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Tip # 4 | Top 5 tips for international students in NZ

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"You can't get a job...if you don't have a reference!!" You must have heard this statement time and time again from people around you forcing you to question the way the NZ employment market works... Right? I am new in NZ and I don't know anyone here. Until and unless I don't get a chance to work for someone how and where do I get a work reference from? How do you expect me to know someone in the company I am applying for? I can get a job only if my friend can refer me to the employer where he or she is working... Right? WRONG!! Agreed that having other professional speak on your behalf as a reference is an important and critical part of a job search but using your being new in the country and lack of references as an excuse for not getting a job is totally unacceptable. WHY?? Because references can be created!! Amongst various social media platforms available; you've heard of the big three, 'LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook'... Rig