Reach job-ready candidates, without the noise
CareersNZ gives you a shortlist of people who actually fit and who chose to apply. Register free, post or paste a role, and spend your time only on candidates worth talking to.
How hiring works
- Register for free and verify a business email
- Post a role directly, or paste a Seek or Trade Me link and we prefill it from your own advert
- We match candidates in your sector and region and show you their cards
- Tick the people you like, and we invite them to apply
- You receive full details only when a candidate applies to your role
We do not harvest or store data from Seek, Trade Me or other job sites. Where your role links to an external advert, we simply pass that link to matched candidates so they apply on your existing listing.
What it costs
Nothing. Registration is free, posting roles is free, and inviting candidates is free. There is no per-hire fee, no placement commission and no subscription. CareersNZ exists to make a national pool worth being in, and a pool with no employers in it is worth nothing to candidates.
Why employers use it
Traditional job boards bury you in applications from people who were never a match. CareersNZ works the other way around. You see a focused set of job-ready candidates for the exact sectors you are hiring in, and every application comes from someone who chose your role. That means less sifting and a warmer shortlist.
It also reaches a group your advert does not. Most people are not scrolling job boards. They are employed, reasonably content, and would move for the right role if it landed in front of them. Those people will not answer an advert, but they will join a pool where their name is not exposed. That is the part of the labour market a job board structurally cannot show you.
What you see, and what you do not
You see a card: a first name, a location, the sectors that candidate is open to, any licences and endorsements they hold, and a short bio in their own words. You do not see a surname, an email address or a phone number, and there is no way to contact a candidate outside the invitation flow. When a candidate applies to your role, their full details come to you for that role.
Candidates know exactly what you can see, which is why they are willing to be in the pool at all, and why the ones who apply to you are actually interested rather than mass-applying.
Built for New Zealand businesses and labour-hire
From a single site hiring one person to a labour-hire firm placing across several sectors, you only ever see candidates for the sectors you post in. Registration verifies you are a genuine New Zealand business, which keeps the pool trustworthy for candidates and employers alike.
Seasonal and peak hiring
Seasonal demand is where a standing pool earns its keep. Horticulture in Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Marlborough and Central Otago, freight and retail through the pre-Christmas peak, dairy through calving: in each case the advert goes up at the exact moment every competitor's advert goes up. A pool you can draw from before the rush, and invite from directly, gets you in front of people weeks before the queue forms.
Hard-to-fill regional roles
Outside the main centres the local applicant count for a specialist role can be close to zero, and the advert is not the problem. CareersNZ lets you match on candidates who marked themselves as flexible on location or open to relocating, which is a group no regional advert reliably reaches.
Which sectors are covered
Freight, logistics and supply chain; manufacturing and production; construction and trades; healthcare and community support; food and fibre, covering farming, horticulture, forestry and seafood; retail and customer service; hospitality and tourism; banking, finance and insurance; business, administration and office support; and cleaning, security and facilities. See the sector guides for what each one covers.
Getting the most out of a listing
- Name the pay range. Candidates in a pool are not desperate, they are choosing. A range removes the main reason an invitation gets ignored.
- Say which licences are genuinely required and which you would train. Over-specifying the requirement is the most common cause of an empty match list.
- Post the shift pattern. Early starts, nights and weekends are dealbreakers for some people and the main attraction for others. Saying so filters honestly in both directions.
- Consider more than one region if the role could suit someone willing to relocate.
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How much does it cost?
Registering and posting roles is free. There is no per-hire fee and no placement commission.
How do I post a role?
Create a listing directly, or paste a Seek or Trade Me link and we prefill the details from your own advert. Choose the sector and regions, and we match candidates from the pool.
Do you scrape or harvest data from job sites?
No. We do not harvest or store data from Seek, Trade Me or other job sites. When your role links to an external advert, we simply send that link to matched candidates so they apply on your existing listing. The only candidate information in CareersNZ comes from candidates who chose to join the talent pool.
When do I get contact details?
You see privacy-minimal cards first. Full details reach you only when a candidate chooses to apply to your role.
Why verify a business email?
It keeps the pool free of people fishing for personal data, which is the reason candidates are willing to be visible. It takes a minute and only needs doing once.
Can I hire across more than one sector?
Yes. You only ever see candidates for the sectors you are actively hiring in, so posting across several does not create noise.
Who is in the pool?
Job-ready New Zealanders across ten sectors and every region, including school leavers, career changers, people returning to work, and experienced people looking quietly.
How is this different from a job board?
A job board returns whoever applies that week. CareersNZ shows you the people first, filtered to your sector and region, and every application comes from someone who read your role and chose it.