Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: MarketThe Australian Information Industry Association has urged companies and individuals in the ICT industry to engage more with the federal government and its agencies to take advantage of the business opportunities the public sector offers the industry.
The Federal Government’s slew of skills initiatives announced in this week’s Budget have received a thumbs-up from the IT Contract and Recruitment Association (ITCRA), particularly the $588 million worth of training initiatives and the $30 million programme targeted at older workers
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: MarketThe trade body for Australia’s Digital Content, Services and Applications Industry, the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA), has launched what it says is the first comprehensive and independent digital industry salary survey.
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: RecruitmentNational recruiter, Finite IT, has been recognised twice in this year’s Thomson Reuters Recruitment Excellence Awards (REA’s).
Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: StrategyThe chair of the NSW branch of the Australian Information Industry Association has torn a strip off the ICT sector in general, and the association in particular, for failing to properly promote the productivity benefits of technology for the nation.
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: PeopleEmployee engagement is fast becoming the number one leveller, in terms of effectiveness, to impact business performance, according to national ICT recruitment firm, Professional Recruitment Australia (PRA).
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: Peter Dinham | Published in: PeopleDifficult economic conditions have seen redundancies and job losses in many industry sectors, particular manufacturing, but the ICT contracting sector continues to perform well, despite a fall in the number of available contracting roles, significant variations state-by-state and across different industries, and with a shift back to longer-term contra
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: MarketUsing advanced analytics and strengthening channel management will be crucial for the insurance industry as it continues to face economic pressures and falling revenues next year, according to a new report just released by a respected global analyst firm.