show grounds. This a perfect time for those employed in the motor industry attending the Hamilton 400 V8 super cars event to come and meet us and discuss your future career aspirations. We have specifically ensured we have a wide range of vacancies all around New Zealand prior to attending the event at all levels with over 140 current vacancies in all sectors of the motor industry. See you there!

Friday April 4th, 2008
Sister company to Automotive Employment NZ Ltd, GPS Tracking NZ Ltd today launches part one of the GPS Tracking NZ expansion by becoming a reseller of the AVS product range. The company continues to be a premium reseller of the Armada GPS tracking range. Additional staff resources will be required shortly. Visit our newly upgraded website www.gpstracking.co.nz for full details. Alternatively please register your interest in these vacancies by contacting your consultant at Automotive Employment NZ.

Friday April 4th, 2008
Figures just released show New Zealand not only has an unemployment rate of 3.4% but we have achieved unemployment rates of less than 4% for 14 consecutive quarters. New Zealand is the only country in the OECD to have achieved this. Work done by the NZ department of labour reveals the low unemployment is likely to be around for generations to come.

Wednesday April 2nd, 2008
The management of Automotive Employment NZ congratulates our consulting team on achieving the highest number of placements made in a single month ever for the month of March 2008. 25 candidates were placed in vacancies throughout NZ during this period and the result was the best month on record; this extended to both the number of placements and the average wage remuneration rates secured by candidates. The company acknowledges the huge team effort that made this occur.

Wednesday April 2nd, 2008
Figures released for New Zealands labour force survey show that once again New Zealands unemployment rates have declined. At just 3.4% NZ is back to our all time historic low unemployment figure.

Tuesday March 18th, 2008
Automotive Employment NZ today welcomes Grant Noonan to our team of industry experienced consultants. Grant brings 25 years industry experience in parts, group service management and sales management to out team. We warmly welcome Grant and are delighted to be able to offer his considerable expertise to both candidates and clients alike.

Thursday March 6th, 2008
Off shore migrants should note changes to NZ customs processing as at January 10 2008. Candidates bringing over household goods and tools should now ensure these are shipped to NZ after a work permit is granted. NZ customs no longer releases household effects with a letter from a recruitment company. You must have a valid work permit otherwise you will be charged storage fees by the customs department.

Friday February 29th, 2008
Candidate seeking employment should note that forthcoming industry changes are about to present some interesting career opportunities. Call us direct to discuss these opportunities or send your resume through the contact us section of this website

Monday February 18th, 2008
New Zealand’s unemployment rates at a new record all time low, according to statistics NZ information released on February 15 2008. View migrant support information off home page for the full storey

Tuesday February 5th, 2008
Automotive Employment NZ congratulates our consultant Jeff Mc Collum on his recent achievement securing the appointment to Dealer Principal of John Andrew Ford and Mazda West. A big thank you from our whole team for the massive contribution you made to our consultancy.

Tuesday February 5th, 2008
Give yourself the advantage in your next interview and check out our new interview tips found at the bottom left hand side of our home page

Tuesday February 5th, 2008
Candidates should note that Wednesday February 5, 2008 is Waitangi day which is a public holiday in New Zealand. Waitangi day celebrates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between the British Crown and Maori Chiefs in 1840.

Friday January 25th, 2008
Job applicants should note that Monday the 28th of January 2008 is a public holiday celebrating anniversary day. The anniversary holiday celebrates Auckland’s Birthday 168 years ago and the tradition of yacht racing on this day extends back to the same time. In modern day literally thousands of water craft take to the waters of Auckland’s Waitamata harbour and local authorities often provide fireworks displays and a range of concerts and entertainment for Auckland’s population.

Monday January 14th, 2008
Automotive Employment NZ wishes all our candidates and clients a Happy New Year. January is one of the busiest times in the automotive recruitment calendar and candidates should use this opportunity to seek the abundance of quality vacancies appearing at this time.

Tuesday December 11th, 2007
Automotive Employment NZ thanks those attendees of the NZ Job expo during the weekend. Processing of job applications in the consultancy has commenced. We are hoping to contact all applicants by Thursday this week to discuss the selection of jobs highlighted at the expo.

Saturday December 8th, 2007
Automotive Employment NZ Ltd welcomes attendees to New Zealand’s first employment expo. The expo is being held at the North Shore events centre today; Saturday the 8th of December and tomorrow Sunday the 9th of December. This is a perfect opportunity for those wishing to meet with us who ordinarily have difficulties getting time off work. The consultants at the expo can be contacted via free phone 0800 67 57 47. Off shore callers ++64 271 3200

Friday November 30th, 2007
In addition to Automotive Employment NZ attending the NZ Job Expo on the 8th and 9th of December at North Shore events centre Auckland, our recruitment company will also be attending the NZ Career Expo at the ASB show grounds in Greenlane to be held on February 16 and 17 2008. Full details can be obtained on this second expo at the following website www.nzcareerexpo.co.nz

Friday November 30th, 2007
New migrants immigrating to New Zealand and having work permits processed by our recruitment company should note the new amendments to the New Zealand immigration services long term shortages list. We have posted a copy of the new list on the following page for your convenience; http://www.automotiveemployment.co.nz/LongTermShortagesList.pdf Automotive technicians, diesel mechanics and auto electricians will be pleased to note these categories have remained active and should not effect existing or new applications.

