Overview of SoT2016 student profiles.

2. • Introduction
• Anatomy of your SoT Profile
• What’s next?
• CV Clinics
• Employers & Internships
• Bootcamps & Hackfest
• Meet & Greet → Offers
• Tips to get the best out of Summer of Tech
Summer of Tech Profiles 2016

3. Disclaimer

5. Why the changes?Employer view

6. Why the changes?
Big image
“Twitter” Intro
Key Info links
Visa option
Optimised to help employers
Timestamp

7. Why the changes?
Skills Panel Summary
Bootcamp
Summary
Key summary info about your skills

8. Why the changes?
Main info tables
Hackfest
Summary
Availability
Easy to find info about you

9. Why the changes?
About Me
About Me and Why hire me

10. Why the changes?
About Me
Compatibility
Algorithm
Compatibility check for employers

11. Why the changes?
List of Events
Contact me
only after M&G
Detailed info on Events and contact info

12. List of Skills
Skills matrix is behind a tab

13. Skills Panel
Academic
Paid
+ Practical
Interested

14. Contact and Referees
Only visible after
Meet and Greet
Referees

16. Incomplete Profile progress

17. Why hire me
“Why hire me” main:
• 1st sentence - “I want to be a X” and then
sentence should be WHY !
• 3-4 paragraphs (Limited to 1,500 characters!)
• What are you interested about / passionate in
(Why do you like tech)
• What can you tell us about you (Why do you
like and what motivates you)
• Why you should be hired (What you can do for
a company)

18. Visa Status - compulsory

19. Other links

20. Skills Matrix

21. Skills Matrix
Programming Engineering Design

22. More Skills
Ops / Database Business Analysis

23. Fill in the matrix

24. Important: Interested in learning

25. Internship list

26. Referees
Why?
Employers tell us it saves them up to 2 days
wait for reference contact info

27. Referees
1. Character Reference
Someone who will speak about you as a person
2. Work Reference
Someone who will speak about how you work

28. Referees
Referees must be in NZ
● Character Referee is someone that is NOT
family & does not live in the same house. Do
NOT use your “mate”. Try a tutor or lecturer
● Work referees should be a manager or senior
to you.
● Tell your referees that they may be contacted
between M&G and Offers Day.

29. General Tips and Info

30. Profiles are important

31. SoT Event attendance is important

32. 2016 Employers are coming!
2015 Numbers

33. 2016 Internships are coming!

34. You can “Express interest” in 10 roles

35. CV’s - you should start NOW

36. CV Clinics for 1:1 feedback

37. Aim to get your profiles complete by end of June

38. You have ONE SHOT at an employer

39. How get the best from SoT

40. “Ask the SoT team for career advice,
they understand employers' needs better
than you do.”
“Research the roles on offer and
decide what you want to learn over
the summer”

41. “Employers sometimes ask 'what was
your favourite part of Summer of Tech?',
so make sure you pay attention and have
an answer.
There is a difference between 'attending'
bootcamps in quotes, and Attending with
a capital letter.”

42. There is a lot happening in SoT

43. “Treat Summer of Tech like a course!
The bootcamps are lectures and
bootcamps extras are assignments.
The Meet & Greet and interviews are like
exams. You need to prepare for them!”

44. Summer of Tech Profile

45. “I invested a lot of time into my
profile, and it paid off. People
could recall my website profile
when I introduced myself!
Write more than you think you
need to. “
“Work on your "blurb". What you say
about yourself and what you’re
interested in etc etc.
You have to sell yourself to people to
get a job so start early and get good at
it haha (this includes your about me in
the SoT profile and your CV)”

46. Bootcamps

47. What are the Bootcamps for?
● Introduce a concept that employers have
told us that is important
● Provide opportunities to practice new
stuff
● Find something that you might be
interested in and work on for pet project
● Provide opportunities to network / interact
with Industry
● Change the interview question - “Do you
know X” - “Err. No” into “Yes, I did the
bootcamp on X. Here’s what I learned...”

48. “Attend bootcamps and stay
behind to talk to the speakers”
“Attend every SoT event possible
(especially the job interview related
ones)”
“Attend all the things you are
interested in! Do worry if you don’t
know anyone else there or if you don’t
really know what its about, if it sounds
cool to you make an effort to go :)”

49. Events

50. “Attend every Hackathon (SoT
events & others; keep an eye out
for GovHack, Health Hack, Hack
Miramar, GameJams & Maker
events)”
“Register early for bootcamps to get in
and prepare all the info required.”

51. Meet & Greet

52. “Talk to companies, don't just
sit around with your friends
gossiping, all SoT events are
great networking opportunities.”
“At the M&G go for the smaller and
less well-known companies as well,
you are more likely to get an interview
and an internship.”
“If you’re shy about meeting a
company, find a SoT helper, they
will introduce you”

53. Interviews

54. “Always follow up after your interview,
it shows you not only appreciate the
time they gave to you but also that you
are really interested.
If you aren't interested after the
interview process, you should let them
know as well.”

55. Hackfest

56. “Do everything you can to get to
Hackfest as it's an awesome
experience and gives you the
opportunity to both talk to companies
and also demonstrate your skills”

57. How to get into Hackfest

58. Your profile needs to be good

59. Portfolio / Website

60. Attitude / Participation

61. Bonus Tips - LinkedIn
Linked In Tips
● Upload a good picture
● Create an “About Me” similar to your
SoT profile
● Start building your network
● If you have work experience
○ Get a recommendation

63. SoT Profile Tips
● Be professional
○ Good Photo
● Get moving on your project
○ Github / Portfolio
● Why me
○ I want to be an “X” and why
○ More info about you
● You have to sell yourself
Summary

64. Summer of Tech Tips
● Treat Summer of Tech like a course
● You have to sell yourself
● Communications skills are really
important
● Every bootcamp is an opportunity to
impress
● The right attitude + willing to learn >
technical skills
Summary

65. Key Dates
Key Dates
• 16 May - Employer registrations OPEN
• 30 Jun
• Recommended date to complete profiles
• Internships expected to appear
• Mid Aug - Hackfest
• Early Sept - Student registrations close
• Sept - Meet & Greet (AKL & WLG)
• Late Sept - Speed Interviews (AKL & WLG)
• 5 Oct - Offers
• mid Nov-mid Feb - Internships

66. Questions