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    The only shortage that exists in Australia's ICT landscape is insufficient assistance for jobless workers, said leading technology recruitment agency VTR Consulting.

  • ICT skills shortage still a myth

    The Information Technology Contract and Recruitment Association believes Australia needs to hire more foreigners to fill the shortage in ICT skills. But there's no solid evidence to back up its claim.

  • Feds backflip over 457 visa stance amid industry uproar

    The federal government has reversed its stance on whether recruitment companies can be considered eligible to sponsor offshore labour, following a meeting with Australia's peak information technology recruitment industry association.

  • Recruiters slam Gershon's data

    The Gershon report's recommendation for the Federal Government to reduce its reliance on ICT contractors was based on flawed data, according to ITCRA, an organisation which represents Australian technology recruiters.

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    The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has rejected calls from the IT recruitment industry to ditch changes to the 457 visas made by the Howard government.

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  • Recruiter: Australian IT workers neglected

    The only shortage that exists in Australia's ICT landscape is insufficient assistance for jobless workers, said leading technology recruitment agency VTR Consulting.

  • Do Australian ICT workers matter?

    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.

  • IT department headed for extinction?

    As the world's environment changes, scientists are becoming increasingly worried that large numbers of species will become extinct. Could this also happen in the corporate environment?

  • ICT skills shortage still a myth

    The Information Technology Contract and Recruitment Association believes Australia needs to hire more foreigners to fill the shortage in ICT skills. But there's no solid evidence to back up its claim.

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