Market Insights & Advice for Job Hunting in These Uncertain Times

Welcome back to in-person Meetups fellow testers!

New Zealand’s job market is becoming incredibly congested, with companies and recruiters seeing hundreds of applications for some positions. Businesses up and down the country have been impacted by Covid-19, with many imposing hiring freezes, making redundancies and, in some cases, restructuring entirely.

Job seeking is stressful under the best circumstances. The ongoing uncertainty related to the Covid-19 can make the prospect of looking for work feel almost hopeless. We thought it would be in everyone's best interest look into job hunting and get some insights into the IT job market.

Recruitment consultants Kimberly & Neekee have very kindly agreed to come to give us some guidance for job hunting during these uncertain times.

What you will get from this meetup:

• How we can use social media effectively, tailor CVs and cover letters when we apply for jobs.
• Interviewing tips
• Contracting Vs Full-time
• How to use our time effectively to find a job or upskill ourselves.
• What you can do to make yourself stand out from the pack
• IT recruitment Market trends post lockdown

Speaker Bios

Kymberly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kymberlytupai/
Neekee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neekee-r-270a9185/

Program

5:30 pm: Doors open, networking, and pizza
6:00 pm: Kim and Neekee

Venue: Grid AKL (101 Pakenham St)
Charge: $5NZD (charged as 2.56GBP)

Note: The cover fee is set up to help us ensure we have accurate attendances and helps us to support events like this going forward. If for any reason the fee is proving to be a barrier for your attendance, please let one of the organsiers know & we can work something out