• How to attract and retain IT staff in 2012

  The tight Australian IT job market has been touted as a blessing for job seekers and a curse for employers. Hamish Barwick looks at strategies companies can use to stop valued staff jumping ship.

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  Westpac cuts 560 jobs, sends 150 to India

  Westpac Banking Corporation is poised to axe more than 400 jobs and send another 150 offshore in the latest round of job cuts at the big banks.

• Racism rife in finance and IT hiring

  Almost three-quarters of finance and information technology workers say racism exists in Australian hiring practices, a survey shows.

• Westpac puts 28 IT jobs under review

  Westpac Banking Corporation has put the future of 28 IT management roles in doubt by commencing a review of their roles as part of a group-wide restructure.

• Bank tech job futures uncertain

  Reports that Australia’s banking sector is prepping to shed some 7000 jobs in the next two years future should be met with unease by the sector’s hundreds of information and communications technology workers.

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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: 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.

• 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.

• How to manage layoff survivor syndrome

  Chances are, if you've survived a round of layoffs in your career, you've probably experienced a pang of longing for lost colleagues, a lack of motivation and a decrease in productivity. According to a report by The Conference Board, an independent membership organization, such reactions can be described as "survivor's syndrome."

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