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Kia whakaohooho

Discovering who you are

Te tūhura haere i a koe anō

Understand what to do at school now to get the future you want.

School and NCEA

Kura

Moving on from school

Te panuku atu i te kura

Doing NCEA

Te mahi NCEA

Find out if study and training can take you towards your career goals.

Study and training

Doing study or training

Te mahi ako, te mahi whakangungu rānei

Paying for study and training

Te utu i ngā mahi ako me te whakangungu

Getting qualifications

Te whiwhi tohu

Finding and applying for scholarships

Te rapu me te tono mō ngā karahipi

Study and training providers

Te ako me ngā kaiwhakarato whakangungu

Discover career ideas and tips for getting or changing a job.

Work

Mahi

Looking for a job

E rapu mahi ana

Applying for a job

Te tono mahi

Working in Aotearoa

Te mahi i Aotearoa

Doing an interview

I roto i te uiui

Starting and leaving a job

Te tīmata me te wehe i tētahi tūnga mahi

Plan ahead to make your career goals happen.

Plan your future

Whakamahere ā mua

Making a career decision

Te whakatau i tō aramahi

Acting on your career decision

Te whakatinana i tō whakatau aramahi

Me pēhea te kimi i tō huarahi aramahi

How to find your career path

Ka pēhea te NCEA e mahi ai

How NCEA works

Me pēhea te tono mō ngā akoranga, te whakangungu rānei

How to apply for study or training

Me pēhea te rapu mahi

How to look for a job

Me pēhea te hanga whakataunga aramahi

How to make a career decision

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Use our most popular information to reach your career goals.

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A skill is the ability to do something. If you know your skills, it’s easier to describe them to employers and convince them you’re the right person for the job.

Kia mōhio ki ō uara

Know your values

Find out more about yourself and get career ideas.

He kupu āwhina mō ngā uiui

Tips for interviews

Discover career ideas and tips for getting or changing a job.

Ngā āhua utu i te ako me te whakangungu

Ways to pay for study and training

Me pēhea te rapu karahipi

How to find scholarships

Find out if study and training can take you towards your career goals.

Career Navigator

Four steps to follow to start your career journey .

Speaker 1 (<a href="https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/fDCVtYg7VjHO534ABlHtLEu7OACBtXHcMwAIvpMrn5QEI72b0w32VWinZz8EBdFGRUvG8nJII1eeeSzzaGdJJOhyO4E?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplink&amp;ts=4.26">00:04</a>):Discovering your possible career paths, aye. I've got to say, it can be so overwhelming. There are so many different options. How do you choose? I mean, you could be an aerobics instructor, a doctor, a rocket scientist, or even better a video presenter. If you dunno what you want to do and you can't trust a magic eight ball to give you all the answers, I have some hot tips for you.(<a href="https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/zDNfV_v025OYviYPDE3uByEGXULHZwNe-0mrnsTrPv3TSyxgwB1fPEOT97JHI3qM8f_9Qkb4GyO6Lupi0rST0MIry8M?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplink&amp;ts=37.97">00:37</a>):Who am I(<a href="https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/r0vDJ_qSdrMSlar70OC3-4mjREV1Ro8XvM8xbQ2NY8n-JhbpDvOojG2xSPMkKNVfobCmB_pPE5OcZCCuJtCtI-eHvXQ?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplink&amp;ts=40.74">00:40</a>):Exploring? Possible career paths starts by thinking about what makes you, you. How do people describe you? Friends, teachers, coworkers, whānau. What makes you unique in terms of your strengths, hobbies, skills and interests? Tahatū can help you to work that out. Like my mean as scooting skills. Also, your values, where you come from, your whakapapa, your culture. What motivates you? What do you want to achieve for you and your whānau? Knowing who you are can be pretty handy when thinking about who you might want to become in the future, and it can help you with your next step. Exploring. What I mean is, do some research. So what kind of career ideas have you thought about? How would you get there? What kind of training or study do you need? Are you keen to go straight into work or explore, earn and learn opportunities like apprenticeships, cadetships, the defense force, or would you prefer to study in a tertiary environment like a Wānanga, Te Pukenga or a University? Think about which options best suit you. Also look out for different training providers coming into your school. Visit workplaces and speak to people doing the work. Tīmata ināianei! Tahatū is a great place to start.(<a href="https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/ugi2e9cVZk8knEPmNWsx2zvH7KsREU1F-4dqxZjeXGbEt4MQ-iz93AXP-Scdcqqpge7OIIle2RhdZlz7wLELRxz0WOc?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplink&amp;ts=116.01">01:56</a>):You can get details on hundreds of study and training options, including where you can do them and how much they cost. You can also explore hundreds of jobs and find out how to get into them. Tirotirohia! The point is there is plenty of information out there to help you figure this out. You just got to start by looking. Āta whakaaro. Take some time to reflect. Does the career or careers I'm thinking about fit with who I am as a person? If not, keep exploring. If the answer is yes, you are ready for the next step. Make a decision. Start by jotting down your options. Think about your priorities and maybe some deal breakers, such as wanting to stay close to home while you study, or the opposite. Try a pros and cons list. Rank your options. Anything you're uncertain about, put that down to, it all helps. See, easy as. Māma.(<a href="https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/jd7B_gKmiYOYSvgpNeyI0spHtZIFAX3FUWD6qv1GX48sjOUweO_CJEB1xNZAQYIHrLaDaJIXMS_FzbFSP5jUh-2kIMQ?loadFrom=DocumentDeeplink&amp;ts=175.14">02:55</a>):Now get into action. Make a checklist with all the steps you need to take to achieve your goals. Write down important dates such as visiting someone's workplace, enrolling for training or applying for scholarships. Anything relevant, put it down along with a realistic timeframe. Then tick it off as you go. It always helps to have a plan, and right now my plan, is to get out of here. Bye. How to find your career path. One, think about you. What are your strengths, interests, and values? Two, explore. Research what type of work, study or training suits you? Three, make decisions. Make a pros and cons list, and four, make it happen. Create a checklist of steps to reach your goal.

