Originally Posted by
Duncan74
Read back. I can't remember seeing anyone who actually found the immigration adviser as helping get a job. Depends what you do, but for us (as applicants and now as prospective employers) then getting the PR application in before application is a good sign, especially at the moment there's a raft of applicants from the Uk who are out of work and scattergunning the world for a job. No real interest in NZ just another target and most over here don't see that as a good long term prospect. A submitted PR application shows comitment to NZ.
Use contacts. It's all about contacts. OH got 2 offers out of 2 applications from the UK, both at the right salary level. Both were through contacts (one being me, the other being an friend of a friend of a friend of an old employer). See the thread on who to talk to about jobs - different sectors listed from forumites on here.
If applying for PR in your name gets less than 140 points then consider if your wife being the principal and you been the 'partner' is a more appropriate way to go with your application.
I'll second Duncan on this. I haven't come across any Immigration advisors helping out in getting job offers (haven't checked any of them recently). I got job offer by applying directly to my current employer
. As Duncan said, using contacts will constitute 90% of your job search. This thread has my story if that helps!
http://www.enz.org/forum/showthread....340#post384340
All the best.