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Featured career
Forestry Silviculture Worker
Forestry silviculture workers plant, prune, thin and release trees in a forest.

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Featured real-life story
Paul Roughan, Molecular Biologist
"One lecturer in particular put me on the biology path. I think it's really important to follow your interests in life - I just can't see a career being sustainable any other way."
Read how studying biology led Paul to an international career
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Featured tool
Knowing how you like to work
Record your working preferences to help you match them to a new job.
What's new
Te Wiki o te Reo Maori - Maori Language Week
Te Wiki o te Reo Maori, or Maori Language Week, runs from 26 July to 1 August.
This year the theme is Te Mahi Kai - The Language of Food.
Feel-good factor in the job market
Job hunters increasingly want to work for ethically and socially responsible employers.
For many, doing work that makes them feel good, and allows them to give back to the community, is more rewarding.
Just the Job
This week's episode of Just the Job screens on Saturday 31 July on TV2, at 9.30am.
The featured jobs this week are:
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