Thursday November 15th, 2007
Automotive Employment NZ announces our attendance at the NZ Job expo to be held at the North Shore events centre in Auckland on the 8th and 9th of December 2007. This is an exceptional chance for the career minded to secure excellent jobs in the motor industry. Our experienced consulting team will be in attendance to answer all your questions on where to find the jobs you are looking for and how to go about it without pressure or commitment. We hope to see you there. For full details on the expo go to www.nzjobexpo.com

Monday November 12th, 2007
Our team warmly welcomes Janelle Muir to our recruitment consultancy in the position of Para-Consultant. Janelle joins Marie Rewa in our support team and will be assisting our consultants to maintain ongoing contact with candidates who seek employment in the motor industry and motor industry employers looking for staff. The appointment of two additional staff in the past week has strengthened our team to seven personnel dedicated to motor industry recruitment and firmly secures the consultancy position as NZ market leaders in the motor industry recruitment sector.

Wednesday October 31st, 2007
Automotive Employment NZ today announces the appointment of both a new automotive recruitment consultant and Para-consultant. The consultant appointed replaces Kerry Manderson whom recently moved to the Waikato region. The hiring of a Para-consultant further assists our recruiters who now have one of the best support teams we have ever assembled. Once again the team at Automotive Employment NZ has been strengthened and the appointment of our new consultant cements our position as “New Zealand’s most experienced automotive recruitment team” Automotive Employment NZ is now also "New Zealand’s largest automotive recruitment consultancy"

Friday October 26th, 2007
Candidates should note there has never been a better time to find employment in NZ. In the last week alone Automotive Employment NZ has listed 15 vacancies. We are presently encouraging those candidates who are considering change to make contact with us now, prior to the traditional January 2008 peak periods

Friday October 19th, 2007
Job seekers should note Monday the 22nd of October is a public holiday in New Zealand and Automotive Employment NZ will not be open on this day. The holiday celebrates the struggle for the right to work an 8 hour day; this was first celebrated on the 28th of October 1890. NZ was was one of the first countries in the world to allow trades personnel the right to work only 8 hours day should the employee prefer to work these hours. The shortage of trade skills can be traced back to the 1890's in NZ and this is largley recognised as the driver for the early adoption of this work related policy.

Friday October 12th, 2007
Automotive job seekers using the auto permit migrant support program should note that as from the 12th of October [today] this information is now hosted within the www.automotiveemployment.co.nz website. Users should click on the migrant resources section to access this information. This is the second part of the major three-stage upgrade Automotive Employment NZ has undertaken to provide a world leading automotive recruitment website. We trust you find the improvements valuable.

Thursday October 11th, 2007
New migrants to NZ seeking jobs in the New Zealand motor industry will be pleased to note the rules to duty free entry will change from November 15. People who hold work visas longer than 12 months will not have to pay customs duty on their baggage and effects. This includes automotive tools for personal use.

Monday October 1st, 2007
Candidates seeking senior service management roles should note Automotive Employment New Zealand have just listed a significant after sales managers position in one of South Auckland’s premier automotive dealerships. Full details of the position will be published in the NZ Herald situations vacant section from Tuesday October 3rd 2007. The job can also be viewed online via our job board within the next 24 hours.

Wednesday September 26th, 2007
A unique job opportunity has arisen at Automotive Employment NZ Ltd due to the resignation Kerry Manderson who has recently moved to the Waikato district with his family. Should you have a motor industry background and are interested in enquiring about this role, check out this job listing and go to the automotive jobs section to apply online.

Wednesday September 26th, 2007
Automotive Employment NZ welcome all new arrivals from last years opportunites NZ expo held in London and Manchester. The company has now assisted with the settlement of over 55 migrants since last years expo.

Friday September 21st, 2007
Automotive Employment NZ highlights an additional 70 automotive vacancies have been added to the site in the last 45 days. This increase in job listings reflects the drive the company has undertaken in all major towns and cities throughout the country in order to provide a truly national recruitment service for the NZ motor industry. Check out the new listings in our vacancies section http://www.automotiveemployment.co.nz/vacancies-general.php

Tuesday September 18th, 2007
Automotive Employment NZ Ltd proudly announces the release of our recently upgraded website, we warmly thank Lukas and Bryan for there sensational creative output and David Levin for his time, advice and efforts in bringing our new website together....thankyou!

Monday September 17th, 2007
At 3.6 per cent, New Zealand's June 2007 unemployment rates are now the back to one of the lowest in the developed world and near the lowest ever recorded by the Household Labour Force Survey. This is good news for the healthy New Zealand economy, particularly given the results are follow other low unemployment figures such as 3.7% for the December 2006 quarter and 3.8% for June 2006. We are however yet to beat the historic achievement of 3.4% unemployment in the third quarter of 2004.

Friday September 14th, 2007
New migrants to New Zealand and New Zealand employers should be aware of changes to the accredited talent visa provider's scheme. Minimum guaranteed salaries have now increased to $50,000 PA. Whilst this will not effect applications for general work permits, candidates who were planning to apply under this category should contact their consultant at Automotive Employment NZ to discuss further.

Thursday September 13th, 2007
New functionality for the search functions of our general vacancies job board have just been introduced. We trust candidates are finding the new search function an improvement. The new search mechanism was introduced due to the high number of vacancies being registered with automotive employment nz.