Career talk issue 43(2) by Gareth Brown

FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE... PAGE 3 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT PAGE 4 & 5 FEATURE STORY NEPAL DONATIONS

Welcome to Career Talk!! NZMA Careers have been working hard to open doors for you so please prepare yourself to walk through with confidence!

PAGES 6, 7, 8 & 9 HIGHLIGHTS FROM AUCKTheincampuses been busy with What’s it for have you? LAND SOUTH activities. Sylvia Park celebrating their graduates, preparing for their upcomNEW COURSE COMING IN ing Open Day and continue to conMAY duct Speed Interviews to the benefit PAGES 10, 11 & 12 of students before they get into the HIGHLIGHTS FROM SYLVIA work place. Auckland South have PARK been out and about conducting workshops and promoting the new Early PAGE 13, 14, 15 & 16 Childhood Educator course starting in HIGHLIGHTS FROM May. Waikato been busy with work WAIKATO experience opportunities, had an PAGE 17 & 18 amazing Open Day and are preparing for Fieldays—one of the biggest CURRENT VACANCIES events of the year! PAGE 19 OUR TEAM We are excited about the events and activities that are planned for the rest of this year. Let’s continue to make 2015 a great one!

GARETH BROWN TERTIARY CAREERS MANAGER

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT Meet…….. Adam Gardner who is a current Level 4 Contact Centre student at our Waikato Campus.

Q: Where are you working? A: I’ve just landed a CSR & Telesales role with Philips Search & Rescue in Hamilton. Q: How did you get the job? A: The NZMA Careers team arranged a class visit with Student Job Search. I spoke to an ambassador, who happened to be an ex-NZMA student (Lance Uerata) and he signed me up with Student Job Search and then I applied for the position via the Student Job Search website. Within a couple of days I had a telephonic interview, then a face-toface interview and not long after that I got the job! Q: What has been the best part of studying with NZMA? A: Being able to put a qualification behind my name— that is an AWESOME feeling! Q: What advice would give to those rising through the ranks of NZMA? A: No matter how many times you get rejected—don’t give up!!

Share with us To ensure that Career Talk is awesome, we need you to be involved. Tell us about the great things that you are doing or anything else you’d like to share. Email careers@nzma.ac.nz

FEATURE STORY

Student Job Search partners up with NZMA!! Being a student at NZMA has so many rewards! Not only do our students get a quality education, they have tutors, staff and a Careers Team committed to their success! NZMA have recently partnered up with Student Job Search, creating another avenue for our students looking for work. Who are Student Job Search?? For those of you who are not aware of who Student Job Search are and what they do: 

Advertise and promote job opportunities for students

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Job opportunities vary from one-off events to permanent positions

What are the benefits?? 

Being a NZMA student—you don’t pay a fee to use their service

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Student Job Search are available to attend various campus events

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Finding work is as simple as logging in and applying online

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Jobs that fit around your studies

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Alerts for the jobs you want

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Valuable work experience whilst getting paid

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To be eligible for hardship benefit (during December break) you need to be registered with Student Job Search

For more information about Student Job Search, get in touch with your campus Careers team or visit www.sjs.co.nz

TO OUR NEPALESE STUDENTS - WE STAND WITH YOU!! On the 29th of April, our students from Nepal organised a prayer service to remember the victims of Saturday’s earthquake and to ask for support for their homeland. NZMA’s whanau includes 18 Nepalese students, who are studying with us at Sylvia Park. It is in times of crisis that you need your family the most, and we’d like to ask you to show your support by donating to the Red Cross Nepal Earthquake Appeal, which is the students’ charity of choice.

You can donate online or contribute to the collection boxes on campus, and we’ll keep you updated with ways that you can help over the next few days.

redcross.org.nz Our mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilising the power of humanity to respond and build resilience to disasters, conflicts and injustices all over the world - and in our own backyard.

WHANAU EVENING We had another amazing Whanau Evening at our Auckland South campus recently. Thank you to everyone who attended, and to our staff and friends who worked so hard to make this such a great event!

