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• 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.

• Brain drain imminent: IT recruiter

  A new skills index released this week suggests CIOs should ditch the ‘wait-and-see’ contract approach to IT recruitment in the face of increasing offshore opportunities.
  

• IT workers warned not to be complacent in skills shortage

  IT workers should ensure their skills are up-to-date to remain competitive in the sector, despite the current skills shortage giving license to demand better roles and larger salaries, recruitment firm Chandler Macleod has warned.

• Greythorn gives free iProfile to IT job seekers

  IT recruitment firm Greythorn will providing its candidates with a free iProfile online resume.

• Candle rebrands for fresh focus on IT

  Recruitment firm Candle has refreshed its corporate focus with a rebranding exercise and a new website.
  

• IT job seekers get personal: survey

  IT professionals are more likely to rely on personal and word of mouth-based referrals when searching for a new role rather than turning to social networking sites, according to new research.

• Strength-based recruitment to dominate by 2020: experts

  Strength-based recruitment, collaboration and diversity are vital for employee success according to a panel of IT leaders and psychology experts.

• Social recruiter offers CIOs $1000 hire bounty

  Melbourne-based social recruiting service HooJano is offering CIOs who successfully recruit a person through its service up to $1000 in reward money until the end of June.

• IT professionals recover from recession

  A global survey of IT professionals has revealed a fairly upbeat picture of life in the tech department. Hiring is set to rise modestly, budgets are now stable and salaries could even be rising a bit.

• Court finds recruitment firm, Zanok, misled overseas students

  Foreign students and IT graduates who paid for an IT course conducted by Zanok Technologies were misled and deceived about the course and exploited by unconscionable conduct, the Federal Court has found.

• 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.