Features

• Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 11 October 2010

  A look at the hot IT jobs around Australia this week

• Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 30 August 2010

  A look at the hot IT jobs and certifications around Australia this week

• Salary Survey 2010: The year for movement

  The job market is on the move, but is it up or down? With Computerworld Australia 2010 Salary Survey results in tow, we look at the state of ICT in Australia, and where it's headed.

• Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 2 August 2010

  This week's five hottest jobs in the ICT industry.

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  Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 26 July 2010

  A look at the hot IT jobs and certifications around Australia this week

• Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 17 May 2010

  Last week's Budget saw little in the way of support for IT skills and education, from both the Federal Government and the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott's budget reply. State governments are still finding it hard to get enough skilled workers, though the job ad deficit seems to be continuing both in the public and private sectors.

• Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 10 May 2010

  Another week gone and, while Australian IT jobs are on the rise, the Federal Government has announced a temporary cut-off of skilled migrations for both independent and sponsored workers until the end of June. The imposition comes as the Government looks to refresh its Skilled Occupations List and reassess job priorities in Australia, but this could be bad news for companies unable to find the right workers locally.

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  Eight ways a job interview can take a turn for the worse

  So you arrive at a big job interview confident and prepared. It starts off strong. Conversation flows smoothly. You're saying all the right things.

• Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up

  With the Australian IT job market consistently on the rise in 2010, skills in high demand and the Federal Government set to reform whole-of-government ICT recruitment, it is a fantastic time to get into the job market. With the influx of jobs available, Computerworld Australia has taken some of the bite out of job seeking and provided you with the some of the hottest jobs this week.

• Career Watch: Are you effective in your job search?

  The author of "Land the Tech Job You Love" thinks the way most of us look for a job is ineffective.

• Diversify your job search

  If you're seeking work in today's competitive IT environment, you've probably received some conflicting advice about the best ways to go about finding it. Some colleagues and friends may swear by online networking tools such as LinkedIn or Twitter. Others may insist that you're doomed without an enthusiastic referral from an insider. Job boards, IT trade publications and even employer Web sites all have their advocates as well.

• Career Watch: The 'fix mentality' is in

  The CEO of OnForce, Peter Cannone, discusses trends gleaned from data on the online marketplace's 12,000 service professionals.

• Can your online past come back to haunt you?

  When it comes to some aspects of finding a job by social networking, such as online reputation management, Sean Ryan, senior vice president of engineering and a hiring manager at online measurement tools vendor Lyris, has a completely opposite view than most. The vast majority of recruiting professionals say it's important to make sure there's nothing online that could be too personal or embarrassing or that might turn off potential employers doing a background check.

• Leveraging soft skills in a competitive IT job market

  Competition for IT jobs has intensified, so companies that are hiring expect to find candidates who can exceed the technical requirements of a position. While soft skills have long been touted by IT employers, today's harsh economic realities have made those abilities more valuable than ever. IT professionals who know which soft skills are currently the most important and why -- and who are willing to work to improve those abilities -- can find that they have a distinct advantage over similarly qualified peers.

• How to get fired

  A plunging stock market, crumbling budgets, layoffs and restructurings: So much of today's news is bad, so much of it can adversely affect your career, and so much of it is maddeningly beyond your control.