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• Kmart Group trains 1400 staff on AWS

  Kmart Group will implement a cloud guild training and enablement program to certify its entire IT staff on Amazon Web Services (AWS) by December 2019.

• Labor eyes $2 million for TAFE cyber security training centre

  Labor says that if it wins the federal election it will invest $2 million in a TAFE cyber security training centre at Broadmeadows in Melbourne.

• NAB, Palo Alto Networks back RMIT cyber course

  RMIT’s online education arm has launched a cyber security short course as part of its Future Skills lineup.

• 3 innovative training technologies that are boosting company learning

  Love them or hate them, few people come away from company training days having retained all the information that they were given. A common view is that they’re a distraction from a learner’s real work.

• University of Queensland launches quantum tech masters course

  The University of Queensland (UQ) is launching a new quantum technology masters program, which it says is the “first of its kind” in Australia.

• For half, STEM degrees lead to other jobs

  The truth, when it comes to computer employment data, is almost always ugly.

• Pirates, cheats and IT certs

  Some ne'er-do-wells steal test questions and answers, and cheaters buy that information, share answers in chat rooms, pay other people to take tests for them and bring a range of technologies and techniques into test centers to gain an edge.

• IT pros get training on their own dime

  Linda Bubbers got a tip early in her career: Become a Certified Netware Administrator and earn a transfer to a better team.

• IT hiring goes multimedia

  IT job seekers embrace social media, video and graphics to enhance their resumes and set themselves apart from other job applicants.

• How to keep your new IT hires from jumping ship

  With IT talent hard to find and expensive to replace, smart companies are developing IT-specific onboarding programs to attract and retain top tech employees.

Whitepapers about training

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  Third Platform demands special attention from candidates and recruiters

  This IDG Connect white paper explores the effect of how third platform technologies are affecting workers at all levels of IT. <p> The current expansion of the Third Platform presents a wealth of job opportunities for IT professionals with skills and ambition in mobile computing, social networking, the cloud and big data analytics. Based on interviews of 100 IT decision makers working for organizations in Australia, Canada and the US, this IDG Connect white paper from Randstad explores how third platform technologies are affecting workers at all levels of IT.