As US IT workers look to their government for work, the Australian Government is looking to bring more and more IT workers into the public sector. The management structures of major global companies are changing, but for those looking to simply get a foot in the door here, there are a few opportunities:
Hot Jobs
Oracle
Database and server giant is looking to bring a number of sales staff on to help push their products. Here are some:
Location: Melbourne
Salary: Permanent, unknown
Skills required:
Location: ACT
Salary: Permanent, unknown
Skills required:
- Five years IT industry experience, bid management, presales/technical or support background preferred
Oracle DBA Pre Sales/Consultant
Location: Sydney
Salary: Permanent, unknown
Skills required:
Unknown Company (Data Warehousing)
Location: Unknown
Salary: Unknown
Skills required:
Hot IT Certification
Various job indices have indicated that companies are mostly on the look-out for Project Managers, business analysts and developers for .NET and Java-based applications. We've covered some of the hottest certifications internationally for the IT industry, but if you're looking for something a little more useful on the local stage, we recommend taking a look at certifications suited specifically to the aforementioned career paths.
Among Microsoft's bevy of IT Professional certifications you can find a certification for Business Intelligence Developers, which is also offered in Australia by the likes of Excom Education.
For the programming side of things, there are plenty of Microsoft-certified .NET courses as well as Java programming training.