How to get a job 2016

How to get a Job?
Student Launch 2016
John Clegg - Summer of Tech
AUT - 16th March 2016

* What is Summer of Tech
* How to get a Job?
* Tips for how to get the best from SoT
Twitter: @summeroftech
Hashtag: #SOT2016
Today

How to turn the job hunt on its head
Get companies hunting you
We want to show you how to turn
the job hunt upside down

We asked our best students
to give us their tips

Dex and Dawn will be our guides

Our advice has been captured from 10 years
of helping students get jobs.
> 500 placements with 75% on-hire rate
We know what works and we will tell you
how to get a job. If you don’t understand
then keep asking WHY until you get it .
95% most of the students who don’t get a
job don’t follow our basic advice.
Yeah Nah !?!

is a non-profit internship programme
connecting smart students
with Auckland & Wellington
ICT companies
Summer of Tech

Last year - we placed 145 students
Programmer Designer
Web
Programmer
Mobile
Programmer
Web
Designer
QA
IT
Support
Analyst
Network
Support
Mechatronics
IT
Security
Database
Admin
Dev
Ops
Ops
Marketing
Project
Mgmt

Get training on what companies want

Learn the “important” stuff in getting a job

Lots of companies have got jobs...

March-August Bootcamps
June Employers signing up
September Meet and Greet +
Interviews
October Job Offers
November
-> March Summer jobs!
Timetable

Upcoming Bootcamps
Resume DB 101
Comms
Code
Mgmt
Internet
101
Testing
101
Javascript
.NET
Python
Agile AndroidPHP iOS
Data
Viz
Project
Mgmt
Ruby

CV 101: What makes a good CV
30th March
CV Masterclass: Practice how to write
a CV
6th April
Next Bootcamps

Don’t just take it from me…

2) Nik + Oly were hired as an interns

They started their own company

Started working on some projects

Oly now works at Google
“The Summer of Code program during my university years was
my first encounter with programming in the real world. Getting
placement in a local startup company was a great way to get
exposure to every aspect of running a software business,
programming and otherwise.
The startup experience inspired me to start my own projects
using new technologies which kickstarted my software
career.”

Start from the End and work back

Jobs are connected to people
JOB
People People
People People

JOB
What do
Companies
look for in
a Candidate?

JOB
What do Companies
look for in a
Candidate?
Skills Personality
Traits

JOB
What do
Companies
look for in
a Candidate?
Skills
Personality
Traits
How do I get
the right
skills?
How do I do
the right
things?

JOB
What do
Companies
look for in
a Candidate?
Skills
Personality
Traits
How do I get
the right
skills?
How do I do
the right
things?
How to find
a good
company?
X

JOB
What do
Companies
look for in
a Candidate?
Skills
Personality
Traits
How do I get
the right
skills?
How do I do
the right
things?
How to find
a good
company?X
What you can do NOW!
( )+

JOB
What do
Companies
look for in
a Candidate?
Skills
Personality
Traits
How do I get
the right
skills?
How do I do
the right
things?
How to find
a good
company?X
What you can do NOW!
( )+
Summer of Tech is here to show you how!

Stats 2015
3500+ students signed up
836 students profiles (25%)
147 placed
75% didn’t want a job

Last year
One of our top students
went to 37 Bootcamps !

What are companies looking for?

“I largely don’t care about someone’s
actual coding skill on day 1, because they
often won’t align with our patterns anyway,
but it’s all teachable.
What I want to see is a candidate’s ability
to interact with an existing codebase and
team….”
What companies are looking for

“…The single best way you can do this is
by choosing a project and contributing.
One way to get started (assuming github
here), is fork the an interesting repo, read
the contributor guidelines (which typically
also include an explanation of how to set
up for development), and then look for a
bug to fix, or new feature to add.”
- Brad Murray , DATACOM

“We like to see working demos of games
they have made. An app I can run on my
phone is great, from the app store is even
better.
Some people have unity games that are
very impressive, but Unity hides some of
the difficult parts so we prefer to see C++
game demos…”

“The stuff that sticks out the most is when
they have a larger game demo they have
worked on in a team. It helps us get a
sense for how well they work with others.
Things like the Imagine Cup or Global
Game Jam are great.”
Joe O’Sullivan - PikPok

2) Team fit
2 Team Player
aka Cultural fit

3) Communication skills
3 Communication skills
aka Can I talk to you
and do you listen?

