Hiring interns and graduates isn't just a strategic move—it's a crucial investment in the future of your team, and the industry. By mentoring juniors, you create a pipeline of talented, innovative contributors who can bring fresh perspectives and handle smaller tasks, freeing up senior staff for bigger projects. It's an investment that pays off as they become valuable team members even by the end of a 10 week internship!

Here are some avenues of funding available to support organisations hiring digital/tech interns in Aotearoa. Including government schemes: Callaghan Innovation R&D Experience Grants, TPK cadetships and MSD flexi-wage. Dunedin has it’s own JobsDun programme too.

Here’s our annual post to share insights about tech intern and graduate remuneration in Aotearoa New Zealand, in 2023. This year we’ve seen an increase in Living Wage and an equivalent increase in intern and graduate wages.

Here’s our annual post to share insights about tech intern and graduate remuneration in Aotearoa New Zealand, in 2023. This year we’ve seen an increase in Living Wage and an equivalent increase in intern and graduate wages.

Here are some avenues of funding available to support organisations hiring digital/tech interns in Aotearoa. Including government schemes: Callaghan Innovation R&D Experience Grants, TPK cadetships and MSD flexi-wage. Dunedin has it’s own JobDun programme too.

Employees with ADHD or neurodiversity can need a little extra support and tools to make them shine. Understanding how different team members approach a task or project and what level of detail or context you need to provide can lead to more successful outcomes for your next project.

Testing students to find out their skills and skill level is time consuming for both students and employers. There is little value to students from typical tests unless they get the role. Exercism.io provides a platform for students to prove their ability while learning and getting feedback on their skills. Employers can ensure that a student's ability is at their preferred standard.

Deliberate Practice is an effective way to help individuals and teams learn and improve their skills. Learning together as a cohort, and employing Deliberate Practice techniques is a useful way to quickly build knowledge within a team of complex tasks and problems

Perpetual Learning is about providing feedback to help people build their mental models. Mob Programming and Peer Programming are key tools to accelerate your team's learning using advanced cognitive psychology techniques.

Summer of Tech requires employment contracts and interns to be treated as employees, with real, fairly paid work! Here are some tips for employers preparing employment contracts for summer interns.

In these “unprecedented times”, we knew in-person events would be different, but we weren’t expecting such a regional variation. Something is different in Wellington this year, and we’re doing our best to figure out what’s changed. Read on for more analysis.

We have amazing candidates for intern and grad roles, but you’re going to have to work harder to get their attention and get them through your hiring process. Here are our top tips for employers:

2022 has been challenging for students and for tertiary institutions in Aotearoa. Here are our insights into lower enrolments, lower engagement, and the challenges facing students and tertiary institutions in New Zealand.

Attracting top talent to your organisation is hard, especially with limited opportunities to connect in person. One way to help get your message to candidates is to make a short “employer pitch” video.

According to the latest Hays Salary Guide, 96% of New Zealand tech employers believe the skills shortages will impact operations or growth. Despite this desperate outlook, many employers are still reluctant to hire junior talent.

In the world of graduate and intern recruitment, we are seeing lower engagement and areas where demand for candidates outstrips supply. However, that’s not the full story - it’s not all doom and gloom!

We hosted our first employer drop in session recently; this was a chance to share insights and connect with our employer whānau. I shared some insights on wage trends for tech interns and graduates; see them here first.

Highlights and takeaways from our panel event held as part of Techweek 2022 about attracting, supporting and growing junior talent.

Meet the newest team member of Summer of Tech: Hi, my name is Katrina (Treen) Mearns. I have recently joined the wonderful Summer of Tech team as their Employer Champion. Get to know more about Treen.

How can an organisation attract awesome candidates? We’ve compiled a few tips and tricks to write a compelling job listing.

Despite being a rewarding experience, hiring interns and doing it well can be a lot of work at the best of times. We’ve gathered some of the key tips to help ease employer stress this internship season!

At Summer of Tech, we do a lot of coaching and career clinics with students and graduates. By Offers Day, many of our top candidates are deciding between a handful of roles. Here are a few categories of thought that can drive students and graduates to say YES to an offer.