News

• Brain drain imminent: IT recruiter

  A new skills index released this week suggests CIOs should ditch the ‘wait-and-see’ contract approach to IT recruitment in the face of increasing offshore opportunities.

• Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 11 July 2011

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

• Aussie students rank 2nd in digital skills

  Australian high school students are among the best in the world when it comes to digital reading skills, a new international report has found.

• Internet job ads rise 0.3 per cent in May

  Internet job advertisements for skilled workers rose by 0.3 per cent in May compared to a month earlier, national data shows.

• Open Universities pushes distance education to IT majors

  Online education provider Open Universities Australia is in talks to initiate corporate partnerships with the likes of IBM, HP and other major IT companies in a bid to combat the declining number of qualified IT personnel in the Australian market.

• IT skills shortage could delay software development: Report

  The IT skills shortage continues to plague executives and developers alike and could lead to significant delays in the development of software and systems, according to a benchmarking report by a NATA accredited software testing firm.

• IT employers seeking specific skill sets in 2011

  Australia’s IT jobs market has experienced a number of peaks and troughs in the last few months, however according to recruitment firm, Randstad, there will be strong demand for certain skills in the coming year.

• UNSW student solves IBM mainframe challenge

  University of New South Wales undergraduate Derrick Teo has taken out the winning prize for IBM's 2010 Master the Mainframe, beating approximately 460 university students across Australia.

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  IT managers should encourage staff to work "virtually" from home: Recruiters

  IT departments should facilitate greater use of teleworking if they are to retain top level staff, according a leading technology recruitment agency.

• Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 22 November 2010

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

• Wages growth picks up

  Wages growth is picking up, consistent with a tightening labour market, figures released on Wednesday show.

• Strong Aussie dollar makes case for IT employees seeking salary increases

  The strong Aussie dollar combined with rising job numbers and an emerging skills shortage is placing pressure on IT managers to increase employee salaries, according to one recruitment firm.

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  ICT industry faces skills shortage in the thousands: Recruiters

  The Australian ICT industry is facing a shortfall of 2700 computing professionals, adding to a looming skills shortage, according to one ICT recruitment firm.

• In Brief: New Bachelor of IT course with SAP-focus to launch

  SAP Australia and tertiary education institution, the Holmesglen Institute, have begun offering a new degree, the Bachelor of Information Technology, aimed at turning out more graduates with dedicated enterprise-focused IT skills.

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  Australia to hit “peak labour” in 2011

  Managing organisational risks related to changing demographics, particularly around aging, will soon become a major focus of management, according to social researcher and futurist, Mark McCrindle.