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zagcollins
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Hi,
I am looking at starting my MBA in NZ next year. However, I am a tad discouraged owing to the fact that my research entails that getting a job as a manager in NZ post MBA is akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Kiwis, apparently, give importance to 'NZ experience' (which frankly sounds ridiculous). Could you shed some more light on that?? |
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Pauloz
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| zagcollins wrote: | Hi,
I am looking at starting my MBA in NZ next year. However, I am a tad discouraged owing to the fact that my research entails that getting a job as a manager in NZ post MBA is akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Kiwis, apparently, give importance to 'NZ experience' (which frankly sounds ridiculous). Could you shed some more light on that?? |
zagcollins
Well, they're not entirely wrong. We've been living next door to the Kiwis for 200 years, and we can truthfully say there's nothing like them on Earth, or anywhere else, that we've noticed. They're a bit houseproud in the Land of the Long White Vowel.
Your research is pretty right in one respect but needs some qualifiers: Small job market, highly competitive, and local knowledge matters. "NZ experience" can refer to local networks. They're not backward, just inarticulate, on this subject. That is a practical consideration, in many industries.
Your best shot by far, under these circumstances, is to look for a job with a multinational, even an Australian company would do. Exporters in particular would be a definite possibility, like those related to the US, where the purely "Kiwi" element isn't the defining issue.
Note: When arriving in New Zealand, the mountains carrying footballs are known as All Blacks. The ones with snow and tourists on them are just mountains, and do less tackling. |
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