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ICT jobs contract as governments tighten purse strings | ICT jobs contract as governments tighten purse strings |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Monday, 18 May 2009 | |
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Anyone
hoping for a quick turnaround in the ICT jobs sector looks set to be
disappointed with a new report showing that nervous businesses and ever
more cautious government agencies are putting projects and staff hirings
on hold. What's more, if the report is to be believed, things don't
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Most popular skills tags.NET Active Directory C# Cisco Development HTML Infrastructure Management Network Oracle Project Management SAP SDLC SQL Server Support Sybase TCP/IP Unix VB.NET Web Services/SOAP XMLIn real terms that’s an overall industry sector shortfall of around 1,000 people, according to the Index. Tightening government budgets have played a role the fall in this quarter’s figures, according to Clarius. This compares with the third quarter of 2008 when Australia needed 9,000 more skilled ICT people and 8,000 in the last quarter of 08. The Clarius Skills Index analyses labour demand against supply, using labour force data supplied by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The results are reflected in a skills barometer which applies a ranking to specific occupation categories. But it’s not all bad news with supply and demand variations in the ICT industry across all States. The Index reports that the global financial crisis has hit the business sector in Australia and most firms have put plans for additional recruitment on hold. CONTINUED Page 2 |
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