Advertising the job before your job check
Before you can apply for an Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) job check, you must advertise the job for at least 2 weeks, unless the job is exempt.
Why you need to advertise the job first
Before you apply for a job check, you must check if there are suitable and available New Zealanders to do the job. You must make genuine attempts to attract and recruit New Zealand workers.
To be a suitable and available New Zealander, someone must:
- be a New Zealand citizen, or have a resident visa
- be qualified for or have appropriate work experience or skills to perform the job or be able to be trained on the job
- live close to where the job is or be able to move there
- have a practical way of travelling to the job, like a bus or their own car
- be available for full-time work in the hours you need.
When you apply for a job check:
- you must declare you have made genuine attempts to attract New Zealand workers
- we make sure you advertised the job, unless you are exempt
- we may request further information before we make a decision.
Use our checklist to make sure you have everything you need to apply:
Where to advertise the job
You must advertise the job on a general, national job listing website or platform where New Zealand citizens and residents are likely to apply. For example, Seek or TradeMe.
You can advertise in other places if they are more likely to attract qualified New Zealanders. For example, you could list the job on an industry-specific website like:
- VetJobs
- Engineering New Zealand
- Farm Source Jobs, or
- on a job listing platform such as ZEIL.
Jobs that are exempt from advertising
You do not need to advertise before you apply for a job check if the job:
- is on the Green List and meets the Green List requirements, or
- pays at least NZD $59.32 an hour.
How long you need to advertise for
If the job is Australia and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) skill level 1, 2 or 3, you must advertise for at least 14 days.
If the job is ANZSCO skill level 4 or 5, you must advertise for at least 21 days. You may also need to engage in
What is ANZSCO and how to find your skill level
Engaging with Work and Income before you apply for your job check
Note
Make sure you give the job the correct ANZSCO code.
If you apply for a job check for an ANZSCO level 1, 2 or 3 job, but we assess it as being ANZSCO level 4 or 5, we may decline your application, and you will need to apply again using the correct ANZSCO code.
- List the job title — it should be a meaningful, brief description of the job.
- Include a description of the job's day-to-day tasks and responsibilities.
- Specify if the work is permanent, temporary, fixed term or casual.
- Include the days of work required, if it includes weekend work, or if it is a rotating roster.
- If you are advertising for multiple vacancies in 1 advertisement, include the total of positions available. The details for the jobs must all be the same. For example, the same title, responsibilities, pay and requirements.
- the town, city or region where the work will be based or take place
- details of travel, if required.
Include:
If the work will be based in more than 1 location, you will need to advertise in each location.
List the hours required or guaranteed each week. The job must guarantee at least 30 hours of work each week throughout the employment.
Include the minimum and maximum pay or salary. If a large part of the earnings cannot be guaranteed, for example piece rates, commission rates or average bonuses — list the estimated earnings.
The job must pay at least the New Zealand
The pay you offer the worker must be the same as what you advertised.
Only list the qualifications, skills and experience that you need for the job. Before you offer a migrant worker a job, you must check they have the skills, qualifications and experience you listed in the job advertisement.
Migrant workers will also need to meet the requirements for their visa. For example, character, health, English language, or the AEWV minimum skill requirements.
The AEWV minimum skill requirements may be a higher level than your job needs. Do not list these requirements in your advertisement, unless they are genuinely required for the job.
Using a recruitment agency
You can use a recruitment agency to advertise and find suitable applicants.
You cannot pass on any recruitment costs to job applicants.
When you can apply for a job check
You must apply for a job check within 90 days of the job listing closing. The listing must have closed before you apply for a job check.
In your job check application, you need to:
- provide a start date for the job that must be within 6 months of the date you submit your job check application
- declare if you found any suitable New Zealanders for the job.
You will need to tell us the number of:
- candidates that applied for the job
- New Zealand citizens or residents that applied for the job
- New Zealand citizens or residents who were assessed as suitable for the job
- New Zealand citizens and residents who were hired.
- If the job is ANZSCO skill level 4 or 5, you need to indicate why any New Zealanders who applied were not suitable or available. Your job check will be declined if the information you provide shows there were suitable and available New Zealanders to fill your vacancy.
Note
You may also need to engage with Work and Income, if the job is ANZSCO skill level 4 or 5.
Engaging with Work and Income before you apply for a job check