Hire Our Graduates

We make it easy to hire non-traditional talent and help to diversify your workforce. Our curriculum has been designed and developed in partnership with industry experts, ensuring junior talent is best placed to hit the ground running.

How Our Graduates Compare

	Take2	Engineering Bachelors Degree	Computer Science Bachelors Degree
React Front End Focus
Agile Practices
Full DevOps Cyle
Typescript
Industry Mentors
Industry Work Experience
Life Skills

Take2
React Front End Focus
Agile Practices
Full DevOps Cyle
Typescript
Industry Mentors
Industry Work Experience
Life Skills

Engineering Bachelors Degree
React Front End Focus
Agile Practices
Full DevOps Cyle
Typescript
Industry Mentors
Industry Work Experience
Life Skills

Computer Science Bachelors Degree
React Front End Focus
Agile Practices
Full DevOps Cyle
Typescript
Industry Mentors
Industry Work Experience
Life Skills

What Our Graduates Offer

HTML

CSS

Javascript

React

GIT

NodeJS

Technology

Presentation Skills: HTML/CSS
Programming: JavaScript
Front End Framework: React
Typescript
Web Services: NodeJS Express
Testing and coverage
Source control: Git
Command line bash style knowledge

Agile Practices

Daily stand-up meetings for communication and team culture
Ticket based work management via GitHub
Code Reviews
Tests and software delivery akin to a continuous integration (CI) practice
Sprint goals and retrospectives

Problem-Solving Mindset

Self-Management & Communication Skills

Benefits Of Hiring A Justice-impacted Individual

Diversify your workforce

Research shows a diverse workforce increases productivity. Take2 graduates bring much needed cultural and life experience diversity to the tech industry.

Hire loyal staff

Research shows that employees with a criminal record remain at a company longer. In one of the most competitive industries for talent, you want to hire and invest in people that will stay the journey with your company.

Great work ethic

Research shows people with a criminal record are promoted faster than those without.

Reinvest in your community

Any company can have a social impact through a fair-chance hiring policy. Create thriving whānau’s through launching the career of a Take2 graduate. They have served their time. Don’t serve them a second sentence by excluding them from the workforce.

Employment Partners

A selection of leading companies that trust us.

Will you join them?

There’s a reason we call you “employment partners”. We’ll work closely with you right from the outset to ensure both you and the graduate have a successful experience.

Once we agree to the partnership, you’ll receive a Take2 Apprenticeship Guide that takes you through key stages of the first six months of the employment. It outlines actions to take and provides valuable insights on how your new employee will be feeling and their needs. It also explains how Take2 fits into the equation and can support along the way.

The value you gain from hiring one of our graduates is just as
important as what they gain from working with you.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you recruit students who could end up in a tech career?

We put our graduates through a rigorous testing process to ensure they are suitable to enter a workplace and undertake employment.

Who is allowed to participate in the programme?

The programme is open to all participants who meet the appropriate prison security clearances, except those individuals who have been convicted of cybercrimes or sex offences.

How does Take2 support the reintegration phase of the participant’s journey?

Participants are supported throughout their reintegration process with counselling, mentors, regular check-ins with Take2 staff and technical resources such as a phone and laptop.

What extra support do Take2 graduates require in the workplace?

An Apprenticeship Guide from Take2 outlines expectations and actions for employers and Take2 to create a best practice onboarding process. The guide was co-designed with Take2 students, industry, cultural experts and successful international programs.

Do these individuals have the capability to learn tech skills?

There is no stereotypical profile for what makes a great coder. We are targeting individuals who show an aptitude and proven attitude through their conduct while in prison to turn their life around. Our experience has shown that they can absolutely learn to code!

If there is no internet access on the programme, how can a prospective employer trust a graduate’s online use once they have internet access at their company?

The international programmes that Take2 is modelled on, have a 0% rate of reoffending. Individuals understand that this is their opportunity to turn the page, to live a new life that inspires their whānau and community.

What about the risk of these individuals working for companies that have access to the private details of thousands of Kiwis on their software systems?

If we want people to reintegrate into society, then we need to allow them the opportunity to do so. We need to move away from this notion of “once a criminal, always a criminal”. Common-sense will be applied to where Take2 graduates will be referred to work i.e. those who have been convicted of fraud will not be referred to a bank.

For companies and clients that remain concerned about this issue, there are different software development positions where an employee will not have or need access to software that has the personal details of customers.

Why should we take a chance on one of your graduates?

If you value equity, equal opportunities, safer communities, a productive economy and responsible spending of taxpayer’s money, then the Take2 programme aligns with your values. Over 23,000 children have a parent in prison and they are 7 times more likely to end up in prison. You have the opportunity to not only change the trajectory of one life, but a whole whānau’s.