Genuine attempt to recruit
You must have tried to recruit New Zealanders for the positions
You must try to recruit a New Zealander for your vacancy unless:
- the work is in an occupation on one of our essential skills in demand lists and your candidate has the qualifications and/or work experienced listed for that occupation
- your candidate is already working in the role and has recently applied or been invited to apply for residence under our Skilled Migrant Category
- you already employ the worker full-time in the same role and in the same region that they will be working in.
You must provide evidence to show you have made genuine attempts to recruit a New Zealander for the vacancy. The evidence you provide will depend on if the work is paid below, at or above the New Zealand median wage.
If the occupation is paid at or above the median wage, you must provide evidence you advertised the vacancy, including:
- the text for your advert
- where and how long your advert ran for (should be for at least two weeks)
- an explanation why any applicants from New Zealand were not hired.
If the occupation is paid below the median wage, you must provide evidence you advertised the vacancy for at least one week, as well as a Skills Match Report from Work and Income.