{"id":17367,"date":"2020-08-21T15:59:35","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T03:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nzie.ac.nz\/?p=17367"},"modified":"2021-12-10T11:22:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T22:22:17","slug":"blog-top-5-resistant-jobs-in-nz-since-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nzie.ac.nz\/blog-top-5-resistant-jobs-in-nz-since-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top-5 Resistant Jobs in New Zealand since COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Top-5 Resistant Jobs in NZ post COVID:<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Without a doubt, COVID-19 has been a brutal disruption to the entire world. The virus has turned everything upside down and continues to affect our daily lives, the global economy, and national GDP.\u00a0 Earlier this year we did some market research and chatted to a few industry peeps to see where COVID-19 was hitting the most. We came to the conclusion that during the first national lockdown here in New Zealand, these 5 sectors below saw considerable growth and stability. As with all industries, there are good and bad, lucky and unlucky so take what you will from this article and let us know if you were in another sector that has done considerably well. Despite a lot of others struggling and worse yet, shutting up shop for good.<\/span><\/p>

  1. Supermarket Merchandiser\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><\/li>
  2. Courier<\/span><\/h6><\/li>
  3. IT-Support Engineer<\/span><\/h6><\/li>
  4. Web Designer<\/span><\/h6><\/li>
  5. Digital Marketer<\/span><\/h6>
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    Industries that took a massive hit:<\/span><\/h3>
    In general, the whole New Zealand tourism industry, hospitality sector and educational realm, based on the international income, quite literally froze. Another honourable mention, a huge publishing business\u00a0Bauer Media NZ\u00a0discontinued operating too. Furthermore,\u00a0Sky City<\/a>,\u00a0The Warehouse Group<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Flight Centre<\/a>\u00a0had mass redundancies too. How many more small to medium-sized enterprises are going through difficult times? As a result, many people have lost their jobs and others are under the threat of the loss too. In light of this, the most important question is \u201cwhere can I work without worrying about the implications of COVID-19?\u201d
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    Qualified & Skilled Work v.s COVID-19 Essential Workers<\/span><\/h3>

    Let\u2019s think about perspective earning opportunities. On one hand, society considers future professions like the latest developments in science and technology. Or achievements in the field of artificial intelligence. As well as, developers and programmers, who will be in huge demand for many decades to come. On the other hand, the lockdown made it very clear where employees most urgently needed. Namely, no community will survive without people who perform socially significant work. For example, supermarkets’ staff, couriers, and pick-packers just to mention a few.<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    \u00a0<\/span>We caught up with a New World merchandiser to get their feedback on working through lockdown.<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0Here what Harpinder had to say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    \u201cIt was a total change from my normal days…. because\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it was hard to work in lockdown, the store became too busy, and also we had fear of Coronavirus.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0When all people were at home, we are working all that time.”\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    COVID Resistant Job #2: Couriers<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    We also had a chat with a local courier person who had this to say:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    \u201cWe worked as usual… No shifts overtime or fewer days off\u2026 but we spent more time on servicing each area… Obviously, people were ordering more stuff than usual\u201d<\/em>
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    New Zealand Post, Delivery Driver\u00a0<\/em>
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    Becoming digitally operational<\/h3>

    Another important circumstance is that the world now knows where the potential growth points are in the economy. Advantages are online.<\/strong> But just because you can\u2019t operate online that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t be visible online. Of course, not all businesses can 100% operate only online. No matter which products or services are offered, one critical feature shouldn\u2019t be overlooked – online digital presence. In other words, companies should have websites, internal cloud platforms and employees, who are able to do their work remotely via the Internet.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    \u201cEvery day I did my usual work, had a lot of calls and online-meetings with my colleagues…\u00a0So by and large, besides the fact that we worked from home, nothing had changed for us :-). As our company is a part of the international business our system is built in such a way that anybody can do their work remotely.<\/em><\/p>

    The only thing that we need is our laptop and internet as all information, tools and systems are connected in our laptop via the cloud.<\/em><\/p>

    We were encouraged to use video calls using Skype for Business so we can compensate for lack of face to face communication. Every Monday we had a video call among our colleagues in Australia, New Zealand, USA and American Samoa as we are in the same time zone to get an update on COVID-19 impact on business and social life.\u00a0\u201d<\/em><\/p>

    Helen, FMCG Wholesales Company, Financial Worker<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    COVID Resistant Job #3:\u00a0IT-Support<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    It\u2019s obvious that in such a remote digital economy, the role of IT-support is growing as never before. To illustrate, adjusting connections, solving technical problems, and providing data security are vital requirements for those operating online. Thus, the demand for support engineers will increase day by day.<\/span><\/p>

    \u201cWhen working from home it\u2019s important to access the school network to maintain the server and the hardware. We did well before lockdown to make sure that all staff members have computer and internet at home, and they know how to access\u00a0 NAS (the File station) and how to use\u00a0<\/span>Zoom<\/span><\/a>.”<\/span><\/p>

    “<\/span>I noticed that lots of companies start to set up their own online shops<\/span>.\u201d
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    Wayne,\u00a0NZIE<\/a>, IT-Support<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    COVID Resistant Job #4: Web Designer<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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    This leads on quite well to the next booming industry during the pandemic. Next up, web design. With the need to be visible online, there’s a huge demand for professional website developers & designers. In particular for building new websites, mobile applications, and upgrading already existing ones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Undoubtedly, to work as a web designer, as well as IT-support, you should be qualified. However, a great place to start is with\u00a0<\/span>NZIE\u2019s Digital Marketing Diploma<\/a>. In this programme you learn how to create your own eCommerce website.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    “I think the online industry as a whole, from web through to marketing and beyond have had a huge demand in work. If anything it has opened a lot of eyes for business owners to understand the importance of being present online and building that presence through various platforms.”\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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    \u201c<\/i>Work hours increased immensely over this time. Challenges experienced were more down to showing compassion in every situation, which wasn\u2019t so much a challenge but something to be aware of.\u00a0<\/i>People now needed digital solutions but didn\u2019t have the budget to do so, so it was working with tight margins and still getting the result.\u00a0<\/i>We were busy for various reasons, mostly due to:<\/i><\/p>\n