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Australian startup BindiMaps has installed its indoor wayfinding solution in the Sydney Startup Hub building to provide improved access for blind or vision impaired visitors to the startup facility.

Chinese tech behemoth Alibaba has announced a refresh of its core values which it says strengthen the company’s culture for navigating through the “fast-changing” digital era.

Demand for executives in the ICT sector in July dropped 3%, unable to continue from its small gain of the previous month, as executive employment across all business and industry sectors plunged for the sixth month in a row.

Sydney company Star Water Solutions is rolling out its stormwater treatment technology to global markets with the assistance of the NSW Government.

The Information and Communications Technology sector was the only industry sector showing a positive result in June for executive employment demand, according to the latest index from recruitment firm EL Consult.

Australians and New Zealanders are facing increasing job uncertainty due to digital transformation, according to new report which reveals that employees are concerned technology will replace their roles in the near future.

National broadband network provider NBN Co says there is an increasing need for digital literacy in the workforce as high growth jobs, such as management and professional jobs, demand digital literacy skills almost seven times more frequently than occupations that are becoming less prevalent.

Two of the top five cyber security challenges organisations face trace back to the acute cyber security talent gap, a lack of in-house expertise and difficulty finding the right talent, according to a newly published report.

A survey of 1909 Australians has found that an increasing number want to quit their jobs because they are being pushed to the limit by their employers and have nothing more to give in terms of efforts to be more productive at work. And the main reason why they want to leave is a lack of respect.

The Federal Government has provided $8.5 million in funding for the cyber security sector to grow and create jobs, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews has announced.

Government approvals for American semiconductor firms to hire Chinese citizens for advanced engineering jobs have been slowed down, a report says, adding that this is preventing industry from gaining access to much-needed talent.

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.

Australia is losing the global race in artificial intelligence and will miss out on future jobs without major new investment to secure its position as a leading destination for AI research and development, according to analysis by the University of Adelaide’s Australian Institute for Machine Learning.

Food delivery service Deliveroo supports the generation of $452 million in revenue in the Australian economy, of which $313 million is extra revenue within the restaurant sector, according to a newly published report.

The growth of digital transformation in Australia will drive the need for 35,000 new IT jobs, with almost one in five Australian organisations creating new internal roles to meet the growing demand, it is claimed.

Fifty nine percent of Australian IT jobseekers value salary as the most persuasive factor when accepting a new job offer, according to a newly published survey which warns that Australia’s IT talent shortage is set to continue in 2019.

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The best answers to the inevitable interview question

As your interview comes to a close, you can’t help but feel quietly confident that you have managed to impress the interviewer. You’ve provided them with some great responses, highlighted your relevant experience, and demonstrated why you’re the best candidate for the job. Then comes the inevitable question – “Are there any questions you would like to ask?”

Australia’s robotics research capabilities will receive a boost, with CSIRO’S Data61 unveiling a new Robotics Innovation Centre in Brisbane.

Internet search giant Google is expanding its US data centre network, spending US$13 billion on new data centres and office facilities this year.

The CEPU Communications Union claims homes and businesses across Australia suffered from faults without technician support or repairs and missed installations due to a meltdown on Thursday of Telstra’s internal job allocation system that controls sending workers and contractors to a job.