About Us

Time tested and proven

Automotive Employment NZ Ltd is New Zealand’s motor industry recruitment specialist. Owned by Jobcorp NZ Ltd, Automotive Employment's history spans over multiple decades with our Director starting a specialist motor industry recruitment company in 1991.

We are an award wining recruitment company and the holder of New Zealand's largest compliant database of New Zealand motor industry specific candidates.

We are innovators of people technology and are proud to align our standards of practice with the highest levels in our industry. We are active and participating corporate members of the Recruitment, Consulting & Staffing Association (RCSA) focused on enhancing lives, organisations and the economy through the 'world of work'.

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​Broadly we provide recruitment services for any role that any employer would have a need to employ in the wider motor industry.

​We source skills both locally and globally. We find employment for skilled and experienced motor industry professionals across technical roles in the motor trades, sales roles of all levels, support and administration roles, as well as management and executive roles.

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Automotive Employment not only provide the recruitment services listed below but uniquely we employ full time in house Licensed Immigration Advisers.

We recruit local New Zealanders and supplement skills shortages with international skills. For those employers and skilled migrants needing immigration advice, we are the recognised go-to company.

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​We deliver nationwide recruitment services across the following industry sectors:

• Automotive

• Heavy automotive

• Heavy road transport

• Construction/earthmoving, paving, and mining equipment

• Forestry machinery

• Farm machinery

• Drilling and compaction equipment

• Materials handling

• Elevated work platforms and access equipment

• Marine

• Specialty hydraulics

• Municipal equipment

• Ancillary and other equipment not aforementioned

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Other industry sectors:

• New and used vehicle dealerships

• National distributors

• Service/repair and after sales operations

• Suppliers to the motor industry

• Finance and insurance

• Parts, supply chain, and logistics

• Motor body repair, build, and fabrication

• Trade related engineering and design

In addition to the recruitment and immigration advisory services provided we employ a qualified in-house Psychometrist with a psyychology degree. Our testing services are some of the best available in the industry and administered and interpreted by professionals.

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For more in-depth information about or services, remuneration estimates, labour market reports and more visit our Employer Hub

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​Our philosophy

Decency

Industry knowledge

Intelligence

Efficiency 

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Decency is the core attribute embedded in every Automotive Employment NZ employee. A track record of doing things the right way is core to our success.

This powerful combination of decency, industry knowledge, intelligence, and efficiency manifest itself in the quality of services we provide.

• Our team can be expected to act in your best interest

• We possess in-depth motor industry knowledge

• Our people possess the reasoning skills to make correct hires

• We operate quickly and accurately

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