Sharing careers & job hunting insights

New Zealand IT industry Pete Yates – Head PMO, Ops, IT & Platforms

@peteyatesnz

Sharing careers & job hunting insights 27th Sept 2

New to NZ IT Industry

I moved to NZ in 2004 from the UK with a few Cisco Certifications

• IT industry rocks, fast paced and ever evolving• Spark NZ's view [Video]• IoT, Software, SaaS, payments, mobility • Growing overseas from NZ• Digital Transformation

• Companies • Large companies in NZ (c10,000 employees) - Dairy, Aviation,

Finance, Telco, IT, Education, Government.• Small Medium Enterprises (SME) - largest market• Healthy start up community

• Reputation and personal brand is everything

A lot of job don't get advertised, get to know a few recruitment agencies - AbsoluteIT, RecruitIT, Davidson Technology, Potentia

Sharing careers & job hunting insights 27th Sept 3

Lessons learnt

• Research• Know who is interviewing you and their background• Company and its competitors• Prepared to ask questions• Customise your application to the role/company

• Networking• Through LinkedIn

• Groups• Individuals• Companies

• Attending events (A Quick Few Yarns, AWS Summit)• IT professionals, HR or Recruitment

• Social• LinkedIn profile up to date• Active on social media (Twitter, Medium etc..)

• What I expect as a hiring Manager?@peteyatesnz

Sharing careers & job hunting insights 27th Sept 4

What’s hot right now?

AWS skills

BI and Analytics

DevOps

Salesforce skills

Software Devs

Agile experienc

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Sharing careers & job hunting insights 27th Sept 5

Useful resources

Industry Websites:• www.computerworld.co.nz/• www.cio.co.nz/

@peteyatesnz

Company Research:• www.glassdoor.com• www.tin100.com/• www.cio.co.nz/cio100nz/

Job Sites:• www.Seek.co.nz• www.trademe.co.nz/jobs• www.workhere.co.nz/• www.careers.govt.nz/

My views on IT:• livingthetech.com • LinkedIn article

Go visit some NZ land marks and places:• Queenstown• Sky Tower• Rotorua & the luge• Taupo• Auckland Museum• Ski fields• Beaches - Haihai• Waiheke Island• Abel Tasman National Park

@peteyatesnz

Thanks

http://livingthetech.com

Pete Yates