Appeared in: The AFR
Author: Paul Smith
Date: February 2012

The chief executive of Australia’s largest IT contractor provider has warned that pockets of skills shortages will continue to trouble our businesses throughout the year.

This would be the case despite a softening in demand for technology workers across the country.

Appeared in: The Australian
Author: Jennifer Foreshew
Date: February 2012

SALARIES in more than 50 technology job categories in the Sydney market have remained flat, with demand dampened by reduced activity in the financial services sector, a survey finds.

Sydney and Melbourne, the major hiring markets, have been affected by the financial services sector lull that has cut large numbers of jobs since the beginning of the year.

Appeared in: NETT
Author: Luke Telford
Date: February 2012

Thanks to the internet – and especially to social media – staff now have more distractions to choose from than ever before.

Although some businesses have responded to this with restrictions and guidelines, others have chosen to change how they gauge staff productivity to accommodate what they see as part of a modern workplace.

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

THE technology recruitment market may have cooled late last year but many technology chiefs and hiring experts have confidence in the year ahead.

If fears of a European debt crisis ease, the technology jobs market should strengthen.

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

Always-on connectivity has made location irrelevant for thousands of wired-up workers in the IT industry, but for those looking to climb to the top of the greasy pole, the best opportunities remain in the big smoke.

The bulk of the country’s juiciest IT roles at telcos, utilities and major corporates are concentrated in Sydney and Melbourne and senior spots with IT vendors are mostly based in these centres too.