Your school career is about making you
the same

“There is no such thing as an
'I am willing to learn' certificate.
If you really are willing to learn,
demonstrate it instead.”

Be careful what
you say online

“Make the right impression, dress
neatly, make sure you've
groomed and look presentable.
People will remember you if you
make an impression.”

aka Cultural Fit
2 Team Player
aka Cultural fit

Understand how to work in a team

Google researched - What makes a “perfect team”
“We had lots of data, but there was
nothing showing that a mix of specific
personality types or skills or backgrounds
made any difference.”
The ‘‘who’’ part of the equation didn’t
seem to matter.’

Two factors that mattered most to the teams
1) ‘Equality in distribution of conversational
turn-taking.’’
- Teams where everyone spoke the same
amount. (ie. no one dominated)
2) ‘‘Average social sensitivity’’
- Understanding people's cues
What did matter most for teams was ...

“Be prepared to go out of your
comfort zone (promoting yourself,
networking, interviewing),
you'll improve a lot and pick up
transferrable skills
(eyy buzzwords) by doing so”

Building software products is a team sport
and do you listen?

Can I talk to you about a problem?
and do you listen?

What skills do companies want?

What skills they would like you to have?

“Build your CV while you are at
uni;
That might sound strange but
people often think that they will
start building their CV after uni.
The most challenging thing is to
get your first job.
So build your CV now.”

“How to build your CV? Attend as
many programming events,
hackathons, etc. as possible.
Build a complete website / mobile
app while you are studying.
Have a cool github profile.
Participate in open source
projects. ”

“Work on team projects.
The university does not prepare
you properly for that.
Learn how to use git in a team
(branching, merging, etc.)”

What they are looking for in your Github?
1) Interesting projects
2) Examples of your work
3) Contributions to projects

Annotate your code in an README.md
● The purpose of code
● What it does and doesn’t do
● Any special instructions
● Any anomalies
● If you had to make trade-offs, state
why

Nothing to see here - move along!

What are you passionate about?
What are you passionate about

Learning comes from failure
“I have not failed. I've just
found 10,000 ways that won't
work.”
― Thomas A. Edison

Recipe for success...
Try -> Fail -> Learn ->
Experience
Rinse, Repeat

“Don't be shy about requesting
information from companies,
or asking if you can get a tour.
Actually being in the office was
a huge indicator for me if I
wanted to work there.”

“If you're aiming for a company
that uses C#, do a small
project in C# to show off on
your github so they know
you're actually interested and
will put in the effort.”
“Researching the company so
that the interviewer was
impressed with my knowledge
and interest in the company
and its products at the M & G
and the interview.”

Figure out what does the company do?

“Talk to employers and figure
out what kind of people the
companies are looking for.”
“Know what you want and go
for that. (research different
types of companies and get a
feel for startup/small
companies vs larger more
corporate ones) “

Glassdoor
Lots of companies have got jobs...

Student word of mouth
Glassdoor

Glassdoor
When thinking about a company...

Think about the work
environment

Think about the tools
they use

Think about how they
get the job done

“Have at least one project you've done
outside of university to show to potential
employers - bonus points if it's on
Github! ”
“Find people who really want to
work on a project and team up with
them. Don't just talk to your friends
about working on a project
because all you'll end up doing is
drinking a lot and playing
scrabble.”

Summary
Right
Attitude
Team
Player
Great
Comms
Skills
Know what
I’m good at
Built a
portfolio of
projects
Know what
I want to
learn
Going to
industry
events

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