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• CIOs up paypackets to secure IT recruits

  Tech chiefs are upping their financial offerings to attract top candidates, new research has found.

• The one thing government should do to support tech growth in Australia

  A diverse panel at a CEDA event in Sydney were asked the question: What one thing should the government focus on to support tech business growth in Australia?

• Readify launches two-year tech graduate program

  Software company Readify has put together a two-year graduate program for university leavers to train in a real working environment in the areas of development and programming, design and data analysis.

• Don’t overlook the creative side of technology skills: Girls in Tech founder

  There is a whole lot of untapped tech workers in the market with creative skills, many of whom are women, but most companies don’t yet realise it, says the founder of Girls in Tech, Adriana Gascoigne.

• 48% of CIOs to grow tech teams in next six months: Robert Half

  Nearly half of Australian tech bosses are looking to add staff to their IT teams over the next six months, as their businesses expand and new projects are rolled out, according to a new survey.​

• What Generation Z think about their future careers

  Generation Z will enter the workforce in just a few years, with companies having to prepare for how they will best utilise these digital natives to help them grow and innovate

• 61% of IT professionals dealing with ageism

  Nearly two-thirds of IT professionals in Australia have experienced age discrimination either first hand or know of someone who has dealt with it, new research has found.

• Woman recruited by Google four times and rejected, joins suit

  There was something about Cheryl Fillekes that Google really liked. Over a seven-year period, Fillekes was contacted by Google recruiters four different times for jobs. In each case, she did well enough in the phone interviews to get an invitation for an in-person interview.

• Australia is fastest growing for women in tech

  Australia is on top when it comes to hiring women in the tech industry, with it being the fastest growing out of seven other developed countries, new research has found.

• A California backlash rises over foreign IT worker replacements

  California lawmakers have taken steps to attack the use of foreign labor to replace U.S. workers. One effort seeks to use the state's regulatory powers to prohibit utilities from shifting jobs overseas. Another legislative attack calls on federal agencies to investigate the H-1B program.

• Obama's trade win brings H-1B unease

  There is wariness about President Barack Obama's push for new trade agreements that's likely to grow with the Senate's final approval Wednesday, by a 60-38 vote, of fast-track negotiating authority.

• IT workers replaced by foreign labor may regain federal benefit

  As Southern California Edison (SCE) began replacing its IT workers with foreign labor, several IT employees asked the U.S. government for help. They submitted an application for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), and explained why they believe trade played a role in their job loss.

• Labor Dept. plans H-1B probe -- one that could have an impact

  The U.S. Department of Labor plans to investigate whether H-1B workers can be used to replace U.S. IT workers, according to U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill) and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala). Both lawmakers have been leading a call for a probe of the controversial program.

• Does he stay or go? Parsing Apple's promotion of designer Jony Ive

  Apple's well-known designer, Jony Ive, has been promoted to the position of chief design officer, a new title in the Cupertino, Calif. company's executive suite.

• IT workers win key ruling against visa-using firm

  A discrimination lawsuit alleging that Infosys favored "South Asian" workers over all others will not be dismissed, a federal judge has ruled.