Given every single tech firm I talk to describes a serious skills shortage, you would think most could take 10 minutes to help sort the problem.
12 October 2020
Recently, every second conversation I have had with members has been about the difficulty in finding the tech people they need to run and grow their businesses
05 October 2020
Kia ora, Until COVID-19 struck, large New Zealand businesses and fast growing tech firms were bringing in thousands of highly skilled digital professionals each year. The local education system has been able to produce approximately 5000 new computer science graduates a year, but hi-tech firms used the international market for advanced skills such as machine …
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28 September 2020
Stand by this week for the launch of the 2020 Digital Skills Survey. We are refreshing the national digital skills survey to establish a new baseline of current digital skills in the market and identifying required skills.
21 September 2020
Thanks to COVID-19, we are amid a digital revolution and changing the way the world does business.
14 September 2020
Welcome to the first edition of the LocationTech newsletter. As a reminder, the Spatial Industry Business Association (SIBA) joined the New Zealand Tech Alliance and has been reinvented LocationTech.
10 September 2020
Sam Drummond replaces former Spatial Innovation Business Association (SIBA) Chair, Anne Harper who has resigned from the role after a successful six year tenure.
10 September 2020
The borders are closed, the constant flow of international tech talent has dried up, 1,568 software jobs are advertised on Seek and 1,008 software jobs advertised on LinkedIn.
07 September 2020
After a marathon week of more than 40 hours of Zoom and Team calls, I’ve learnt a very important lesson.
31 August 2020