Computerworld Australia's hot jobs round-up: 11 October 2010
A look at the hot IT jobs around Australia this week
A look at the hot IT jobs around Australia this week
A look at the hot IT jobs and certifications around Australia this week
This week's five hottest jobs in the ICT industry.
A look at the hot IT jobs and certifications around Australia this week
This week's five hottest jobs in the ICT industry
Among the numerous board appointments announced over the past week came news of further job cuts at Alcatel-Lucent, signalling an uncertain telecommunications market that seems to have the major players on edge, particularly surrounding the National Broadband Network (NBN).
HP's looming job cuts to its enterprise services division hasn't been the most comforting news of the past week, but an inevitably impending sign of IT skills shifting in the market to take advantage of new automation technologies and other technological trends.
Last week's Budget saw little in the way of support for IT skills and education, from both the Federal Government and the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott's budget reply. State governments are still finding it hard to get enough skilled workers, though the job ad deficit seems to be continuing both in the public and private sectors.
Another week gone and, while Australian IT jobs are on the rise, the Federal Government has announced a temporary cut-off of skilled migrations for both independent and sponsored workers until the end of June. The imposition comes as the Government looks to refresh its Skilled Occupations List and reassess job priorities in Australia, but this could be bad news for companies unable to find the right workers locally.
Despite the severity of the current financial crisis, only one in four Australian contractors, have been required to take a pay cut to stay in employment, a new report has found.
Despite having to cope with massive budget cuts, salary freezes and demoralized staffs, most employed IT executives are more satisfied with their jobs this year than they have been in previous years, according to the results of a job satisfaction survey conducted by ExecuNet.
IBM and Monash University have partnered on a new $1.2 million Future Leaders Scholarship program aimed at developing IT leaders versed in both technology and business.
With job opportunities so scarce these days, job seekers are under tremendous pressure to impress hiring managers during job interviews. In fact, they're so caught up in making a good impression that it's easy for job seekers to forget that the job interview remains their opportunity to assess a prospective employer's corporate culture and to determine whether that work environment will suit them, says Vanessa Hall, author of The Truth About Trust in Business.
Call it "The Job Hopper's Dilemma." It's the fear, uncertainty and doubt that overcomes IT professionals who've held multiple jobs during a short span of time when they need to apply for a new job. They worry that their job hopping will hamper their job searches, but they don't know how to mitigate the issue.
The growing rate of unemployment in Australia may be stabilising, according to the findings of the latest SEEK Employment Index (SEI).