In Brief: Logica appoints director focused on resource and defence sectors
IT provider Logica Australia has appointed Darren Covington as its new director of public sector, transport, logistics and asset intensive industries.
IT provider Logica Australia has appointed Darren Covington as its new director of public sector, transport, logistics and asset intensive industries.
A look at the hot IT jobs and certifications around Australia this week.
The growth in freelance jobs for the Android mobile platform is outpacing the venerable iPhone and iPad, and HTML5 demand is snowballing at more than 30 per cent, according to skills marketplace Freelancer.com.
The average ICT employee recruitment timeframe has risen by six days in the past year, while the number of candidates has declined, according to one ICT industry group.
Australians are expected to spend $5.8 billion on computer and online games over the next four years however a lack of locally available skills available to the country's gaming industry could see it miss out on this boom.
Public sector restructures have fuelled movements at the CIO, CTO and general management level of IT, according to the latest The Quarterly report from recruiting group, Hays.
Telstra will not backdate any pay increases awarded to employees in its Consumer and Country Wide divisions following a six month postponement of remuneration reviews last October.
Recruitment company Seek (ASX:SEK) has confirmed the impending resignation of its CIO, Carey Eaton, effective mid July of this year.
Online job classifieds and services company SEEK (ASX:SEK) said its CIO, Carey Eaton, plans to step down in July
Australia’s IT industry has experienced a number of salary increases this year, despite slower than usual hiring activity over the December-January period caused by major issues including the floods in Victoria and Queensland and Cyclone Yasi, according to recruitment firm Peoplebank.
Telecommunications incumbent Telstra (ASX: TLS) has refuted a report that up to 1200 back office jobs will be outsourced overseas as part of a restructuring proposal carried out under it renewal initiative, Project New.
Apple said earlier this week that it will hold an event on March 2 in San Francisco, with all signs pointing to an iPad 2 unveiling. This lit up the blogosphere with predictions about what might be in the iPad 2, whether or not Steve Jobs will be presenting, and, of course, what might be the "one more thing" Apple is famous for at these events.
Australia’s IT jobs market has experienced a number of peaks and troughs in the last few months, however according to recruitment firm, Randstad, there will be strong demand for certain skills in the coming year.
The IT jobs market has significantly slumped over the holiday period, falling further than the wider jobs market, which itself experienced the largest fall in job ads in 18 months, according to recruitment firm, Advantage Professional.
The strong Aussie dollar combined with rising job numbers and an emerging skills shortage is placing pressure on IT managers to increase employee salaries, according to one recruitment firm.