News and Opportunities and Skills14th July 2022 Developing mid-level talent for tech The Developer Academy are expanding their offer to help address the lack of mid-level talent in our region. The Developer Academy is a Sheffield based development training company supporting people to upskill and retrain through software development and data science bootcamps. They are expanding their offer from developing junior developers to helping address the need for mid-level talent in tech. We spoke to Ben Atha Founder of the Developer Academy to find out
News and Skills25th May 2023 Recruiting from Developer Bootcamps Hive IT shares their experience of recruiting from bootcamps. Bootcamps are short, sharp and intense. According to Liz, this makes tech training accessible to more people from different backgrounds and with different lifestyles. By doing so, she hopes this can broaden the field for recruitment in our region, explaining: “Nusrath, a busy mum of three, would not have considered a three year university degree
Individual members and News and Skills23rd December 2022 The latest from our mentoring scheme Feedback, changes and what we need from you Over the past year I’ve been working closely with mentors and mentees to make sure they feel supported in their roles, to answer questions, and to stay informed about how things are going with our matches. It’s been great to receive positive feedback and suggestions for improvement, which we’re putting in place in 2023. Feedback
News and Skills20th December 2022 Hiring from overseas? A new visa route offers tech businesses more flexibility to recruit foreign workers The Scale-up Route – who is it for? This route can be used by UK businesses that hold a Scale-up sponsor licence. To qualify for a licence the DCMS says a business must “meet the published definition of a scaleup, which can be verified through checks with HMRC”. You can check the criteria on pages
Companies and News and Skills11th November 2022 Learn with Paper New training for user researchers Learn to do user research Paper’s first course is designed for people who have some experience of either doing user research or working with user research. This might include those working in their first user research role, or retraining in this specialist area. The course will be delivered to a small group, allowing the facilitators