About Georgia Hart

Georgia moved to Melbourne from the UK, about 2 years ago. She recruits for the digital and tech sector, in particular in the roles of web development, IT, dev ops and software engineers. Georgia works across a wide range of companies, small to medium size businesses, including eCommerce and retail. 

What are the biggest challenges in your particular market? How to stand out?

·  Increase in competition 

·  You really need to make yourself stand out from the crowd

·  In the dev space, the candidates can be in very high demand, they often get headhunted a lot

·  Keep your LinkedIn profile updated and include the latest technologies you’re using 

·  If you keep your details current, you will be contacted for the right roles

·  Everyone knows everyone, it’s all about who you know rather than what you know

·  Networking is so important, it’s about contributing to the community

·  Go to conferences and attend meet-ups, talk and get to know people 

·  Keep your CV short, and to the point, 2 or 3 pages is more than enough

·  People want to know and see what your technology experience is, bullet point this rather than writing paragraphs after paragraphs 

What trends are you seeing?

·  Everyone is loving React, and Javascript frameworks

·  The product space is popular, everyone wants to work on longer-term projects

·  Product companies and the start-ups

·  Up-skill where required to show your passion and desire to learn

·  Personality traits are favoured, more than your technical capabilities 

·  Go to meet-ups, candidates working on their own projects outside of work. It’s not just a job but because they love it! Evidence of personal projects may get you the job

·  Clients want people who are engaged with the company 

·  Technology has become a lot more creative

What really impresses you?

·  Probably the places where they have previously worked

·  Their technology stack and broader knowledge 

·  Demonstrating you can do the skills but also have a desire to learn 

·  Be honest and transparent of what you can and cannot do

·  Being very specific with their project examples and responsibilities