New Zealand’s isolation used to be a deterrentAbschreckung(smittel)deterrent in the search for qualified tech specialists. Not anymore: the country’s peaceful reputation, spectacular natural environment and distance from the world’s trouble spots have made it an increasingly attractive location for techie (ifml.)Technikfreaktechies.
Earlier this year, a recruitment campaign called LookSee Wellington, which was expected to receive 2,500 applications, to draw (a number of…)hier: bei (einer Anzahl von …) Resonanz findendrew over 48,000 from all over the world, but particularly from the US and India. Among the applicants were software developers from Google, Amazon, Facebook and NASA. “It’s just one of those things where the the stars are alignedetwa: es ist ein Zusammentreffen glücklicher Umständestars are aligned,” David Jones, general manager of the Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency, told The New York Times.
A recruitment campaign, which was expected to receive 2,500 applications, drew over 48,000 from all over the world
One reason for the extraordinary response is the stringentstrengstringent immigration restrictions in the US since Donald Trump’s election. “Especially in the US technology industry, where something like 50 per cent of the billion-dollar companies have been built by immigrants, it's nutses ist verrücktit’s nuts that you make it difficult for engineers to come in,” comments Rod Drury, CEO of Xero, a New Zealand firm that designs online Buchhaltungaccountingaccounting software. “It’s crazy for us not to to exploit sth.etw. nutzenexploit that. We’ll take a lot [of immigrants]. We’ll take hundreds.”
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