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• Forecast 2010: 6 hottest skills for 2010

  Pent-up demand for new projects. Veteran employees leaving the company. Who could complain about such pressures in the waning months of 2009, when the year was spent under a cloud of economic misery?

• The Truth About CIO Tenure

  Conventional wisdom has long held that CIOs should never say "Wait until next year," because that year often doesn't come for them. Everyone knows that CIO stands for Chief Information Officer, but in the early 1990s, it stood for something disparaging--"Career Is Over"--due to their purported brief tenures (two to three years, we were told).

• Job search scams: Protect yourself against identity theft

  As unemployment has increased, so too has the number of job search scams identity theft rings are perpetrating against desperate job seekers.

• IT job ads down amid stagnant market

  The Australian job market dropped slightly in October with the IT sector remaining stagnant, according to the latest results from the Olivier Job Index.

• YouTube competition highlights IT careers

  "What does information technology mean to you?" That was the question posed to Australian school and university students and young professional in a national competition hosted on YouTube and sponsored by the ACS Foundation.

• Entry-level IT salaries rise

  The average entry-level salary for IT graduates has jumped $2,000 to $38,000 according to an annual survey by IT professional training company, Excom Education.

• Industry body forming to address IT graduate skills

  A pilot group within the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is months away from creating a global IT education-focused body to address the needs of the industry.

• Toshiba appoints new MD, KACE announces three new hires

  Toshiba Australia has announced the appointment of Mark Whittard to the role of managing director, as of November 1.

• Salaries up, jobs down in Silicon Valley

  The number of high-tech jobs in Silicon Valley industries declined by 86,000, or 16.5%, between 2001 and 2008, according the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• IT hiring spree in sight as contractors lead the way

  While the last three months has seen flat IT employment levels, a rise in contractor hiring across Australia has contributed to very early signs of green shoots of recovery in the sector, according to IT recruitment firm Peoplebank.

• Growing employer confidence visible in IT sector

  Employer confidence in Australia’s IT sector has risen for the first time since March 2008, according to a report by recruitment firm Hudson.

• Too much experience could be hurting your IT job search

  IT professionals with more than five years experience on the job could have a more difficult time finding work during the recession than those with less experience, according to research from online career resource Beyond.com.

• Thodey appointed Telstra CEO

  Telstra has replaced two leaders today, with Chairman Donald MCGauchie resigning on the same day new CEO David Thodey is appointed.

• Microsoft to cull local headcount

  The axe has finally fallen on Microsoft Australia employees, with the company confirming that local staff face layoffs, as part its global plan to shed 5000 jobs.

• Online job ads slump 50%

  There are now half as many job advertisements as there was this time last year, according to new figures released by the Olivier Group.