New Zealand’s leading specialist overseas employment agency, International Working Holidays, says that Kiwis are queuing up to go on their Big OE but that airlines have been caught out by the surge to leave the country and there just aren’t enough flights to cope with demand.
“We have so many people wanting to leave the country to work abroad but there just aren’t any seats on direct flights to the USA or to Australia until the end of July,” says founder of Auckland based IWH Vicki Kenny.
“With the resumption of the Big OE we have young New Zealanders wanting to work as au pairs, camp counsellors and resort workers in the US but it is increasingly difficult to arrange placements because the airlines are not yet back to full capacity.
“As the New Zealand agent for Camp America we were careful to book ahead for our Camp Counsellors who have to be there by June but we are now having to be quite creative for people wanting to work in five star resorts in the US. The resorts are crying out for staff and Kiwi workers are in huge demand. We can place good people with great positions in less than a week right now.
“We have been sending Kiwis to Camp America, Au Pair positions and resort jobs in America and around the world for twenty years and it’s great to see people being able to reclaim the traditional New Zealand Big OE after COVID.”
