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Student Job Search Works For Students And Employers Alike

Wednesday 25 February 2015, 12:10PM

By Beckie Wright

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The philosophy of Student Job Search is to improve the lives of all New Zealanders by supporting tertiary students to develop the skills and will to drive New Zealand’s economic, political, and social prosperity by helping them to gain skills, work experience, career opportunities and financial freedom. They achieve this by giving students friendly advice, linking them to job opportunities that fit around their study and giving them a competitive advantage over other job seekers.

To this end, Student Job Search serves as a valuable employment service for tertiary students, and have been finding New Zealand students jobs since 1982. Their mission is to help New Zealand grow by enabling current and intending tertiary students to earn sufficient income throughout the academic year and/or during holiday breaks to be the best they can be at their chosen course of study. They also work to improve domestic employment prospects for graduates by supporting communities and businesses in New Zealand so that they remain vibrant and grow.

The Student Job Search team advise it is important for students to realise how vital it is for them to acquire work experience. Employers are telling us that work experience is emerging as the determining factor for post graduate employment success. Grades are important but experience is often the difference between securing and not securing that dream job. A number of organisations have actually now introduced formal policies setting out that an employee must have some form of work experience before being offered a job, and an increasing number of students have also confirmed this.

This is where volunteering becomes so important. For anyone not able to secure a paid job, they should know that experience gained volunteering will help them to obtain jobs in the future. Student Job Search have found that students who have volunteered in their community often display the attitude they are looking for. In the eyes of employers, this quality in a potential employee is a big plus.

To help tertiary students to secure the work experience they need, Student Job Search is enabling all registered charities and volunteer agencies that support charities, such as Volunteer New Zealand, to list volunteer jobs suitable for students with Student Job Search. Students can apply for volunteer roles just like any other role. For further information please visit the website at http://www.sjs.co.nz.