07 May 2013
The IT job market has slowed faster than most other sectors of the economy during the past six months, creating an oversupply of 300 professionals, but a shortage of 100 ICT managers has emerged, according to the new Clarius Skills Indicator for the March... read full story
25 February 2013
While some sections of the IT jobs market have softened, there remained an overall shortage of more than 4,600 IT professionals during the December quarter, according to the latest Clarius Skills Index released today. Data warehousing, SAP and business in... read full story
11 December 2012
A Salary Intelligence Report from Candle reveals that the top permanent salary earner in 2012 is paid almost half a million dollars a year. The Candle Salary Intelligence Report draws on data from more than 7,600 IT specific anonymous salary entries acr... read full story
19 November 2012
The latter parts of 2012 have seen a reversal of fortune for permanent ICT staff with demand in NSW and Victoria on the upswing, and Western Australia flattening out, according to the latest Clarius Skills Index released today. The Index – Australia’s onl... read full story
10 September 2012
Q: What challenges do you anticipate the globalisation of the workforce will present? Globalisation of the workforce is here to stay but does create many challenges. First and foremost, organisations need to change their way of thinking from locally to gl... read full story
03 September 2012
The shortage of skilled ICT professionals in Australia has worsened by about 50 per cent according to the latest Clarius Skills Index released today.As a result, Australian companies are favouring permanent employment to snare top talent as opposed to con... read full story
08 August 2012
Q: Currently there is a huge projected shortfall of ICT candidates in Australia yet there are also mumblings of discontent from Australian ICT contract workers who believe they are being substituted for cheaper labour from overseas. How do you see this d... read full story
28 May 2012
Despite a softening of the economy there remains a shortage of more than 5,500 ICT professionals, as the supply of IT staff coming onto the jobs market increased at a faster rate than demand over the March quarter, according to the latest Clarius Skills ... read full story
09 May 2012
Continuing to train, develop and celebrate success are crucial to successfully managing consultants in a low cycle, say leading recruitment executives. Clarius CEO Kym Quick told Shortlist that almost every manager who'd been in the recruitment sector o... read full story
08 February 2012
The significant shortfall of 9,200 ICT Professionals in the September quarter has closed dramatically but there still remains demand for 2,700 ICT Professionals, according to the latest Clarius Skills Index out today. However, the oversupply of I... read full story