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title: "Student Job Search: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "A New Zealand job board listing part-time, casual, and holiday work for tertiary students. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/student-job-search"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Student Job Search: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

A New Zealand job board listing part-time, casual, and holiday work for tertiary students. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: Student Job Search
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among job boards**: 5.1%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| job boards | 4 | 5.1% | 43.4K |

- [New Zealand job boards](/demand/nz/categories/nz-job-boards)

## How has branded search demand for Student Job Search changed in New Zealand over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Student Job Search in New Zealand fell from 50K to 43.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Student Job Search’s estimated Share of Search among job boards in New Zealand decreased from 7% to 5.1%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Student Job Search’s estimated Share of Search among job boards in New Zealand peaked at 9.2% in November 2025 and was lowest at 5.1% in August 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand job boards in August 2026?

- In August 2026, SEEK gained estimated Share of Search among job boards in New Zealand, from 72.8% to 74.4%.
- In August 2026, Trade Me Jobs lost estimated Share of Search among job boards in New Zealand, from 9.7% to 8.8%.
- Jora’s estimated Share of Search among job boards in New Zealand has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 2.8% to 1.8% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Sidekicker in New Zealand fell 30.8% over 11 measured months, from 10.1K to 7K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Backpacker Board in New Zealand fell 16.9% over 11 measured months, from 3.3K to 2.7K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Student Job Search in New Zealand fell 13.2% over 11 measured months, from 50K to 43.4K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | job boards | 50K | 7% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | job boards | 68.1K | 9.2% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | job boards | 41.5K | 7.2% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | job boards | 50.3K | 6.4% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | job boards | 50K | 7% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | job boards | 50.1K | 6.2% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | job boards | 43.1K | 6.6% | 4 |
| May 2026 | job boards | 42.8K | 5.5% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | job boards | 40.6K | 5.4% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | job boards | 41K | 5.5% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | job boards | 43.4K | 5.1% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | job boards | — | — | — |

## How is Student Job Search measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Student Job Search’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “auckland student job search”
- “nz student job search”
- “SJS”
- “sjs jobs”
- “sjs nz”
- “sjs student job search”
- “Student Job Search”
- “student job search auckland”
- “student job search christchurch”
- “student job search dunedin”
- “student job search hamilton”
- “student job search new zealand”
- “student job search nz”
- “student job search palmerston north”
- “student job search tauranga”
- “student job search wellington”
- “wellington student job search”

## Which job boards compete with Student Job Search?

- [SEEK](/demand/nz/brands/seek): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/seek-vs-student-job-search
- [Trade Me Jobs](/demand/nz/brands/trade-me-jobs): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/student-job-search-vs-trade-me-jobs
- [Indeed](/demand/nz/brands/indeed): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/indeed-vs-student-job-search
- [Jora](/demand/nz/brands/jora): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/jora-vs-student-job-search
- [Sidekicker](/demand/nz/brands/sidekicker): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/sidekicker-vs-student-job-search
- [Do Good Jobs](/demand/nz/brands/do-good-jobs)
- [Backpacker Board](/demand/nz/brands/backpacker-board)
- [MyJobSpace](/demand/nz/brands/myjobspace)

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Student Job Search: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/student-job-search

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