Research group, Gartner, has issued a warning that the current shortage of skilled labour is negatively affecting the Indian call centre industry.

Executive demand in the information technology sector surged in August, with the IT sector rushing to its highest point since the 2001 tech wreck, signalling a real return to life in the IT industry, according to a new report.

The number of jobs counted on internet jobs boards hit a record in August and the proportion of IT jobs was up near the top of the table, according a recent survey survey.

Global telco, AT&T, has appointed 24 new staff to support its continued growth in the Australian market.

Advances in mobile technology, broadband communications and the internet over the past decade has made home-based teleworking an economically practical proposition as never before. However, the majority of Australian employers still refuse to buy into it because they don't trust their employees to work without someone looking over their shoulders and cracking the whip.