Vic will be joined by professional career coaches Jonathan Rogers and Kirsten Nicholl to discuss the real pain points people are facing out there in this tight market. We will clarify the difference between a mentor and a coach, how to pivot your career at any stage of life, advice for finding your first job after arriving in Aotearoa NZ, when to use GenAI (and not!), and more. This panel discussion will be free for everyone to join.

Jonathan Rogers

Offering over 25 plus years’ experience in Human Resource and People Management consulting, Jonathan has partnered with hundreds of private and public sector organisations throughout New Zealand and Australia. He has project managed large scale change initiatives and has designed solutions that have enabled thousands of employees to transition, elevate performance, re-deploy within a company, or exit with dignity as a result of restructure and outplacement. Jonathan holds a Higher National Diploma in Business Studies – Marketing. He is also an Accredited MBTI Personality Profiler and accredited in The Leadership Circle.

Kirsten Nicholl

Kirsten’s own career history traverses a variety of people-focused roles and industries so she can walk her talk when it comes to managing career uncertainty. Prior to her coaching career Kirsten held a range of sales, marketing, customer service, facilitation, and events roles for companies such as Crystal Holidays, Destination Queenstown, In2Food, PitchIt2Me and Leading Mountain Resorts of the World. She created and ran the Queenstown Adventure Film Festival for five years. She has also worked in several government departments and community-based organisations.