Great Kiwi-owned digital places to Search for Online Jobs in New Zealand

Great Kiwi-owned digital places to Search for Online Jobs in New Zealand: Unlocking the Benefits of the Best Niche Market Job Websites 100% Kiwi Owned and operated.

Introduction

The job market in New Zealand is evolving rapidly, with the demand for online jobs growing at an unprecedented rate. As more companies embrace remote work, job seekers need to adapt and find the best platforms to search for online job opportunities.

This has seen a proliferation of job boards in the marketplace all vying to sit alongside Seek and Trade Me Jobs as the best places to find work in our beautiful country.

Most of these sites are based offshore and use their overseas jobs to lure Kiwis into joining their databases. This has issues that reach far beyond the fact they are also helping offshore organisations deplete our local talent pool.  The irony is that the Kiwi businesses supporting them are also effectively supporting the overseas employers who are attracting their own staff to jobs offshore.  Made more possible with these sites, which seem to all have introduced cv search capabilities for employers that use them.

In this blog post, we will explore the top niche 100% kiwi owned websites for online job searching in New Zealand and how to use them effectively to land your dream job.

Top Kiwi-owned websites for Online Job Searching in New Zealand 

The Job Market Live

• Overview: The Job Market Live is a comprehensive job search platform that caters specifically to job seekers in New Zealand. The website offers a wide range of job listings, from entry-level positions to executive roles across various industries and seems to be growing steadily with new local businesses discovering them daily.

• Join the weekly newsletter: Get a list of that week’s jobs along with helpful information for both Kiwi Employers and Job Seekers. 

• Join the Talent Pool: The Job Market will soon be allowing Job Seekers to sign up and join their own local database, which will provide access to pre-screened and vetted Kiwi-based employers to match to only real jobs enabling a safer and more responsible approach for those looking to work, play and stay here in New Zealand.

• Searching for jobs: Look through the list of jobs on the Job Page to quickly find the jobs in the regions you want to work.  They also cater for those looking to work remotely and/or for employers who wish to advertise a role across severally locations.
  

Kumara Vine

• Overview: Kumara Vine is a unique job search platform in New Zealand that focuses on connecting Māori and Pasifika job seekers with suitable job opportunities. The website features job listings from a variety of industries, including education, healthcare, and technology. The Kaupapa for this site is to “promote Māori and Pasifika success” stories, and they achieve this via their news/blog section.

• Navigating the platform: Kumara Vine's platform is best used by joining the weekly newsletter (link on the homepage) to get a full list of jobs delivered to your email box end of each week.

• Searching for jobs: Use the search bar on the homepage to find job listings that match your skills and preferences. You can also scroll through the pages of jobs listed by the latest job posted first.  This means the freshest jobs are promoted most recently and enables the jobseeker to find the best jobs to apply for first.

Wellington Today

• Overview: Wellington Today is a job search website that focuses on job opportunities in the Wellington region. The website offers a curated selection of job listings in various industries, making it an excellent resource for job seekers looking for employment in Wellington.

• Navigating the platform: Wellington Today uses the same platform as the Kumara Vine, so joining the weekly jobs list is a wonderful way to keep up with the latest jobs, which are delivered to your email each Friday.

• Searching for jobs: For a comprehensive search of all live jobs, you can also scroll through the Job Section, which lists the latest jobs posted first.  This means the freshest jobs are promoted most recently and enables the jobseeker to find the best jobs to apply for first.

Statistics that make these sites stand out from the rest.

These sites don’t just depend on website traffic to promote their jobs to job seekers. They promote their jobs across multiple popular social media pages (not just their own) and are reaching some serious numbers of Kiwis each day.  This means 95% of traffic to both the social media pages and websites is New Zealand based.

This activity is attracting some of New Zealand’s more savvy and proactive employers to ensure they include these sites in their job marketing strategy. Adding more jobs and covering more industries as they grow.

The stats that make them stand out.  The sites effectively use social media as a first filter, with 60% of their website traffic coming from this approach. Many people not interested in the job will make that decision at this first stage, making it more likely that what traffic the websites get is good from both the job seeker and employer alike.

• Kumara Vine: Currently, the Kumara Vine Facebook page alone has a monthly audience of over 85,000+ people. The site is rapidly growing and expects its Facebook audience to hit 100,000+ viewers before the end of our winter.

• The Job Market: Currently, the Job Market Facebook page alone has a monthly audience of over 75,000+ people. The site is also experiencing rapid growth and expects to overtake the Kumara Vine and have some profoundly serious numbers by the end of 2023. 

• Wellington Today: Currently, the Wellington Today Facebook page has a monthly audience of over 25,000+ people each month and predicts this Facebook audience to reach 50,000 by the end of 2023. Local Wellington people are looking at local jobs.
  
  

Conclusion

Now that you're familiar with the top niche market websites for online job searching in New Zealand, it's time to take action and start your job search journey. By using these resources effectively, you'll be one step closer to finding your ideal online job.

So, go ahead and join the newsletters on these platforms and begin exploring the exciting job opportunities that await you or have them delivered to your inbox every Friday!

Happy Job hunting :-)
from the team @ New Zealand Today.

ENDS