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• IT workers want training from employers – to help them land new jobs: report

  IT employees are increasingly looking for employers to provide vendor or industry certificate training – to help them land their next job, according to recruitment firm, Ambition.

• Executive pay hits "stratospheric" levels

  Argument that executive salaries must rise in order to attract the best talent "is a myth"
  

• HiTech Group forecasts up to $750k in FY12 profit

  ICT recruiter HiTech Group (ASX:HIT) is confident of a solid performance in FY12, despite the impact of the recent stockmarket hiccup on its Q1 earnings

• Australian ICT employers to increase hiring before year's end: Survey

  Almost half of all ICT employers across Australia have flagged plans to increase their staff numbers before the year’s end, according to a survey by recruitment firm Hudson.

• Chandler Macleod expands to Indonesia

  Outsourcing and recruitment company Chandler Macleod (ASX:CMG) will pay $850,000 to buy Indonesian white-collar contracting business ACI

• Aust CFOs brace for wage spike on skills shortage

  Half of Australian CFOs expect their company's spending on recruitment and training to swell over the next 12 months, as they seek to counter a skills shortage

• Humanis estimates wider FY11 loss

  Recruitment company Humanis (ASX:HUM) expects to report a wider loss for FY11 than the $3.1m recorded in FY10, as a result of restructuring costs

• Be mindful of the information you disclose about former staff

  Employment references are par for the recruitment course, but it’s not always simple. You should be careful about the information you disclose about former staff to potential employers, warns senior associate for Harmers Workplace Lawyers, Peter Ferraro.

• We can't find financial planners so we're hiring salespeople: HR managers

  Australian employers are becoming more innovative in their efforts to solve the skills shortage in the financial services sector

• Ambition launches IT recruitment in Brisbane

  Ambition Group (ASX:AMB) has extended its IT recruitment operations to the cities of Brisbane and Singapore

• Public sector restructures fuel CIO movements: Recruiter

  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.

• Employers look to address skills shortage

  Ongoing investment in software and infrastructure projects by enterprise is fuelling demand for program managers, according to the [[xref: www.hays.com.au/report|April-June quarterly report]] by recruiting group, Hays.
  

• ICT needs more women: ACS

  Women have an integral role to play within the Australian information technology and communications industry, according to the Australian Computer Society (ACS).

• HiTech shares climb on news of profit boom

  ICT recruitment agency HiTech Personnel (ASX:HIT) reported an 819% increase in 1H profit to $379k, sending its share price climbing 30%

• Interview: 10 questions for Vibrant Media CFO Jeff Babka

  CFO World talks to Vibrant Media CFO, Jeff Babka