Appeared in: The Australian
Link: www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/global-market-turmoil-points-to-project-delays/story-e6frgakx-1226119998592
Author: Jennifer Foreshew
Date: 23 August, 2011

GLOBAL economic turmoil has heightened caution in Australia, with recruiters warning that new IT projects could be deferred.

While many recruiters and technology chiefs expect hiring to remain steady until the end of the year, market uncertainty is top of mind.

Appeared in: CIO
Link: www.cio.com.au/author/1064092513/tim-mendham/articles
Author: Tim Mendham
Date: 17 August, 2011

Planning for the future

Stephanie Christopher, national director of SHL Australia New Zealand, a company which assists companies — including recruitment firms — in their recruitment activities, says that for the more technical positions HR has to fill, “it would lean toward the line manager for advice; it would be the line manager who would have final say”.

Appeared in: CIO
Link: www.cio.com.au/author/1064092513/tim-mendham/articles
Author: Tim Mendham
Date: 17 August, 2011

It’s time for CIOs and HR to recognise their similarities and plan for the next generation of leaders

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: “Managers aspire to be strategic, but they are required to fulfill their duties as a functional expert.”

We’re Day 4 of our stint in the C4Smile project, and we’ve so far been through Kununurra, Warmun, Halls Creek and tonight, at Fitzroy Crossing.

We’ve so far, had two breakfasts, one of which was three course, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner (plus the odd drink, free from prohibition).

Today I drove the support van behind the peloton. It was a great day driving from 5.30am to 4.30pm at 35km’s an hour.

The road was winding with long stretches of straight road.