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Big four bank Westpac has announced it will be opening a new technology engineering hub on the Gold Coast which it claims will create up to 200 jobs over the next few years.

GUEST OPINION: The pandemic has greatly impacted the global workforce and many speak of the ‘great resignation’ where people re-assess their career and its direction. For jobseekers this means vast opportunities of open positions, but who should you contact when starting your job search and who are the people who will work with you and contact you? At Paxus, we can aid you in navigating this sometimes confusing and complex journey.

Technology sector body the Tech Council of Australia (TCA) has welcomed the commitment by the Leader of the Opposition, Anthony Albanese and Labor to support the Council’s goal of achieving 1.2 million people employed in tech jobs by 2030.

GUEST OPINION: Despite the military conflict in Europe right now, economic conditions are improving and employees are getting restless. Indeed, managers may need to work harder to encourage their employees to stay put.

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2022 has come out as 4.0%, which is a further drop from January’s 4.2%. It is the lowest jobless rate since August 2008 and the global financial crisis of that year and comes amid a further easing of COVID-19 restrictions.

The Australian market saw a slight downturn in job growth in the period between October to December 2021, as the COVID-19 Omicron variant spread across the country, according to a new report from global recruitment software solutions provider JobAdder.

Coles plans to hire more than 70 digital professionals to join its eCommerce business, in a move the retail giant says will help to drive rapid digital transformation and shape the future of Australian retail.

FinTech Integrated Payment Technologies, better known as InPayTech, is rebranding to wrkr.

Information technology consulting company Cognizant is opening a new global delivery centre in Adelaide, Australia, and will hire and train 1,600 newly created roles for digital engineers, graduates, and apprentices by 2026.

Remote hiring company, Deel, announced it has raised $US 425 million in Series D funding taking its total amount raised to over $US 630 million and now valuing the company at $US 5.5 billion. It has become the highest-valued company in the global hiring, payments, and compliance space.

Middle aged and older Australians suffered the brunt of scams in September with those aged 45 to 54 the hardest hit financially during the month and the aged 65 and over reporting the highest number of scams at 5,642.

A newly published survey on 2021 global youth unemployment in several sectors including tech, has revealed that 26% of youth have spent the past 12 months job searching, with 67.9% citing ‘little or no work experience’ as one of their main barriers to employment.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Just as security is now built into products, services and businesses from the ground up, so too should important legal issues be considered when starting a business, employing staff, dealing with data, IP, working form home, data breaches, staff who leave and much, much more, as lawyer Nicholas Stewart explains.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Just as security is now built into products, services and businesses from the ground up, so too should important legal issues be considered when starting a business, employing staff, dealing with data, IP, working form home, data breaches, staff who leave and much, much more, as lawyer Nicholas Stewart explains.

Industry superannuation fund HESTA is collaborating with social enterprise Girls of Impact in a move aimed at encouraging more young women to consider a career in financial services.

Accounting software provider Xero has revamped its flexible work policy.

Australian technology industry digital micro-skills marketplace Skills Finder has launched 20 new dedicated Career Pathways it says will help meet the growing demand for skilled workers in high-demand jobs such as data analytics, digital marketing and UX design. 

Australia's managers consistently overrate both their own — and their organisation's — efficacy at engaging and recognising the value of employees, according to a new study commissioned by Achievers, the progressive choice for employee voice and recognition solutions that accelerate a culture of performance.

The information technology sector just pipped marketing at the post to be the best performer, assisted again by increased private sector positions, according to the June executive demand index report from executive search firm EL Consult.

Business software provider Pegasystems is working with WithYouWithMe to help improve the employment prospects of ex-military personnel.