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Remuneration Report – June 2014
With 33,900 anonymous entries into our IT salary website www.itsalaries.co.nz we can explore remuneration data by skill-set, industry, region and sector. This report identifies the trends around remuneration in the ICT sector in the past 6 to 12 months. Read the full report here
IT Job opportunities in Wellington: the High Tech Capital
Wellington has been dubbed the High Tech Capital of New Zealand With the growing number of tech companies based in Wellington cracking the global market (and gaining the PR exposure to prove it), it’s no wonder Wellington has been dubbed the High Tech Capital of New Zealand. In late 2013, Xero became the poster child […]
Leadership Breakfast with Kevin Lavery
Absolute IT hosted the second event for the year in the leadership breakfast series on the 14th May 2014 with guest speaker Dr Kevin Lavery, CEO of Wellington City Council. Despite the wet Wellington weather we had a great turn out with guests having the opportunity to catch up with industry peers and gain useful […]
Waikato and Bay of Plenty Insight Report
Our latest Insight Report takes a look into Waikato and the Bay of Plenty. ICT talent looks set to continue to be in high demand through 2014 in this region. Of the 460 Employers surveyed we asked about their upcoming challenges for the year ahead given he continued economic growth in the region. The overwhelming internet […]
Leadership Breakfast with David Parker
Absolute IT organised a leadership breakfast on the 4th March 2014 with Deputy Leader of the Labour Party David Parker. We had a fantastic turn out and we hope attendees gained some good insights from David Parker as well as taking the opportunity to catch up with your industry peers. Here’s a brief run-down of […]
Webstock 2014
We had a great time being a sponsor at the sell-out Webstock 2014. There was an awesome buzz about the place with speakers, workshops, food and beer!! We spoke to some interesting people as well as doing our world famous in New Zealand mini golf tournament. Could the IT gurus pot all 10 balls? Yes […]
Don’t Leave Town Before You’ve Seen The Country
Increase in ICT projects spurs 2014 industry growth in New Zealand Confidence is up for both IT job seekers and recruiters in New Zealand with a rise in new projects increasing the IT jobs on offer and promising pay increases in 2014. 75% of employers are planning to hire new staff in 2014 (the majority […]
Highest Base Median Salary on Record in our latest Remuneration Report
Our Remuneration Report draws on data from more than 30,500 anonymous entries into our IT salary website and explores remuneration by skill-set, industry and sector. There have been notable improvements since the June 2013 Remuneration Report, including a 6.7% increase in the national base median salary, which now sits at $80,000 – the first notable […]
Seek SARA Winner 2013!
We are pleased to announce that we’ve been crowned Favourite Recruitment Agency NZ, IT Large Recruiter at the Seek SARA Awards 2013! We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who voted for us this year. We are passionate about the New Zealand ICT sector and have been since our launch 13 […]
NZ Tech – Helping Win the America’s Cup
This article from TechDay talks about the exciting things happening in IT technology around the America’s Cup. The article begins: “Technology isn’t new to the America’s Cup – but the key role it plays is growing with each campaign. Not only in the design of the high tech boats, but the teams clothing, capturing race speeds […]