JobWatch: What goes up is now coming down

JobWatch: What goes up is now coming down The sharp rise in demand for IT skills throughout 2007 is well and truly in retreat according to the latest figures from the Olivier Job Index.

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    The Australian public service is striking back at the skills crisis by training its own IT workers in a new AU$15 million, four-year apprenticeship program.

  • Google millionaires: Where are they now?

    What would you do if you were flush with $10 million or $100 million? Would you retire, go to work every day at the company that made you rich, or chase other dreams?

  • Are you doomed to a life of desk-bound misery?

    Although the number of mobile workers is supposed to reach one billion by 2011, some workers will always be confined to the office environment, according to analyst firm IBRS.

  • JobWatch: Buckle up and hold on: IT recruitment continues boom

    December 2007 capped off a bumper year, with Internet-based IT job ads growing by five percent on 2006 figures.

  • AU$300,000 windfall for junior geeks

    Potential IT students could receive a boost this Christmas with the news the Australian Computer Society (ACS) Foundation has announced AU$300,000 in IT scholarships yesterday -- but next year, the figure could rise to AU$500,000, ACS claims.

  • Peoplebank snaps up IT recruiter in $100m buy

    Peoplebank Australia Ltd has set its sights on becoming Australia's largest information technology recruiter with the acquisition of fellow recruiter Ambit for AU$100 million.

  • Tech skills not as valued as 'people skills'

    Interpersonal skills are more important in the workplace than IT skills, according to the results of a survey commissioned by Microsoft.

  • JobWatch: IT jobs buck Christmas trend

    Demand for IT skills continued to grow throughout November, bucking a general softening in employment growth as interest rates, and uncertainty surrounding the change of government begins to bite.

  • Don't ban social networking sites

    The possibility of social networking sites such as Facebook or LinkedIn leaking information or compromising employee productivity is causing companies to ban their use -- against the advice of analysts.

  • University cements research alliance with DSTO

    The University of Adelaide and the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) have signed a new strategic alliance agreement, providing more funding and career opportunities for the university and its students.

  • Westfield: We don't outsource

    Westfield prefers a diet of "vanilla software" and in-house customisation to outsourcing its IT, the retail chain's director of IT, Peter Bourke, said at Gartner's Symposium yesterday.

  • Government CIO 2.0: Networking gurus not techies

    The new wave of government CIOs is business and relationship focussed, with IT knowledge being pushed into the background, according to analyst firm Gartner.

  • NAB examines offshoring 400 jobs

    NAB may send around 400 jobs overseas in a bid to improve operational efficiencies.

  • Google gets new Aussie head

    Google announced today the appointment of its new general manager for Google Australia and New Zealand, from the ranks of Fairfax Media.

  • Defence Force targets techies in IT recruitment barrage

    The Australian Defence Force has launched a new recruitment campaign designed to remedy the tech skills shortage in the services by enlisting a specialist firm to find new apprentices and qualified personnel.

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