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The slide in demand for executives in the IT and communications sector was arrested in November after a period of decline, according to the latest report from EL Consult.

Foreign IT workers are being imported into Australia in their thousands and paid significantly lower wages than qualified Australian IT professionals, many of whom often struggle to find jobs.

Oracle Australia's forthcoming digital sales hub in Sydney will involve 200 new jobs.

A positive outlook for employment in the Australian IT industry is forecast for the last quarter of this year to the end of December, with a new recruitment industry survey observing a “robust trend of positivity and optimism” within IT employment,

Demand for executives in the ICT sector plummeted in October for the third consecutive month in contrast to the continuing trend in other sectors of the Australian economy where demand rose by 9% nationally.

ICT executives continue to face an uncertain employment market as demand waxes and wanes in a generally volatile jobs market across all business and industry sectors nationally.

Changes underway through the technological “revolution” will have a huge impact on employment but, at the same time, are likely to provide more opportunities for meaningful work and exciting business, according to a newly released report on the future of business.

Australian regulation technology digital identification and verification firm TikForce has done a deal with labour hire and recruitment company WorkPac to integrate its technology into the recruitment company’s candidate management process.

The security threat to Australian companies from cyber criminals is exacerbated by a growing skills gap within the IT industry, according to research by recruitment company Robert Half.

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.

Employment demand for executives in the ICT industry has risen for the second consecutive month as demand across all business and industry sectors increased by 17%, according to the latest EL Consult Index.

Finding new staff, dealing with payroll compliance, the ability to dismiss employees and end-of-year paperwork are major problems for small business owners, according to a newly released report which reveals the significant pressures weighing down SMEs in managing their businesses.

Employers are intending to hire new staff over the remainder of this year, but the positive employment outlook is dampened somewhat by new research indicating that many employees feel let down in on-the-job training and are actively looking to switch jobs.

Telstra is slashing more than 300 jobs in its customer service centres, with most of the work to be outsourced to the Philippines. The planned move has angered the powerful Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) with many of its members employed by the big telco.

Students seeking an internship, professional women returning to work after a period out of it, or semi-retirees wanting to contribute their years of experience to an organisation, are all the target audience for a new workforce employment platform set to be launched after a year in development.

Demand for executives in the ICT sector has remained strong in June, despite the long federal election campaign, the UK vote to exit the EU and a rising Australian dollar all weighing heavily on business confidence, according to the latest EL Consult executive demand index.

NEC is investing $4.38 million in setting up a new global Security Intel Centre in Adelaide to help address what it says are growing demands for cyber security around the world.

Australia’s IT industry is one of the worst business sectors when it comes to employing women, particularly at executive management level, with just 14% of women in the top positions.

Demand for ICT executives plunged by 7% in May, the largest drop of any business or industry sector in the month, according to the latest executive employment index from EL Consult.

There’s been a significant upswing in the perceived stability of the IT job market, according to the quarterly IT Employment Confidence Index from recruiter ClicksIT.