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

• 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: 12 July 2010

  This week's five hottest jobs in the ICT industry

• Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 28 June 2010

  Among the numerous board appointments announced over the past week came news of further job cuts at Alcatel-Lucent, signalling an uncertain telecommunications market that seems to have the major players on edge, particularly surrounding the National Broadband Network (NBN).

• Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 7 June 2010

  HP's looming job cuts to its enterprise services division hasn't been the most comforting news of the past week, but an inevitably impending sign of IT skills shifting in the market to take advantage of new automation technologies and other technological trends.

• 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.

• Independent contractors fairing well despite GFC: report

  Despite the severity of the current financial crisis, only one in four Australian contractors, have been required to take a pay cut to stay in employment, a new report has found.

• CIOs' job satisfaction increases despite recession

  Despite having to cope with massive budget cuts, salary freezes and demoralized staffs, most employed IT executives are more satisfied with their jobs this year than they have been in previous years, according to the results of a job satisfaction survey conducted by ExecuNet.

• IBM, Monash extend IT education partnership

  IBM and Monash University have partnered on a new $1.2 million Future Leaders Scholarship program aimed at developing IT leaders versed in both technology and business.

• How job seekers can assess an employer's office culture

  With job opportunities so scarce these days, job seekers are under tremendous pressure to impress hiring managers during job interviews. In fact, they're so caught up in making a good impression that it's easy for job seekers to forget that the job interview remains their opportunity to assess a prospective employer's corporate culture and to determine whether that work environment will suit them, says Vanessa Hall, author of The Truth About Trust in Business.

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  Job search tips: addressing job hopping on a resume

  Call it "The Job Hopper's Dilemma." It's the fear, uncertainty and doubt that overcomes IT professionals who've held multiple jobs during a short span of time when they need to apply for a new job. They worry that their job hopping will hamper their job searches, but they don't know how to mitigate the issue.

• IT consultants still in demand in June: SEEK

  The growing rate of unemployment in Australia may be stabilising, according to the findings of the latest SEEK Employment Index (SEI).