96% of survey respondants say they would recommend the event!
The Digital Careers Expos 2009 are free events featuring seminars from industry experts about the types of skills and attributes that ICT employers are seeking, and how to secure a job offer.
"Growing Workready Graduates" is a collaborative programme across tertiaries that will establish pathways from tertiary education to work, through cooperative education
While New Zealand’s International Education industry earns $2.3 billion per annum and ranked as our 4th largest export, to become “work ready” for the our labour market, students need more support in making study and career choices aligned with future skills needs.
The 3rd Annual General meeting of Accelerating Auckland was held in June 24th. Hosted by Unitec the meeting took place at Carrington's Cafe on Unitec's Carrington Campus.
Four key initiaitves have been announced as the focus for Accelerating Auckland's work in 2009; Rebranding as Accelerating Aotearoa, a Digital Careers Expo with DoL Immigration, a research project to establish a basis for effective internship programmes and a web-based talent tracking system.
The 3rd Annual General Meeting of Accelerating Auckland is scheduled for Wednesday June 24th at Oakridge House on Unitec’s Carrington campus, commencing 3.30 pm.
The newly established NZICT Group has announced that Brett O'Riley will be its Chief Executive. Accelerating Auckland congratulates Brett on his appointment.
Through its Constitution, Accelerating Auckland has defined its objects and powers as being for the purposes of the advancement of education within New Zealand and to deliver and implement strategies that will be beneficial to the citizens and communities of New Zealand. These purposes fall within the guidelines for meeting a well established common law test used for defining a ‘charitable purpose’.
Accelerating Auckland’s IT internship programme is now placing Auckland based graduates from Massey University, University of Otago, University of Waikato, AUT, University of Auckland, AIS St Helens and the New Zealand School of Education in 10 - 20 week internships.