DIGITAL SKILLS HUI 2019
Connecting New Zealand’s digital skills ecosystem
A heartfelt thank you to all involved in the Digital Skills Hui 2019
Yesterday - March 27th - we held the first Digital Skills Hui, a 1 day event designed to engage participants via workshops, stimulate their thinking with focused panel discussions and inspire them to connect as a community who are interested in preparing Aotearoa for...
Generation Z expects technology to bring equality to the workforce: Dell Technology reports
https://www.delltechnologies.com/en-us/perspectives/gen-z.htm
Read the Digital Skills for a Digital Nation Report
Read the Digital Skills for a Digital Nation Report.
Have your say on Internships
Internships – do you, don’t you – will you, won’t you – why, why not? Tell us what you think! If you’re an employer you probably want to hire experienced staff. Pretty much everyone wants to hire experienced staff. We produce a lot of talented graduates in New...
Read the Digital Skills for a Digital Nation Report
Read the Digital Skills for a Digital Nation Report.
Digital skills shortage should sound warning bell
A major report released today shows that New Zealand has a significant and growing digital skills shortage, primarily due to the speed and scale of the increase in demand for tech skills. The report, commissioned by the New Zealand Digital Skills Forum, should sound a...
Growth Creating Demand
A rapidly growing tech sector The tech sector is a rapidly growing segment of the New Zealand economy and accounts for approximately 8% of the country’s GDP and 9% of the exports. The top 200 tech exporters sold NZ$7.3 billion internationally in 2016, an increase of...
Have your say on the skills shortage
The New Zealand Digital Skills Forum has launched a national survey to help address the increasing digital skills shortage. As demand for tech skills accelerates across all sectors, plus the rapid growth of the tech sector itself, unfilled tech roles continue to rise....
Digital Nation – the tech sector facts
The technology sector is a large and significant part of the New Zealand economy, generating considerable value, jobs and exports. NZTech recently conducted a piece of landmark research in collaboration with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to...
Cyber Security Skills Taskforce
Purpose The purpose of the Cyber Security Skills Taskforce is to stimulate initiatives to build the cyber security workforce. In particular, the focus will be to provide a clear pathway between the education sector and industry for the provision of cyber security...
Evidence & Data Working Group
Research and data aggregation for understanding the digital skills landscape
Digital Skills Forum
Connecting industry and government, and building shared understanding of current and future digital skill needs
Immigration Working Group
Identifying solutions to immigration related issues for digital skills employment
Professional Pathways Working Group
Encouraging and facilitating the coordination of training and development across the digital sector