Demand remains strong for software development and engineering skills, with many employers focusing on recent graduates to shore up their productivity through tough times.
February's 7.1 percent slump in IT Internet Job advertisements doesn't mean the skills crisis will soon be a bad memory.
While individual job agencies are reporting business as usual, the overall picture is not so rosy.
There is still plenty of local work for skilled IT staff despite a global financial crisis, according to one of Australia's largest technology staff recruiters, but not much room to move in terms of higher salaries.
40 per cent of HR directors at UK technology and media companies are planning to cut IT staff in the coming few months, a new survey has found.
Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".
A quick scan of almost any ICT department, ICT conference or vendor environment confirms that women who embrace technology as a lifelong career remain a rare breed.
Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.
Welfare agency Centrelink has started recruiting for two senior IT executives to bolster its technology management team in its national office in Canberra.
The leaders of Australia's ICT industry are currently in a state of panic over the debatable prospect of an economic downturn in the sector and are going too far with cutting jobs.
Business experience, rather than just technical skills, holds sway for IT professionals on the job hunt, according to an IT career advisory.
The six-month rise in information technology and telecommunication jobs plateaued in October, with demand for IT workers slipping one percent compared to September, according to an index which measures online job advertisements.
The changing economic climate is taking its toll on Australian IT contractors, as they struggle to pull in the dollars they were 18 months ago.
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