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In Sydney next month a bunch of people from underrepresented groups are going to RubyConf. In April over in Melbourne, you’ll see fresh faces at CSSConf and JSConf.
Welcoming Kat!
It’s not often that I’m blown away by a resume but hers came as a gist with perfect Markdown and I knew we were off to a good start.
Global Diversity CFP Day
Saturday 3rd February was Global Diversity CFP Day. It was a day to help underrepresented groups with talk topics and proposal writing. Workshops were held all around the world. The Sydney chapter was led by Kris Howard and a group of mentors from the Sydney community (including myself) was there to help out.
Changing it ourselves
Australia is an amazing place to call home. We have so much to celebrate about our nation, and it’s important that we acknowledge our achievements and celebrate as a nation. However, out of love and respect for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island community, we here at Lookahead Search believe that January 26th is not the right date.
457 visa approvals way down
457 visa grants for Developer Programmers are down 41.5% and Software Engineer are down 18.1%. For now, employers who do sponsor have a huge competitive advantage.
Handing over the reins
Tuesday marked the last time I will organise and MC the Android meetup in Sydney.
AWS Startup Day in Sydney
We were delighted and honoured to attend to the AWS Startup Day event in Sydney. The talks were inspiring, the questions were thoughtful, and the crowd was engaging and welcoming.
Improve Your Hiring Approach
Hiring is hard, and it takes time. If you’re trying to hire a team of people that are just like you, it will take even longer. Here are a few tips that we’ve found will help you hire a more diverse range of people, and as a result, hire faster.
Running technical interviews
Getting your interview process right is one of the most important decisions you’ll make when it comes to growing your engineering team. It’s important to be thorough in your technical screening, but not at the expense of time efficiency.
Front End Center
We’re stoked to be sponsoring Front End Center, which is a screencast series made by Glen Maddern. Glen puts a tonne of time into each episode and he’s one of Australia’s most skilled developers.
Lookahead Log
Feb
A Ruby renaissance? Reams of Rails roles racking up.
Jan 2021
Most clients debating their remote vs on-site split.
Dec
2020. We did it. Happy holidays, friends!
Nov
Welcome to the team, Sarah!
Oct
Happy 7th birthday, SydCSS! 🥳
Sep
Highest demand for Node.js developers that we've seen.
Aug
New site! Send your feedback while the code is fresh in our minds :)
Jul 2020
Noticing an increase in hiring activity. Nearly back to pre-Covid levels.
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