AI recruiting in Oamaru.
For Oamaru operators who want a working pilot in weeks, not a year-long programme.
Small crew or big organisation, the busywork is the same :)
The questions a public sector buyer asks, answered up front: privacy impact, the NZISM, where the data lives and how an algorithm is held to account.
*Illustrative example based on nine hours a week of admin. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
Oamaru services the farms, processors and visitors of the Waitaki. We automate the job cards, stock orders and bookings that keep those small teams stretched.
What Oamaru runs on.
The Waitaki is a farming district at heart, with agriculture and related processing providing 27 per cent of jobs, and Oamaru is its largest business centre.
The blue penguins near Oamaru's port have become a significant visitor attraction.
Built differently, on purpose.
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
What AI recruiting actually does
Job ads written for SEEK, Trade Me, and LinkedIn. With the right workflow automated, nine hours of admin a week could drop to about one.*
*Illustrative example only, based on 9 hours a week of admin falling to about 1 hour a week. Actual results vary by workflow and business.
Less admin.
More weekend.
No theatre.
What you get
Time-to-shortlist drops from 3 weeks to 4 days.
- Drafts compliant NZ job ads with realistic salary bands
- Screens CVs and ranks by fit with written rationale
- Voice AI runs first-round phone screens 24/7
- Bias checks built in - flagged in the audit log
- No annual contracts
- No shelfware or licences you do not use
How it works in Oamaru
We find the one workflow costing Oamaru businesses the most hours, ship a working slice into production in weeks, prove it pays for itself, then harden it and hand it over.
Questions Oamaru businesses ask
Will this run on our own infrastructure?
Yes, where it makes sense. AI recruiting can sit entirely in your cloud account, with model calls routed through endpoints you control. We default to Claude, Vapi, Workable, SEEK API, Vercel but the architecture supports your existing platform choices.
Do you do hourly billing or fixed price?
Fixed price for the pilot, every time. After that it's your call - fixed price per milestone or a small monthly retainer for ongoing iteration. We don't run open-ended T&M because it disincentivises us from finishing.
Anyone else in this space using AI recruiting?
Plenty. Time-to-shortlist drops from 3 weeks to 4 days. The interesting question is rarely "does it work" - it's "is your team ready to use the output." That's what we'd scope on the call.
Does scheduling handle public holidays?
It should. New Zealand has 11 national public holidays, including Matariki, plus a regional anniversary day that depends on where your business is.
What happens when the Holidays Act is replaced?
The Employment Leave Act 2026 replaces it on 6 August 2028. Until then payroll follows the current Holidays Act, so leave calculations need to handle today's rules and the changeover.
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