Free trips to New Zealand offered to 100 tech workers
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It sounds almost too good to be true: A free trip to New Zealand to interview for a job in the tech sector.
But that’s what local authorities and businesses in the capital, Wellington, are offering to 100 talented workers from around the globe as they seek to boost the city’s growing tech hub. The idea has caught fire, with 12,000 people completing applications so far and thousands more registering interest ahead of the March 20 deadline.
Wellington Mayor Justin Lester said the city’s tech sector has been growing at an annual rate of 14 per cent over the past five years.
“The problem we need to solve is that we have a whole lot of businesses that are struggling to keep up with recruitment,” he said.