Stan Beer
Tuesday, 11 March 2008 17:14
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In a rare display of public disunity, a major recruitment group has cast doubt upon the figures of another recruitment group which claims that jobs for the IT and Telecoms sector in Australia is on a downward spiral. Recruiter Best International says its latest research based on jobs board data indicates that IT&T jobs ads were sharply up for February, in stark contrast to the findings of rival recruiter Olivier Group.
Yesterday, iTWire ran a
story based on figures
from Olivier Group which publishes a monthly report called the Olivier
Index on the state of the jobs market across a range of industry
sectors incuding IT&T. According to the report, the IT&T sector
fell 7.11% seasonally adjusted in February, based on 403,926 Positions
Vacant ads on commercial job sites.
Today, rival recruiter Best International sent iTWire its own report
Best IT Talent Index which is clearly at odds with the Olivier Index.
In stark contrast to the Olivier report, the Best Talent Index found
that the IT&T sector had risen by 14.44% in February.
According to the Best report, permanent roles have experienced a hefty
24.9% increase in the past 12 months, while contracting positions underwent a
minimal rise of less than 0.5%. What's more Best is bullish on the
IT&T jobs market for the coming year.
"Moving forward the IT market shows no signs of slowing down
dramatically. With this in mind, good calibre candidates will become
more and more in demand as the number of opportunities for them
increases. This in turn has a tendency to push up salaries artificially
and will preclude some organisations from attracting this level of
person," the Best report states.
"While we agree with some of the findings from Olivier we did not find
that the IT market has dropped over the last month – in fact quite the
opposite," said Richard Bland, principal of Best International Group in
an email to iTWire.
So why the discrepancy between the Best IT Talent Index and the Olivier
Index? Could it have something to do with the fact that the same jobs
are broadcast over a wide range of jobs boards?
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