Friday 3 September, 2010

Recruiting

Survey: Ethics, morals top workplace-skills wish lists
IT leaders are still hungry to recruit .Net programmers, desktop support technicians and voice over IP project leaders, according to an online survey conducted in June by the Society for Information Management. But when asked by SIM to cite the top workplace skills that they are seeking among both entry-level and midlevel IT workers, the 231 respondents overwhelmingly cited ethics and morals as the traits they most desire.
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Google will lay off 100 recruiters, shift to fewer sites
Google is planning to lay off 100 recruiters, and is closing down engineering offices in Texas, Norway, and Sweden as the company copes with the global economic downturn.
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Recruiters offer tips for finding jobs in IT management
What steps do IT executives need to take to get on the "A" list for a high-profile job opening? Is it bad form for IT managers to reach out to an executive search firm?
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ABS: Australia’s ICT industry totals 300K workers
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has pegged Australia’s ICT industry workforce at approximately 300,000 persons as of the year ending 30 June, 2007.
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Recession-proof IT jobs
IT workers may have been tempted to switch to any other field -- other than banking, that is -- following a stream of depressing surveys that gloomily predict shrinking IT budgets and shrinking career opportunities.
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When the watchdog is the underdog
Think your security staffers are trustworthy? Competent? Knowledgeable? Listen to a security professional's horror stories, and you might think again.
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IT recruitment merger announced
Two Australian IT recruitment firms have joined forces which will bring together expertise to provide service support across all IT&T recruitment areas.
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Britain's MI6 recruiting spies on Facebook, report says
Could the next James Bond be found on Facebook? Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, hopes so after launching a series of advertisements this month to recruit employees, according to a report in Britain's Guardian newspaper on Monday.
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Stay at home mums untapped resource for IT sector
Organizations looking to beat the drought of IT staff should consider the "huge resource" in stay-at-home mothers, according to the director of a business intelligence software company.
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IT students lavished with 3 course meal in latest recruitment initiative
The Australian Computer Society's Western Australian division is hosting a new way to secure graduate staff by putting third and fourth-year ICT students face to face with potential employers in an informal and engaging evening setting.
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How to recruit and retain the best young security employees
The final installment in a series of articles about generational differences and security. Part one looked at managing workers in different age groups. Part two examined the types of security concerns that are most commonly associated with different generations in the general workforce. This article provides recruiting and retention advice for security employees.
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Defence bets on a gaming solution for Generation Y
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has launched its 12th online game in a bid to engage Generation Y and boost recruitment.
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Government meets industry to address changes to 457 Visa scheme
The federal government will participate in a roundtable discussion with industry tomorrow to address recent changes to the 457 Visa scheme.
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More than 160,000 H-1B applications subject to lottery
Nearly 163,000 H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2009 will now be subject to random lottery selection as part of the temporary work visa program.
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Pingsta helps network pros land consulting gigs
An elite social-networking site for network engineers is expanding into consulting on IT projects for businesses and service providers.
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