ShadowTech2024

1000+ girls experience a day in the tech industry

ShadowTech Day 2024 - inspiring the next generation Over 1000 students across Aotearoa to experience a day in New Zealand’s rapidly growing tech sector. Over the next two weeks, more than 1000 secondary school girls will dive into the tech industry, spending a day at leading tech companies

August 2, 2024

ShadowTech2024

ShadowTech Day 2024 - Don’t miss out!

Kia ora Experience a tech career with ShadowTech Day 2024. We’re offering girls in years 9-11 an opportunity to discover the world of tech and explore tech career pathways. We’re showcasing real roles, because we know there’s a tech job to suit everyone. Matched with local tech companie

May 14, 2024

ShadowTech2024

All registrations now open

Kia ora, We’re delighted to announce the return of ShadowTech Day and we are now accepting registrations for both host organisations and schools. Our ShadowTech Day programme offers girls in years 9-11 an opportunity to discover the world of tech, spark their curiosity and explore ca

May 1, 2024

ShadowTech2024

ShadowTech Day 2024 - New dates announced!

We’re delighted to announce the return of ShadowTech Day in August. Our programme offers girls in years 9-11 an opportunity to discover the world of tech, spark their curiosity and explore career pathways. We’re showcasing real roles, because we know there’s a tech job to suit everyone. Ma

April 8, 2024

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Emalee Tea: Profile of a ShadowTech Alumni

ShadowTech provides girls in Y9–11 with an opportunity to experience what working in the tech sector is like, encouraging them onto education pathways that lead into tech sector roles. The programme connects girls at school with women working in the tech sector, who act as mentors.  Secondary sch

May 8, 2018

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Launch pad for next generation of female tech leaders

‘Women in tech’ is unfortunately not a phrase heard often enough. We are all aware of the gender divide between men and women in IT, but instead of asking ‘how can we fix it?’ we tend to get stuck in the negative mindset of the ‘that’s just the way it is’. If you are working in the New

May 14, 2017

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Research needed for more women get into tech careers

New Zealand needs more research on why younger generations of women are not considering a career in Tech and why we see a high dropout of women dropout of the workforce, a NZTech leader says. Eva Sherwood, an Oracle account executive and NZTech board member, says greater collaborative efforts nee

May 7, 2017

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Insights of a ShadowTech Day Mentor

Eva Sherwood is an Account Executive at Oracle New Zealand, and serves on the Board of NZTech as a representative for major corporates. She began her career in I.T. in 2007, after studying degrees in Psychology and Business, then completing a post-grad diploma in Software Testing. Eva’s passionate

May 4, 2017

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Fresh push to get more women into IT

Efforts to encourage women into software programming and other parts of the tech industry are going up a notch. Industry body NZTech is doubling the size of its ShadowTech Days mentoring programming, which will this year pair 500 high school girls with women already in the industry, after receiv

May 3, 2017