News about skills
  • BYOD policy helps SAP Australia attract Gen Y workers

    Introducing a bring your own device (BYOD) policy in September 2011 has enabled the Australian arm of German software company, SAP, to entice new employees who prefer using a tablet over the traditional desktop.

  • 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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    Skills shortage as Aussie gaming industry booms

    Australians are expected to spend $5.8 billion on computer and online games over the next four years however a lack of locally available skills available to the country's gaming industry could see it miss out on this boom.

  • IT workers warned not to be complacent in skills shortage

    IT workers should ensure their skills are up-to-date to remain competitive in the sector, despite the current skills shortage giving license to demand better roles and larger salaries, recruitment firm Chandler Macleod has warned.

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    Tight jobs market to feel skills pinch post 2010

    Don’t wait for the New Year - start looking for a new job now - is the recommendation of one recruitment agency which predicts a soft market in 2011.

Features about skills
  • 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.

  • Tap the wisdom of employees -- and boost the bottom line

    When it comes to solving pressing business problems, the conventional wisdom is that two heads are better than one. With the advent of collective-intelligence tools, enterprises are realizing that thousands of heads are even better still.

  • IT Contracting: How to Get Started on Elance, oDesk

    Nathan Wenneker joined Elance, an online freelance marketplace, in August 2008 because he wanted to become a self-employed IT contractor. The web application developer had no interest in a traditional full-time IT job; he wanted control over when he worked, how much he worked and the kind of work he did.

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