Appeared in: SMH.com.au
Author: Sylvia Pennington
Date: August 2012

The recruitment sector is pushing technology contractors with technical skills but no formal qualifications to make themselves more marketable by undertaking fast-track diplomas which give credit for experience in the workplace.

The IT Contract and Recruitment Association (ITCRA), training provider ProLearn and Holmesglen TAFE this week launched a free pilot program for 15 Melbourne contractors, who will complete diplomas of IT networking over the next three months.

Appeared in: The Australian
Author: Jennifer Foreshaw
Date: August 2012

THE overall IT&T employment market was expected to be flat in the lead-up to Christmas, despite the arrival of new budgets in July, recruiters say.

Most agree a lack of confidence in the marketplace has meant employers do not have a great appetite for hiring.

Appeared in: Weekend Notes
Author: Lionel Lee
Date: August 2012

Each time I return to Australia, there’s more news of a dollars and cents economy in the local media.

The 2-speed roller coaster economic ride coupled with global financial volatility seems to cast a dark shadow over Australia. The Canberra Times has estimated that at least 14,000 jobs will be eliminated from the federal public service during the next three years.

Appeared in: AFR.com.au
Author: Paul Smith
Date: August 2012

The national broadband network faces a looming skills shortage, with the telco sector looking to hire during the same period that construction of the $37.4 billion network gathers pace, the chief executive of Australia’s largest technology contract worker supplier has warned.

The observations come as Peoplebank Australia completed a study of its biggest 50 clients, providing a cross-section of hiring intentions at organisations including the big four banks, other S&P/ASX 200 companies, federal and state governments.