Tundra recruiters (Amina & Courtney) discussed Agile roles and Q & A - June 1, 2016

1. HUNT . GATHER . THRIVE
Mississauga Agile Meet
June 1st 2016

2. Industry Trends
• Ontario home to 40% of Canadian jobs projected to have solid growth
rates 2.7% 2016
• Quebec 2nd largest job economy
• Steep declines in the energy sector but very strong double digit
growth in the Automotive sector (17% increase YOY 2015)
• Toronto strength in Finance and Banking

3. Agile Trends
Example of TUNDRA Clients going Agile
RBC
Tangerine
Intact
Interac
Manulife Financial
Loyalty One
TELUS

4. Agile Certifications
Agile has revolutionized the face of
software development and project
management, and has increased
demand for IT professionals with
understanding of the methodology and
its many flavors - Lean, Scrum, Kanban
and Scaled Agile, or SAFe, for the
enterprise.

5. Agile Certifications continued…
o Program Manager - AgilePgM Certification
o Project Manager - PMI-ACP
o Quality Assurance analyst - CAT
o Strategyex Certificate (Associate or Masters) in Agile
o SAFe Certifications (enterprise wide)
• The SAFe Program Consultant Trainer,
• The SAFe Program Consultant,
• The SAFe Agilist
• The SAFe Practitioner
• The SAFe Product Manager/Product Owner.

6. Certifications continued……
o Agile Certifications – ICAgile Certified Expert
• Enterprise Agile Coaching
• Agile Coaching
• Agile Development
• Agile Testing
• Agile Management
o Scrum Certifications for IT and software development :
• Certified Scrum Master
• Certified Scrum Product Owner
• Certified Scrum Developer
• Certified Scrum Trainer
• Certified Scrum Coach
• Certified Scrum Professional (Including Business Analysts & Business Systems Analysts)

7. Looking for work?
• Upload your updated resume on : Monster/Indeed/CareerBuilder
• LinkedIn – (keep it current, detailed and updated with your skill sets)
– make connections – grow your network
• Networking/Going to meet ups
• Join different skill based communities
• Remain current with certifications

8. Keep your Resume current
• Keep current with emerging and new technologies/certifications and add
them to your resume
• Cater your resume to each role you are applying to – write your resume as
if you were answering interview questions for that role.
*Make a connection between the role you are applying to and your own project experiences.
• Reflect the number of years and your experiences on your resume
accurately
• Too many pages to a resume is a myth (unless specified by the client) – be
detailed when it comes to explaining your projects ( tools , technology,
environment, tasks, results etc)
*Add technology/tools used under each individual project and not just in your summary or
highlights – how and where is key

9. Update your resume to reflect your Agile experience
Keywords for an Agile/Scrum Practitioner
Agile project management
Application Lifecycle Management
Build- Breaker
Burndown chart
User stories
Scrum
Retrospective
Stakeholder
Stand up/ Daily meetings
Task Board
Releases
Burnup Chart
Build Process
Product Owner
Struts
Sprint Backlog/Review
Backlog

10. WHO ARE WE?
Tundra is a global provider of innovative staffing solutions and
services in IT and Engineering. Tundra has grown quickly since
opening our doors in 2004; today Tundra operates offices across
North America, Europe and Asia and is actively working with the
top contract and full-time talent across the globe.

11. TUNDRA Continued…..
• We have a great Rewards and Referrals Program
• You can apply directly to job postings through our website
http://www.tundratechnical.ca/job-board/
• Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Linked In - We are very active on
social media and like to keep current with industry trends and
updates.