Using Tahatū in career planning, Te whakamahi i Tahatū mō te whakamahere aramahi

Tahatū is a website for all New Zealanders thinking about their career options.

Tahatū:

• shows you how to get from where you are now in your career journey to where you want to be in the future
• contains helpful information about 800+ career ideas and 4,000+ qualifications and courses
• includes 270+ career idea videos.

Getting started

Tahatū onboarding activities

Career information is clear, reliable information and guidance that helps people understand themselves, the world of work and pathways into work and training.

Great career information goes beyond just listing jobs and qualifications. It helps people understand their skills, interests and situation, and shows how these connect to real opportunities.

Using high-quality career information in your mahi with people has been shown to improve outcomes.

For you, Tahatū has resources and tools you can use to:

• guide conversations with people about their career goals
• show people what’s possible and help them explore options
• find reliable, current information about jobs, training and qualifications
• support people to make their own informed decisions.

For the people you’re working with, Tahatū can help if they:

• are looking for their first job
• want to change careers or upskill
• are returning to work after time away
• need to understand what study or training is available
• want to explore their interests and how they connect to work.

Making career pathways easier to navigate

People face complex career pathways, with daily pressures on their time and resources. Career information explains the steps from education or training into work and reduces confusion and lack of progress.

Supporting more aligned decisions

The more people understand themselves, the more they can make realistic decisions about their futures. Understanding their interests, skills and values helps them match to work that fits.

Giving long-term skills

Career support develops confidence and career management skills that people can use throughout their working lives, not just for one job.

Opening doors

Trusted career information helps people without strong networks or prior knowledge access opportunities they might otherwise miss.

Tahatū brings together information from a range of trusted sources to help people explore careers, study options and job opportunities in New Zealand.

Tahatū pulls information from a range of government and industry sources, including:

• Stats NZ (employment data and earnings)
• NZQA (qualifications)
• Tertiary Education Commission (provider and course information)
• Inland Revenue (pay data).

This information is regularly updated.

Visit the Our data page for full details on how the information is gathered and updated.

Our data

You can access and get around Tahatū in different ways, including:

• moving around with or without a mouse
• using technology like screen readers or software that turns speech into text
• zooming in or out easily
• using any kind of smartphone, tablet, laptop or computer to access the website.

We make it easy for you to read and understand our information by:

• using simple words if possible
• explaining what our images show
• writing out what people say in our videos.

Accessibility