Hi Friends,
This is my first post on the forum , my name is Anil and I am a software professional with 8 years of experience in manual testing primarily in banking & finance domain including Payments, Credit cards etc , I have worked for International firms at client location for over 3 years and as such have rich international experience .Recently have got NZ PR and looking to come down. I tried contacting few recruiters online also have applied for couple of jobs via seek.co.nz but didn't get any response. Please can you help me understanding :-
1. How is the job market at Auckland for software testers in manual testing.
2. Are NZ market open for immigrants with no experience locally, I ask this bcoz my friend in Australia has to suffer a lot and have to return India after not able to get a single call for 5 months even though he worked at London for 4 years in Europe's biggest bank and had rich experience in testing.But job market in OZ is dried up for immigrants although every year gov issues skills shortage and IT Software Tester in under that category. Clearly it is wrong and immigrant loose their job & money if they move to such countries.
3. I goggled and found that there is lack of skilled IT professionals in NZ and hence chances are bright but also aware that this may be wrong as after very hard search I could not find any expats giving his her experiences in job search with proper reviews/feedback.
Please can anyone help me with this as I am planning to move between Mid to end Sept. thanks.
Regards,
Anil Singh.