For the last two years SJS has offered a free to call 0800 number to students from both landlines and cellphones
Unfortunately we have had two issues arise, meaning that as a not-for-profit organisation offering a free employer service on a limited budget, we can no longer afford to allow free cellphone calls to students. These two issues are:
- Call volume increase is well up on last year and is more than what we planned or budgeted for.
- We have received a higher proportion of calls from cell phones than planned (which cost 3-6 times as much to SJS as calling from a landline per call).
As a result from Thursday 14th January cell phone calls from students will no longer be accepted to 0800 757 562.
Instead students can:
We appreciate your understanding with this change. This is absolutely necessary to ensure we can continue to offer a free employment service to NZ’s tertiary students, and focus on getting as many job vacancies for students as we can.