Clarius rethinks skills crisis

Featured | Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: RecruitmentCandle, the IT recruitment arm of listed recruitment business Clarius Group, has sounded the alarm over the prospect of a new wave of extreme IT skills shortages.  It’s a view that’s sharply out of kilter with the peak IT recruitment body ITCRA’s, which says IT skills supply and demand are largely balanced.

Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: RecruitmentWeaker demand for IT skills is expected to persist past Christmas while salaries will stagnate for the foreseeable future according to IT recruitment specialist Peoplebank which has today released its Salary Index for the third quarter of the year.

Listed recruitment firm Clarius Group has issued a warning to the Australian Stock Exchange that its net profit after tax for the six months to the end of 2011 will fall in the range $1.2-1.4 million, well down on the previous comparable period profit of $2.4 million. The sharemarket didn’t like the news one iota.

Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: TechnologyAccess to skills has been identified as one of the key limiting factors for the exploitation of so called big data analytics in Australia, with offshoring also failing to fill the vacant positions.

Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: RecruitmentAustralian IT professionals with strong leadership skills and experience in project management and business analysis are in high demand in Hong Kong and Singapore according to a leading IT recruiter. Just don’t expect big bucks and bonuses.

Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: PeopleAustralia’s ICT labour market has contracted, with fewer candidates in the market looking for a job, but with those job seekers who are available having more of the skills that employers require, according to a newly published report.

IT recruiters have spent the first few weeks of the year spruiking IT skills shortages, and employers will be among the first to feel the effect. A survey released today by workforce specialist Chandler McLeod suggests that IT professionals now believe they can earn $175,000 a year as a result of the perceived shortages.

For every 15 male IT managers there is just one female counterpart. Although lower down the IT tree the balance is slightly less skewed, still only one in five IT professionals is a woman – an issue which left unchecked could exacerbate the IT skills crisis according to recruitment firm Greythorn.

Clarius Group has appointed Linda Trevor as the new Executive General Manager of Candle ICT, the technology arm of the listed recruitment firm. Ms Trevor takes up the position formerly held by David Stewart, who unexpectedly left Candle in February after just 18 months in the role.