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What you can do with your tourism skills

Your tourism skills can be transferred to other jobs and industries. Here’s how.

How to get a job with gaps in your CV

What to do if you’re applying for a job but have breaks in your paid work.

Returning to work after a gap

Find out how to return to paid work or change your career after a gap.

Tourism | Tāpoitanga

Tourism may be for you if you are interested in:

• domestic and international travel
• working with people from a range of countries and cultures
• Māoritanga and promoting New Zealand culture
• customer service, building relationships and sales
• guiding and, instructing people in outdoor recreation activities and other experiences
• keeping your clients safe
• using leadership, planning and organisational skills
• developing new products and services.

Administration | Whakahaere Tari

Administration may be for you if you are interested in:

• managing office systems such as travel bookings or bill payments
• managing information and records
• communicating and helping people
• word processing, spreadsheets and other computer programmes
• planning and organising.

Defence | Wawao

Working for one of the Defence Forces may be for you if you are interested in:

• working in an ordered and disciplined environment
• operating various weapons systems, vehicles and equipment
• travelling to different parts of the world and resolving problems and conflicts
• using communication and leadership skills
• keeping physically fit.