Work Ready in Wellington Programme

Nicky is the coordinator and teacher of a workplace communication programme for skilled migrants at Victoria University of Wellington. She has over 30 years’ experience teaching ESOL, EAP and teacher training courses. She is a member of the Language in the Workplace Project research team at Victoria University.

Carol has managed a group of EAP counsellors and psychologists for the past 10 years. She has significant experience in working with managers and team leaders around Human Resources and Health and Safety issues in workplaces and through polytechnics. For several years she has had international tertiary students to stay whilst they complete their internship in Wellington.

Matt is a successful relationship and network professional, having spent a number of years as the face of small start-ups and family businesses. He started his career in trade and technical work before an injury led him to study and work as a recruiter in the disability sector. For the past four years Matt has worked with RobLawMax Recruitment, combining his passion for recruitment with his technical skills and knowledge.

Tracey is a Senior Talent Specialist at Kin. She has been working in recruitment for many years and has experience across a broad range of sectors. Tracey prides herself on being able to find great candidates for her clients and giving all candidates an amazing experience along the way. She has a deep understanding of the best way for candidates to approach the recruitment process and enjoys being able to share this knowledge through career coaching. 

Jo is the Team Lead at Kin.  She's passionate about helping people to love what they do and do what they love by connecting them to their dream role.  With almost ten years experience in recruitment, she is a whizz at uncovering exceptional talent for her clients, and also ensuring candidates are market ready through highly personalised career coaching.  

Tim is a Licensed Immigration Advisor with Pathways to New Zealand, they have 12 Licensed Immigration Advisors that collectively have over 125 years of immigration experience. Tim studied a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Political Science at Victoria University of Wellington. After completing his studies to become a Licensed Immigration Advisor in 2014, he has now been working in the industry for almost 5 years’ with a keen interest in getting to know his clients and assisting them in all aspects of their Immigration journey.

Jane has over 19 years’ experience in the New Zealand careers sector and has worked with a wide variety of people, groups and organisations including supporting migrants and international students to understand and develop job search strategies to successfully transition into the New Zealand job market.

Jane currently works as a Job Search / Career Coach with New Zealand Immigration Concepts. Jane helps migrants navigate their way through the job search process including: identifying and tayloring their skills, experience and qualifications to suit New Zealand style CVs, cover letters and applications; providing relevant labour market information; strategies to access the hidden job market and to build confidence developing New Zealand networks as well as helping migrants improve their interview skills and practice. 

She describes her career practice philosophy as being strength-based and solution-focussed to empower clients to have the tools, techniques and resources to make life-long informed work and career decisions. 

Jane is a professional member of the Career Development Association of New Zealand (CDANZ) and a member of the the Career and Transition Education Association NZ Inc. (CATE).