The Department of Conservation was announced as this year’s most attractive employer at this year’s Randstad Awards. TVNZ – last year’s winner – was the runner up, while the New Zealand Customs Service came in as third. Prior to the presentation, Randstad ran its annual employer branding research – of whom 7,975 were New Zealanders… Read More »

The Internet of Things and 3D printing are among the top 15 tech trends for 2015 and the most in-demand technology jobs range from security engineers and cloud engineers to big data analysts, according to a report released today by Mondo, a New York-based IT and digital marketing staffing provider. “We’re seeing an emphasis on… Read More »

The UK is considering relaxing the rules under which IT-related roles can be offered to foreign workers. The UK Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is recommending that the government eases regulations on hiring non-European data scientists, senior developers, cyber security specialists and product managers. The MAC is an independent body that advises government on migration issues.… Read More »

One job stands out on a new list of the 25 high-paying jobs that are most in demand: Physician, with a base salary of more than $200,000 and nearly 8,000 job openings listed on Glassdoor, a jobs website where users post salary information and company reviews. Physicians make nearly twice as much as any other… Read More »

If you work in investment banking IT, you are no doubt (still) primarily motivated by earning potential over potentially exciting new innovations. Banking generally pays tech workers more than other industries, but within the sector which roles offer the larger salaries and which keep technologists on the breadline? Best paying banking technology jobs: Big bata… Read More »

Wellington is leading jobs growth for the first time in six months, with IT workers in hot demand. Seek New Zealand’s latest data showed the number of new job ads throughout the country was up by 2.4 percent in January, month-on-month. The capital was leading the rest with a 4.8 percent increase, the online jobs… Read More »