Computerworld Australia's hot job round-up: 27 September 2010
Your round-up of this week's hot ICT jobs.
Your round-up of this week's hot ICT jobs.
About 100 new ICT jobs in the Adelaide region are set to come up over the next 12 months with the opening of a new office by Australian IT services company, CSG (ASX:CSV).
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) is not optimistic it will secure a positive outcome when it meets with Telstra (ASX:TLS) today to discuss its decision to withhold pay increases from employees in 2010.
The National Broadband Network Company this week advertised several dozen new jobs as it dramatically ramped up hiring in the wake of political certainty over its future, including several wireless roles that will play a key role in its rollout of next-generation wireless infrastructure around the nation.
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Telstra's (ASX:TLS) Consumer Division staff will have to wait at least six months before their claim to a pay increase is considered, the telco has confirmed.
The IT jobs market has come through the period of political uncertainty with flying colours, recording a 2.9 per cent increase in jobs ads run throughout August and outpacing the wider jobs market.
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Networking company, Ciena, continues to hire staff to oversee its Australian and New Zealand operations, appointing Simon Barnard as its new account director for the southern region.
Business uncertainty around the outcome of the rapidly approaching Federal Election has resulted in a decline in ICT recruitment during July, according a leading industry recruiter.
IT services outfit Dimension Data is to continue its hiring spree, signalling that it will hire more than 170 administrative and technical staff over the next six months.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is looking for a new chief information officer with an advertisement for the position running today.
Burnout is as predictable in an IT professional's career as the long hours that precipitate it. The demanding nature of IT jobs, coupled with a perceived lack of respect and appreciation, leads many IT professionals to lament, à la blues great B.B. King, that "the thrill is gone." Many eventually wonder whether a career in IT is still the right choice.
The revival of M&A activity is fuelling a growth in demand for business change and transformation specialists, a new jobs report has found.
HP Australia has declined to comment on the number of local staff expected to be shed under recently announced global job cuts.