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Get ahead with a construction career

Get ahead with a construction career

Turn heads with a tiling career

Find out how Matt Bryant went from tiling apprentice to business owner.

CareerQuest FAQs

Get answers to frequently asked questions about CareerQuest.

Why teaching is a rewarding career

Why Nathan Crocker became a primary school teacher, and what he loves about it.

Spotlight on the chaos theory of careers

Help clients balance planning and action with accepting uncertainty and change.

Plan your career

Choose, improve or change careers.

Write a career development plan

This step-by-step guide can help career teams or career development specialists come up with a plan to integrate career development throughout their schools.

Career practice and development

Develop your career practice by browsing our theory, research and workshop information.

Career development benchmarks

The career development benchmarks are a suite of self-review tools designed to raise the quality of career development in New Zealand. Learn how you can use the benchmarks and supporting resources to assess and improve your career development programmes and services.

Career theory and models

There are numerous career theories and models, and no single one is sufficient to describe the broad field of career development. In this section you will find introductions to some of these core theories, and their key ideas.