The Australian Computer Society has called for tighter monitoring of ICT immigrants to Australia and intake reductions in some areas to ensure local workers are not disadvantaged.
The government has met with the Australian Computer Society to discuss the organisation's policy on skilled migration but declined to say if its recommendations would be accepted.
The latest survey from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) has shown that there is "no national shortage" for the skills in the Information and Communications Technology industry.
Lingering doubts about information and communications technology (ICT) careers, inadequate ICT teaching, an ineffective industry reporting structure and poor collaboration between public and private sectors have all been blamed for the poor state of Australia's ICT skills tracking in a report released yesterday.
The information and communications technology job market increased a "robust" 44.4 percent in the first half of 2004 over the last half of 2003, according to the biannual ICT job market report from IT Skills Hub. The Skills Hub said all 55 ICT positions monitored by the group saw a rise in demand for the first time in five years.
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Until this month, we had no uniform-approach ICT curricula in higher education institutions, and no formal link connecting these institutions with industry.
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An analysis by representatives of Australia's two largest IT industry groups shows that neither political party in the federal election has come up with a comprehensive policy around technology.
Victorian demand for ICT professionals marginally improved during the first half of 2003, "but it is still a buyer's market".
Companies want cheap labour, universities depend on international student dollars, industry needs key skills, and local graduates just want a job. Mark Wheeler investigates the drama playing out over the ICT labour market.
Claims that Australia suffers from an ICT skills shortage is simply unfounded but the lack of support from the government and industry associations to counter these assertions has left workers in the lurch.
The Nine Network's chief information officer believes his expert internal staff are better at delivering cost-effective ICT services compared to offshored or outsourced consultants.
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