SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Immigration and recruitment support for New Zealand science and technology employers

When your team is one or two people deep in specialist knowledge, losing a role isn't an inconvenience, it's a risk to what your business can actually deliver.

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Technician working on electronic components in a laboratory

Research, laboratory, and technical roles in science and technology are often held by a single specialist, or two at most. Food science, biotech, applied research, the depth of knowledge a specific person carries can be the thing your whole operation depends on, not just one job on an org chart.

That makes hiring for these roles higher-stakes than most recruitment, and finding the right candidate matters more than finding one quickly. When a search does need to go offshore, the immigration side has to be right the first time, there usually isn't a backup candidate waiting.

What we help science and technology employers with

Five areas we work on most with research and technical employers

Workforce planning for one-or-two-person knowledge risk

When a role can't easily be backfilled internally, losing it isn't just a hiring problem, it's a continuity problem. We'll help you plan visa renewals, residence timing, and succession around the roles your business genuinely can't afford to leave vacant.

Strategic Workforce Advisory →

Specialist headhunting, not a database search

Rare technical skills don't turn up from a generic job ad. We search specifically for the depth your role needs, and we've placed candidates other recruiters couldn't find, see the example below.

Targeted headhunting →

Accreditation and AEWVs for research and technical staff

From lab technicians to senior researchers, we'll work out the right Accreditation level for your business and prepare applications built to hold up at renewal, not just at first approval.

Immigration & Accreditation →

Residence pathways for hard-to-replace specialists

Skilled Migrant Category, Green List roles where they apply, and other pathways depending on the role. We'll help you understand which of your staff qualify, and what needs to be true for the application to succeed.

Residence pathways →

Family visas for the staff you want to keep

Partnership Work Visas for partners, Dependent Child Student Visas, and eventual Residence applications, handled efficiently, with flexible payment terms for staff of our long-term employer clients.

Family visas →

Real content

The four-week New Zealand headhunt

A specialist science recruiter spent months presenting candidates to one of our clients, all overseas-trained, all with about a year of New Zealand experience, none with the industry depth the role needed. We found three New Zealand-based candidates with the right experience within four weeks. The client hired one. He's still in role.