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The majority of Australian businesses are open to hiring people from across Australia and having them work remotely, following a 283% spike in remote work job postings since the beginning of the pandemic, according to research by one recruitment company.

Seventy three percent of Australian CIOs plan to extend salary increases to their tech employees in 2021, according to a new salary guide from one recruiting firm.

Turnover of CEOs in the Australian employment market has hit a new three-year high, transforming the traditional c-suite with great demand for tech-savvy leaders that are capable of steering businesses around risk, through the challenges and towards new opportunities.

Australian businesses are being held back by the country’s tech skills shortage, with many businesses now looking to skilled migration and contract workers to lift pressure on their workforce needs, according to one recruitment firm.

Skilled migrants have been an “overwhelming net positive” for the Australian economy and particularly sought after for filling skilled IT positions like developer programmers and ICT business analysts, according to a new report.

With the growing acceptance of the so-called "gig economy" workforce in Australia, newly published research reveals that Australian hiring managers predict a 70:30 split between permanent and temporary workers by 2023.

The development and implementation of new technologies is creating both opportunities and challenges in the IT jobs market, with the booming IT market — and more jobs being available — leading to increasing employee turnover, according to a newly published survey.

The employment prospects for IT contractors are on the improve with a new recruitment survey revealing that the overall majority of Australian chief information officers are planning to increase their contract IT headcount by an average of 21% over the next 12 months.

Millennials are predicted to make up 75% of Australia’s workforce by 2025 and are set to make a “positive and progressive” impact on Australian business, according to a new research report.

Automation of Australia’s workforce may not have such a negative effect on jobs and employment, according to new research which shows that more jobs are expected to be created — especially in finance — by automation.

Slow recruitment times are causing Australian companies to lose out on top candidates, according to a new study which shows that hiring managers who fail to make timely decisions can lose candidates as a consequence.

Cyber attacks are now ranked as the top threat to a business’s reputation, according to research by one recruitment company which reveals that protecting a company’s data not only helps secure reputation but helps build trust with current and potential employees and other stakeholders.

A number of organisations in Australia are forming their own team of cyber-security experts, allowing the enterprise to take a pre-emptive approach to discovering and tracking security issues, according to a new report which shows this is having a positive impact on jobs in the security sector.

Staff acquisition and retention, and professional development for their employees top the list for Australia’s chief financial officers this year, according to a new study which also reveals that more than half of the country’s CFOs will focus on talent management throughout 2017.

Demand for IT professionals with security credentials and experience will dominate the tech industry jobs market over the next five years, but new research also reveals it will be increasingly difficult to recruit these professionals in a “candidate-short” market.

Non-IT business leaders are still yet to fully understand the benefits of Big Data and the wider impact on their organisation, despite new research showing that it has become fully embedded in Australian business life so that it is no longer considered “hype”.

There was a sharp increase in number of technology jobs created in IT, media and telecommunications in the three months from May to the end of July, with recruitment firm Robert Half seeing the “uptick” as a sign that employers are investing in workforce talent and that the demand for specialist roles will continue to the end of this year.

Finding new staff and retaining them is still a significant challenge for Australia’s ICT companies, even in a “prosperous” market, according to a newly released survey of the technology sector employment market.

Despite becoming increasingly more integral to the strategic side of businesses, many Australian chief information officers are concerned their lack of visibility in their organisations are hampering their ability to take on the role of a “strategic business partner” as IT becomes more important.