Lost your job? Part of the “Great Resignation”? Here's help.

Have you lost your job during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Or are you one of millions world-wide planning to resign soon and look for a better future?

Either way, we can help. 

Career planning and job hunting advice

If you lost your job due to COVID-19 - or another reason - you can get free advice from a professional career expert. They can help you:

• make a personalised career plan
• gain confidence
• find work or training.

• Get free career advice from an expert
• Build your confidence and get work after redundancy 

Train or retrain without course fees

You may be able to train or retrain without having to pay course fees or compulsory costs, with the Targeted Training and Apprenticeship Fund (TTAF).

The TTAF supports people to study for qualifications:

• below degree level
• in areas where there’s a high demand for workers
• in a wide range of areas from computing to conservation to community support and more
• Train or retrain for free with TTAF
• Tertiary Education Commission website - TTAF list of qualifications and programmes

First-year fees-free study

You may be eligible for one year’s fees-free training if you haven’t done tertiary study before.

• Fees Free website - check your eligibility

COVID-19 is changing how, where, when, and what work is done. Now, across the world and in New Zealand, millions of people are planning to leave their jobs.

This world-wide trend is being called the “Great Resignation”, and includes people who:

• are burned out in their current role
• want more meaningful work or a role that fits their lifestyle better
• want better pay and conditions
• see good job opportunities available now.

If you’re considering leaving your current role, use our free tools and advice to help you find a job that meets your needs.

Don’t know what job you would like to do?

Start with CareerQuest - a fun and easy way to explore job ideas and get suggestions about roles that suit your interests.

• CareerQuest 

Found a job you want to apply for?

Use our free CV Builder to make a CV based on what employers say they look for. Our CV Builder has tips and help throughout.
Then, find out how to take the next step and shine in an interview.

• CV Builder 
• Interviews 

Want to train or retrain?

Find out if TTAF or Fees Free could make costs lower for you

• Train or retrain  for free with TTAF
• Fees Free website - check your eligibility

Like your employer but want a change or a challenge?

Remember you can also talk to your current employer about how you’re feeling. They may be able to support you into a new role within your organisation.

• How to have a career discussion with your manager 

Interested in working for yourself?

Find out more about what’s involved in working for yourself, and what help is available.

• Working for yourself 

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Sources

• Auckland University of Technology, ‘NZ Employers Take Note: The “Great Resignation” Is Happening Here’, 14 October 2021, (www.scoop.co.nz).
• Coltman, K, ‘Auckland's Job Market in Covid Slump but Rest of Country Lifts’, 12 October, 2021, (www.stuff.co.nz).
• Ducharme, J, ‘The 'Great Resignation' Is Finally Getting Companies to Take Burnout Seriously. Is It Enough?’, Time, 14 October 2021 (www.time.com).
• Telford, T and Gregg, A, ‘Why Is Everyone Quitting, And How Do I Know Whether It’s Time To Leave My Job?’, The Washington Post, 13 October 2021, (www. washingtonpost.com).