Careers New Zealand Purchases Motivational Website

Careers New Zealand Purchases Motivational Website

Careers New Zealand announced today that it has purchased OOMPHER – a motivational website of interviews with high profile and successful New Zealanders.

“OOMPHER’s founder Jake Millar was just 18 when he developed the website,” Careers New Zealand Chief Executive Keith Marshall said today.

“Through perseverance and hard work, he has built up a significant video bank of ‘wise words’ from professionals from a wide range of backgrounds including business, arts, politics and sports.

“The site complements other Careers New Zealand work aimed at helping young people make good career decisions which benefit both themselves and the country.

“Over the next few months Careers New Zealand will be looking at how we maintain both the motivational aspect of OOMPHER, and its ‘by youth, for youth’ focus.

“We will also be closely linking the site to other tools and resources we manage so that young people who are inspired by what they see on OOMPHER can get help to identify subject and qualification options to support their ambitions,” Mr Marshall said.

Jake Millar said establishing OOMPHER had been hard work but very satisfying.

“The Careers New Zealand acquisition is really exciting because it’ll mean lots more school careers advisors will be interacting with the site. They can really highlight the inspirational angle to their students.”

Mr Marshall said developing new and existing digital tools to help people make informed learning and work choices was a key priority for Careers New Zealand.

“We have more than 4 million unique visits to our website each year and giving those visitors access to a range of career-related services enhances their experience.

“The purchase of OOMPHER has the advantage of coming with strong commercial sponsorship and we will be working closely with sponsors to build on those commercial partnerships for the benefit of all young New Zealanders,” Mr Marshall said.

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