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title: "Key Skills Recruitment vs Trade Assist: Which is searched more in New Zealand?"
description: "Is Key Skills Recruitment or Trade Assist more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Wellington recruitment agencies set in New Zealand. 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."
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# Key Skills Recruitment vs Trade Assist: Which is searched more in New Zealand?

Is Key Skills Recruitment or Trade Assist more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Wellington recruitment agencies set in New Zealand. 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

- **Compared**: Key Skills Recruitment and Trade Assist
- **Competitive set**: Wellington recruitment agencies
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Key Skills Recruitment Share of Search**: 3.9%
- **Trade Assist Share of Search**: 5.9%

## Is Key Skills Recruitment or Trade Assist more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Trade Assist had more branded searches than Key Skills Recruitment among Wellington recruitment agencies in New Zealand. Trade Assist had about 90 branded searches, while Key Skills Recruitment had 60. Trade Assist made up 5.9% of all Wellington recruitment agency searches we track, and Key Skills Recruitment accounted for 3.9%.
- The lead changed hands 3 times in the 12 months ending September 2026: Trade Assist took it in December 2025, Key Skills Recruitment took it in April 2026, Trade Assist took it in August 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Key Skills Recruitment’s share of searches among Wellington recruitment agencies in New Zealand moved from 4.3% to 3.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 70 to 60.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Trade Assist’s share of searches among Wellington recruitment agencies in New Zealand moved from 3% to 5.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 50 to 90.

## Top Wellington recruitment agencies in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Key Skills Recruitment and Trade Assist were each mentioned in two out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers, but not in either of the two Google AI Overviews. Trade Assist was listed before Key Skills Recruitment in every answer that named either.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Beyond Recruitment | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Robert Walters | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Archway Recruitment | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Hays | 4th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Trade Assist | 5th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| McLaren Recruitment | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Key Skills Recruitment | 7th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Madison Recruitment | 8th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Alpha Recruitment | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about Wellington recruitment agencies

- Asked ChatGPT "Which recruitment agency should I hire in Wellington, New Zealand?": 1. Beyond Recruitment, 2. Archway Recruitment, 3. Robert Walters
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best recruitment agencies in Wellington, New Zealand?": 1. Beyond Recruitment, 2. Archway Recruitment, 3. Robert Walters, 4. Trade Assist, 5. McLaren Recruitment, 6. Madison Recruitment, 7. Key Skills Recruitment
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best recruitment agency in Wellington, New Zealand for a new employee?": 1. Beyond Recruitment, 2. Hays, 3. Robert Walters, 4. Trade Assist, 5. Key Skills Recruitment
- Searched Google, AI Overview "wellington recruitment agency": named none of the brands we track
- Searched Google, AI Overview "job agency wellington": 1. Robert Walters, 2. Beyond Recruitment, 3. Hays

Not named in any answer: Alpha Recruitment.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 21, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand Wellington recruitment agencies in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Alpha Recruitment overtook Key Skills Recruitment to rank 8th among Wellington recruitment agencies in New Zealand, with 3.9% of the searches.
- In September 2026, Key Skills Recruitment lost share of searches among Wellington recruitment agencies in New Zealand, from 5% to 3.9%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Trade Assist in New Zealand rose 80% over 12 measured months, from 50 to 90 in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Key Skills Recruitment estimated searches | Key Skills Recruitment Share of Search | Key Skills Recruitment rank | Trade Assist estimated searches | Trade Assist Share of Search | Trade Assist rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 70 | 4.3% | 7 | 50 | 3% | 9 |
| Nov 2025 | 60 | 4.1% | 8 | 50 | 3.4% | 9 |
| Dec 2025 | 30 | 2.9% | 9 | 50 | 4.9% | 7 |
| Jan 2026 | 50 | 3.5% | 8 | 50 | 3.5% | 9 |
| Feb 2026 | 50 | 3% | 9 | 70 | 4.2% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 80 | 4% | 9 | 90 | 4.5% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 80 | 5.3% | 7 | 50 | 3.3% | 9 |
| May 2026 | 60 | 3.3% | 8 | 50 | 2.7% | 9 |
| Jun 2026 | 90 | 5.3% | 7 | 40 | 2.4% | 9 |
| Jul 2026 | 80 | 4.5% | 7 | 30 | 1.7% | 9 |
| Aug 2026 | 80 | 5% | 8 | 90 | 5.7% | 7 |
| Sep 2026 | 60 | 3.9% | 9 | 90 | 5.9% | 7 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Key Skills Recruitment’s and Trade Assist’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Key Skills Recruitment**: Measured on the search terms “key skills recruitment” and “key skills recruitment wellington”, summed into one figure.
- **Trade Assist**: Measured on the search term “Trade Assist”.

- [Key Skills Recruitment profile](/demand/nz/brands/key-skills-recruitment)
- [Trade Assist profile](/demand/nz/brands/trade-assist)
- [All Wellington recruitment agencies in New Zealand](/demand/nz/locations/wellington/recruitment-agencies): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands.

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Key Skills Recruitment or Trade Assist more popular in search?

In September 2026, Trade Assist had more branded searches than Key Skills Recruitment among Wellington recruitment agencies in New Zealand. Trade Assist had about 90 branded searches, while Key Skills Recruitment had 60. Trade Assist made up 5.9% of all Wellington recruitment agency searches we track, and Key Skills Recruitment accounted for 3.9%.

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