CELEBRATING ANZAC

Our Auckland South Retail students have put together a beautiful ANZAC window display to commemorate the 100 year anniversary

Our NZMA Careers team have been working with New Zealand Career College, sharing the love with a series of their famous CV workshops. Here's Jay & Kate with the awesome Level 3 Early Childhood Education students at their Manukau campus

Our guest speaker Letelemalanuola Tuitofa MoePenn shared her experiences of being a registered teacher and centre manager with our Level 3 students at our Mankau campus. Her words of advice: 'don't give up!â€™

This week we supported our awesome Level 3 Hospitality students who delivered their first service in their pop up restaurant named, Fayeâ€™s Restaurant. We were served a wonderful main dish of Nachos, followed by a choice of two awesome desserts (Leilani had a mint choc chip cheesecake-yummy) and had choices of either a Sky High or Mango mocktails which were very refreshing. Well done to Hope, their amazing tutor and the Level 3 Hospitality class for doing so well and giving their best!

Welcome to Hospitality!

INTRODUCING A BRAND NEW COURSE AT AUCKLAND SOUTH…..

GRADUATION CEREMONY We hosted a graduation ceremony on Thursday the 17th of April at our Sylvia Park campus. Congratulations to all our students who are graduating - we're really proud of what you have achieved and we wish you all the best for your future, whether you're starting your new career or continuing on with study. Thank you to all staff members and students involved with the ceremony and with the catering, and a very special thank you to Terresa and the kapa haka

Share with us To ensure that Career Talk is awesome, we need you to be involved. Tell us about the great things that you are doing or anything else youâ€™d like to share. Email careers@nzma.ac.nz

Dessert Obsession Tutor Ganeshâ€™s Level 5 Cookery students have excelled in their dessert assessment. They needed to plan, create and plate a selection of desserts in order to pass their assessment. They proudly displayed their creations to all at SPC in the cafe this week. Thank you to Chef Ganesh for inspiring and supporting our cookery students to succeed. Well done to all the students involved â€“ you should be proud of all you have achieved!

St. Pierre’s Sushi Masterclass On Wednesday the 22nd of April, our cookery students were treated to a sushi masterclass with St. Pierre’s Sushi. Not only were our students shown the technique and skill of the art of sushi but were given the opportunity to create some ‘master pieces’ themselves!

WAIKATO SHOW Our lovely students did us proud at the Waikato Show during 10 â€“ 12 April 2015. We had 31 students from YG to Diploma helping out in different areas of the show. Well done everyone!!

SUGAR RUSH窶認IRST DAY BACK AT COURSE!! It's great to be a Waikato student returning from the break.... FREE donuts for coming back in to course today! :) Look at all the smiles!

OPEN DAY Waikato Campus’ Open Day on Thursday 23rd April, was a HUGE success!! Thanks to all the staff and students—You guys are AMAZING!!

Our team will be with you every step of the way. Before you apply, be prepared— check out the career pathways at www.nzma.ac.nz/careers/nzma-careers-for-jobseeker On Call Relief Staff FOH

Cook

P OS IT O N

On Call — Relief Staff FOH

Cook

LOCATON

Auckland

HOURS & DAYS OF W ORK

Part Time

Permanent

SKILLS REQU IRED

Hospitality Level 3+

Hospitality Graduate Level 5

On Call Relief Staff CKRY

F&B Attendants

Waitstaff

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Ref: 1002096 POSIT ION

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POSIT ION

On Call Relief Staff Cookery

F&B Attendants

LOCATION

Auckland

HOURS & DAYS OF W ORK

Part time

Part time Casual

SKILLS REQU IRED

Cookery Level 3+

Hospitality Level 3+

Hospitality Level 4+

2IC

Pizza Chef

Kitchen Steward

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Ref: 1002090 POSIT ION

Ref: 1002115

POSIT ION

2IC

Pizza Chef

LOCATION

Auckland

HOURS & DAYS OF W ORK

Permanent F/Time

Casual P/time

SKILLS REQU IRED

Retail Level 4+ / Graduate

Hospitality Level 4+ Graduate

F&B Staff

Barista

CSR

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Ref: 1002124

P OS IT O N

POSIT ION

Barista

CSR—Inbound

LOCATION

F&B Staff LOCATON