Here are some key steps in planning out your hiring process so that you avoid the bad hires that usually accompany a hiring rush.
Learn why you would or would not use a recruiter for your hiring needs in today's environment. Be sure to check out our recruiter ROI checklist.
Performance reviews are rarely comfortable for the employee or the manager, but you can make them more positive by watching what you say.
You leave a job interview, confident that you're going to get an offer, only to learn that the position went to someone else. Follow these suggestions to avoid interview blunders.
Candidates are increasingly looking at ways to diffentiate themselves in a competitive IT marketplace. What makes someone stand out from the pack?
Informatica Australia managing director Laurie Newman is so sure the position of Chief Data Officer will be commonplace in five years, he's willing to bet you a million dollars.
Ever outsourced to a vendor with fantastic technical capability, but major management issues?
It's hardly news that Telstra's corporate philosophy has become one of incessant whinging and strongarming since CEO Sol Trujillo rolled into town, but over the past week the company took its rhetoric to another level ...
While most of the Australian press is going nuts analysing what proposed changes to media ownership laws might mean for their job futures, I want to look at a narrower question: could this pave the way for our first dedicated technology channel on free-to-air TV?
A request to compare IT costs to company revenue can indicate your company is considering outsourcing IT. Find out the other four signs so you don't get caught unemployed.
CIOs and IT managers have to deal with a vast array of issues, on a daily basis. ZDNet Australia looks at some tips and hints to help you keep up to date with the latest trends.
It's easy for IT managers to get bogged down in day-to-day activities and lose sight of the bigger picture of leading their staff. Whether you're a seasoned pro, or new to the game, the following tips will help you effectively manage your team.
Making a job change can be a life-altering decision, often requiring considerable courage and a leap of faith -- but it's easier if you're convinced that it's the right thing to do. Here is a list of factors that helped guide one IT professional's decision.
Climbing the corporate ladder can be a tough task. How can IT professionals progress their careers, whatever the economic climate?
Apple has set the Nano back on track with the thinnest, lightest design yet, and has features that are hard to ignore.
If you've been holding back, now is the time: the second-gen Touch is an excellent media player, and the addition of third-party apps extends the fun for everyone, no matter where your interests lie.
TC's Touch Pro fixes many of the problems with the Touch Diamond and adds a superb keyboard. It remains neat and compact, while battery life is improved (if still not perfect).
The Brother MFC-7440N prints quickly and is fairly inexpensive to sustain, but we simply can't get behind a printer with poor quality graphics, significant hardware defects, and a boring design.
HTC's Touch Diamond crams a multitude of features into a compact and stylish device, topped off by a flashy user interface. However, the TouchFLO 3D interface has too many rough edges and the battery life is terrible.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, expresses what innovation means to him in different areas, such as their PayWave … Watch it now
Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
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Superguide: Printers -- all you need to know
Looking to buy a printer? Our superguide rates the latest printers and shines a light into the industry.
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Over the last decade the art of maintaining the datacentre of a large organisation has evolved into an art form.
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