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.
The government says that on a national level, the ICT sector is not suffering from a skills shortage. But the scene on the ground -- at state and territory level -- tells a different story.
The National Australia Bank (NAB) has awarded IT services contracts to Indian outsourcing giants Infosys and Satyam, in a move which may threaten Australian IT staff.
If you have Oracle skills, 2008 could be something of a jackpot year, with contractors in short supply as demand ramps up over the next 12 months, IT recruitment company Technojobs has said.
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.
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While we continue to talk about Australia's ICT skills shortage, more than 3,000 potential sponsorships are being blocked by impediments to the 457 visa scheme.
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.
With the Australian Dollar breaking the 92 US cents barrier recently, and predictions it could reach parity with the US Dollar by Christmas, there's good news and bad news for the ICT industry.
My interview with the government's ICT skills and professional development taskforce last week shed new light on what exactly is missing in the industry's skills shortage.
The government says that on a national level, the ICT sector is not suffering from a skills shortage. But the scene on the ground -- at state and territory level -- tells a different story.
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ZDNet Australia investigates why Australia is missing out on the talents of a myriad of IT migrants, many of whom are forced into work significantly below their field of expertise in order to survive.
The Australian Computer Society plans to meet government officials to highlight the urgent need for immigration reform but its proposal lacks substantive data and this could only hurt the society.
Australian scientists, under the auspices of the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FACTS), have written to the Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Tony Abbott requesting the government conduct a tracking study of qualified migrants.
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