Global Stories

Tech workers stuck in toxic company culture to walk away

Employees who experience a toxic work environment in their companies say they plan to quit their job because of it, new research has found.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 7th Apr 2023

Recruitment

Aussie startup transforms recruitment amidst layoffs

With top tech talent open for opportunities, securing the best candidate for the job will rely more heavily on personal connections and industry expertise.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 30th Mar 2023

Skills-first approach key to bridging skills gap – report

More companies are taking a skills-first approach to talent to bridge the growing skills gap in Australia and New Zealand.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 28th Mar 2023

Digital Transformation

Talent appoints Meagan Jeffery as Global CIO

Talent appoints Meagan Jeffery as Global Chief Information Officer to lead the revamp of technology function and support the company's growth objectives.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Mar 2023

Recruitment

IWD 2023: Local Lessons About Driving Global Success

Working from home can present challenges, but remote leadership can still be successful with effective communication, connection, and culture.

By Kate Massey • 5 min read • Wed, 8th Mar 2023

EduTech

IWD 2023: Overcoming Australia's IT Sector Gender Imbalance

One way to tackle the underrepresentation challenge is by encouraging greater numbers of young women to consider IT as a career choice.

By Harini Sudarshan • 4 min read • Wed, 8th Mar 2023

Unified Communications

Digital Barriers hires new leaders to expand growth

Digital Barriers expands leadership team with key hires, bringing expertise in telco, hyperscale, and IoT to accelerate growth & revenue.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Fri, 24th Feb 2023

Jobs

Job growth stalls across ANZ, unqualified candidate numbers expected to rise

There has been a significant dip in new jobs across Australia and New Zealand, indicating the start of an economic slowdown.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 2nd Feb 2023

Artificial Intelligence

Programming, writing and research skills in hot demand

Programming, writing and research skills are dominating the freelance job market, according to the Fast 50 Q4 2022 Index.

By Shannon Williams • 9 min read • Fri, 6th Jan 2023

Artificial Intelligence

New study reveals Australia's most in-demand skills amid labour shortages

Despite new technologies transforming the world of work, the top five most in demand skills in Australia are human skills.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 15th Dec 2022

Digital Transformation

M-Files appoints new Alliances Manager for Aus & NZ

Grant Waanders appointed Alliances Manager for ANZ by M-Files to help grow partner sales channel, based in Adelaide with 25+ years of ICT experience.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 2nd Dec 2022

Stories from Other Regions

Recruitment

Exclusive: What Talent can tell us about the skills shortage

Talent is a global technology recruitment specialist that has been operating in the Australian market for the past 27 years.

By Anthony Whyte • 4 min read • Tue, 28th Mar 2023

Cybersecurity

Young hackers: redirecting talents from cyber-bad to cyber-good

The rise of young hackers in the cybersecurity industry is a growing concern that needs to be addressed urgently, says journalist.

By Fabien Rech • 5 min read • Mon, 27th Feb 2023

Recruitment

Financial impact of skills shortage is set to increase for Australian employers

Seven in 10 Australian employers state they expect to be negatively impacted financially by not having access to the required skills in 2023.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2023

Recruitment

Women remain underrepresented in tech leadership - report

New research from Frank Recruitment Group finds women are still lacking in tech leadership positions, with just 27% of CIO positions filled by women in 2022.

By Zach Thompson • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Jan 2023