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The technology industry has made incredible strides in gender diversity over the years. While there is still room for growth, the progress we’ve witnessed is nothing short of inspiring. As we mark International Women’s Day, I reflect on my own journey in the IT sector and celebrate the remarkable advancements shaping a more inclusive future.

• Executive job demand in Australia loses its recent gains as the economy crashes.
• Government demand backs off, exposing the weakness in the business sector
• Business has lost confidence as investment hits recession levels,

Employment demand for executives across many industry sectors fell in March with the IT sector hit hard and experiencing a larger than expected 23% drop, according to the latest report from executive search firm EL Consult.

Only 37% of IT pros are concerned about phishing or say they know what to do following a data breach 

A quarter of Australian office workers admit to using the same password for more than one account 

Data breaches have seemingly had little or no impact on how IT decision makers view the risks to their organisations, according to new research from security awareness training and human resources platform provider KnowBe4.

The Digital Skills Organisation is taking a new approach by introducing a Pathways Model to help solve Australia’s deep skills crisis as the technology sector faces digital skills shortage.

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.

The rapid rise in the employment of executives over the last 3 months has paused, falling by 2% in October compared to the prior month, in a reflection of the “uncertain times”, and with hiring of executives in the Information Technology sector falling into negative territory for the month, according to executive search firm EL Consult.

Executive job creation in Australia has slowed right down - with the IT sector dropping into negative territory - since the beginning of the pandemic, but things are “not that bad and certainly not as woeful” as it is for skilled and semi-skilled workers, according to executive search firm EL Consult.

Employment opportunities for Australian executives are growing again after two months of coronavirus lockdown, according to a report by executive search firm EL Consult, and despite IT executive job advertising falling by 1% in May.

Tech industry trade association CompTIA has launched a new free resource - My IT Path - providing information on in-demand employment opportunities for anyone planning a career in IT.

Australian executive employment has had its equal biggest fall in 12 months as banks continue to block business lending and economic growth sputters - but despite the plunge across other sectors, the IT sector was a “standout winner” for the month, following on from two months of sizeable falls, according to a new employment report.

The chief of the Australian Informational Industry Association (AIIA) Ron Gauci expects IT to become the second biggest ASX sector when a new S&P All Technology Index - S&P AllTech - launches in February next year.

Cloud adoption has changed the IT landscape and major cloud platform providers recognise the security of their platform is core to earning trust with customers, according to a new report from one global security firm.

The number of job advertisements declined markedly in Australia in April, with the Information and Technology sector hit by a 6.4% drop in jobs advertised nationally, according to a new report from Australia's largest jobs board.

IT employers need to be willing to offer competitive remuneration packages in order to attract and retain the best talent to their company, according to one national recruitment consultancy which points to the 3.3% annual wage growth in the Australian IT sector.

Data scientists, data engineers and data analysts are in hot demand in Australia, topping the list of IT skills shortfalls for the first half of 2019, according to a new report on the jobs market.

Employment demand for executives fell 3% in October, prompting one major recruitment firm to question whether Australia’s employment market has peaked.

Executive employment in Australia is in a “golden age”, according to one search firm which reveals an increase of 15% in demand for executives in August – with IT executive demand second only to the management sector.

Over half of IT & telecommunications employers will give their staff a pay rise of less than 3% in their next review while 8% will not increase salaries at all, according to a newly released 2018-19 salary guide from one national recruitment firm.

Slow wage growth has hit the Australian employment market, but despite the slowdown, top IT workers can expect a pay rise in 2018, according to a newly published salary report.