Stan Beer
Sunday, 27 July 2008 16:04
IT People -
Enterprise
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"From what I'm reading, the jobs market has declined in
particular areas such as the financial markets but we still have major
growth states, particularly around the mining and resources, which I
believe is supporting the economy to a certain extent," says Ms Howard.
"We're not seeing a drop off or some of these
major programs' work scaled back. I would hazard a guess that we should
have a look at it again in three to six months to see if there really
is any impact but at the moment it's not like we've a huge volume of
people entering the workforce generally as many as there are leaving
and we've got a major shortage in our ICT area."
But the latest jobs reports from recruitment trackers such as Olivier
Group indicate a decline in the amount of IT&T jobs advertisements,
something which Ms Howard is at a loss to explain, especially since the
negative reports contradict a recent hiring intentions survey conducted
by Diversiti.
"We haven't seen that at all," says Ms Howard. "we sent out a survey to
a number of hiring managers - a selection of procurement, HR, internal
recruitment and project managers. Out of that we got 371 respondents
across various locations and disciplines."
Ms Howard says that the survey revealed that IT&T jobs growth is as strong as ever.
"That's what they're telling us about their 12 months hiring intentions
and let's see if they come to fruition as they anticipate," she says.
And as far as reports like Olivier are concerned? Please read on to page 3
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