Our incredible partner, Momentum Recruitment, ran a bootcamp on how to make the most out of your first job in tech. Their talented technology recruiters, Bruce Batters, Chelsea Wallace and Lee-Anne Thomson shared their insights and discussed strategies for acing an internship or graduate placement.

In 2022, we are so grateful for the support of our partners in delivering 27 insightful and practical training sessions to over 622 attendees across Aotearoa, held in person and virtually. Read on to learn more about what was covered!

Kristine Brooks landed a UX/UI internship at Snapper last summer, and we met with her to find out how it was going in late 2021. She talked about the benefits of being in a group of interns and gave her take on the Summer of Tech programme.

Earlier this year, Aura Information Security hosted a ‘Security 101’ bootcamp presented by their Security team: Phil Dobson, Alastair Miller, Lachlan Davidson, and Joanna Mañez. The team educated students on the responsibilities, career possibilities and perks of a career in security.

How do we actually process and analyse the feedback that’s given to us so we can effectively learn from it? In this bootcamp, Marcus and Jemimah from Pushpay delved into the importance of knowing how to give and receive feedback and offered some tips and tricks on how to do so.

This bootcamp was hosted by the amazing team at ANZ: Grace Taikato, Chris Pidgeon, Rogan Frazer, Heather Firth and Lauren Halka. The panel delved into commonly asked questions about entering the tech industry.

We met with Miten Chauhan, an Intermediate Software Developer and Sales Engineer from SaferMe who also happens to be Summer of Tech alumni from 2016 and 2017. He shared how he’s grown in the tech industry, what he learnt from being a mentor, what his mentees taught him and gave advice on entering the field.

When interns join the HortPlus team, they work on the MetWatch platform. We spoke with Cody Ellingham, Product Designer & Business Development at HortPlus, about the Summer of Tech programme and the difference interns make to their business.

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.

Meet Radwan Rahman, a Computer Science student in Auckland who interned with CoGo in 2021 as a Graduate Engineer. We met with him to get the details on how his internship was going and he filled us in on why he chose CoGo, what he learned from his mentor and how he overcame imposter syndrome.

We caught up with Chris Noldus, the Chief Technology Officer at SafeMe and Summer of Code (Tech) Alumni last summer. He shared why he hires interns, the value of having them, the skills he looks for in a candidate and shares his top tip for interviews.

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.

Summer of Tech alumni talked with candidates about how they approached recruitment, what they wished they knew, and how to make the most of Meet & Greet.

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.

In the summer of 2021, we met with Jessica Taylor, who landed a UX Design internship at ANZ. She shares with us the challenges of remote working, how she is supported by the team and her internship advice for students and graduates.

Our friends at Snapper show us how to do work culture and teamwork right. We met with two previous UX/UI design interns (circa 2021), Kristine Brooks and Wenjing Xie, who have since been promoted into the Grad programme.

We met with two members of the Backenders Team from Snapper, Paula Porto and John Cecilio, from the 2021 internship intake. They share why they enjoy Snapper, their experience working with other interns and lessons learned from their mentors.

What's it like to work at Snapper? We met with the Platform Team, two 2021 interns, Simeng Zou and Ethan Helliwell, now Platform Engineers in the Snapper Grad programme.

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.

We meet with Harshmin Kaur, 2019 Summer of Tech alumni who shares with us their internship experience and reflects on what they learned and how it influenced their career journey.

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.

We had a refreshing interview with Grace Taikato from ANZ. During our phone call, she shared her experience with onboarding interns, the benefits of having a new intern on her team and top tips for employers and internship candidates.

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!

Recently, we asked some of the talented team at Z Energy to answer a bunch of frequently asked questions about what it's like to work there. Sound like a team you'd love to join? Yeah, we think so too!

We met with Pooja Kokatnur, a Developer at BNZ and Summer of Tech alumni. She shared her highlights from being an Integration Technology Consultant at IntegrationWorks in 2017 and what she wished she had known during her internship.

In the design industry, portfolios are essential. Without one in your job application, employers may turn you away. Even when you have one, how can you make your portfolio stand out?

Product designers Melody Renaud and Michael Szeto provided practical advice on how to optimise your design portfolio.

We spoke to Saumya Sajwan and Guy West, who completed summer internships at Bigears in 2021. They shared the benefits of interning at a smaller organisation, their experience of the Summer of Tech process, and advice for future interns.

Summer of Tech creates a safe and supportive environment for every student-facing activity that we organise, including our bootcamps. Here are some suggestions that you can consider as candidates, alumni, industry volunteers, mentors, presenters and employers:

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