Kindergarten teacher, ECE teacher, daycare teacher, early learning teacher, preschool teacher, playcentre supervisor, creche teacher

Early childhood teachers support tamariki to learn and develop new skills in kindergartens, childcare centres, kōhanga reo and other early learning settings.

You need a qualification to become a registered early childhood teacher.

Education jobs involve teaching and supporting students at schools, universities, vocational education providers and other education facilities. This includes developing courses and caring for children.

The average pay in Aotearoa New Zealand is $34 an hour or $70,000 a year.

Ko te utu kaimahi toharite kei Aotearoa ko te $34 i te haora, te $70,000 rānei mō te tau.

We don’t have pay information for this job yet, but we’re working on it.

Kāore anō mātou kia whai mōhiohio utu mō tēnei mahi, engari kei te mahia e mātou.

The pay you see here is your pay before tax. When an employer pays you, Inland Revenue (IR) collects a percentage of that income. <a href="https://www.ird.govt.nz/income-tax">Learn more about income tax on the IR website</a>

Ko te utu e kite nā koe i konei ko te utu i mua i te tango tāke. Ina utua koe e tētahi kaitukumahi, ka kohia e Te Tari Taake tētahi rahinga ōrau o taua utu.<a href="https://www.ird.govt.nz/income-tax">Akona ētahi atu mea mō te tāke moniwhiwhi ki te paetukutuku a Te Tari Taake</a>

A male teacher sits with five young children. They are playing and laughing.

Max Christie: Kia Ora. I&#x27;m Max Christie and I&#x27;m an early childhood kaiako.A kaiako&#x27;s role is as an educator, teaching them skills and also values such as empathy and aroha and manaakitanga, just to be a good human being, and that&#x27;s really our focus. It&#x27;s not on academic learning, it&#x27;s really about them exploring their own selves, their own friendships, and really my job is just to get to know them and to help the children with anything they need during the day and to be a facilitator of sleep time and lunch time and nappy changes and things like that. So a lot of my job is about observation and just looking for what children need and at what time they need it. A lot of it&#x27;s to do with mediating conversations between children, making sure that they&#x27;re using words to communicate their ideas and their problems with each other. We feel like it&#x27;s almost all about the relationships you have with children and with families and your fellow kaiako.Max Christie: The more you know about children and families, the easier it is to help them. At my centre, we all run on different shift times. There&#x27;s somebody who comes in at 7:00 AM and they&#x27;re the opening kaiako and they greet the children in the morning. During my day, we have breakfast at nine o&#x27;clock and then 11 o&#x27;clock around about we have lunch, and then after that, the younger children will tend to have a rest or a sleep.That&#x27;s the sort of main rituals of our day. Eating and sleeping, and of course, nappy changes. I am the closing person, so I finish at 6:00 PM after all the children and teachers have gone home. Anytime in between those rituals is for the children to decide what they want to do with that time. Free play really does mean that every day is so different.Max Christie: To become a qualified early childhood educator, you have to study at a university or polytechnic for three years if you haven&#x27;t studied before and if you have studied, you can do a one year course to become qualified. You can also work in an early childhood centre as an unqualified teacher. However, if you want to make a career out of early childhood, the best way is to study at a tertiary level. An important trait for a kaiako would be to see children as capable and confident members of society who need to be respected.Also, someone who is very caring, but also a lot of fun. I love this job because I think that it makes an impact on children&#x27;s lives and therefore society, and it&#x27;s actually helped me to get to know myself a lot better.-END-

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Ngā ataata o te wiki

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Me pēhea te kimi i tō huarahi aramahi

Early childhood teacher,
Kaiako kōhungahunga

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Ngā tino utauta me ngā tino kaupapa

Interest quiz,
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Know your skills,
Kia mōhio ki ō pūkenga

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Rapu tohutohu

How to find your career path

Me pēhea te kimi i tō huarahi aramahi

How NCEA works

Ka pēhea te NCEA e mahi ai

How to apply for study or training

Me pēhea te tono mō ngā akoranga, te whakangungu rānei

How to look for a job

Me pēhea te rapu mahi

How to make a career decision

Me pēhea te hanga whakataunga aramahi

Videos of the week, Ngā ataata o te wiki

Early childhood teacher, Kaiako kōhungahunga

Top tools and topics, Ngā tino utauta me ngā tino kaupapa

Interest quiz, Kairoro Kaingākau

Know your skills, Kia mōhio ki ō pūkenga

Popular content

Get advice, Rapu tohutohu

Doing NCEA, Te mahi NCEA

How NCEA works

Ka pēhea te NCEA e mahi ai

Doing study or training, Te mahi ako, te mahi whakangungu rānei

How to apply for study or training

Me pēhea te tono mō ngā akoranga, te whakangungu rānei

Looking for a job, E rapu mahi ana

How to look for a job

Me pēhea te rapu mahi

Making a career decision, Te whakatau i tō aramahi

How to make a career decision

Me pēhea te hanga whakataunga aramahi

Videos of the week,
Ngā ataata o te wiki

Early childhood teacher,
Kaiako kōhungahunga

Top tools and topics,
Ngā tino utauta me ngā tino kaupapa

Interest quiz,
Kairoro Kaingākau

Know your skills,
Kia mōhio ki ō pūkenga

Get advice,
Rapu tohutohu