Training & Development

Five hundred AMD employees axed

Five hundred AMD employees axed

AMD has cut 500 jobs in a world-wide cull.
INQUIRER Staff Nov 6 2008 3:02PM Training & Development
Google denies hiring freeze

Google denies hiring freeze

Google has denied an unofficial hiring freeze after a report by CNBC claimed the firm’s execs were told last month not to hire any new bodies and to fill all vacancies with internal candidates.
Sylvie Barak Nov 6 2008 3:02PM Training & Development
Pay rises may take a dive

Pay rises may take a dive

Merit pay increases for next year may be as much as 25 percent less than previously thought as the economic crisis starts to bite, according to data released today.
Staff Writers Nov 4 2008 1:11PM Training & Development
Social networking good for business

Social networking good for business

A new report by the think tank Demos has concluded that staff should be encouraged to use social networking sites as part of their daily activities.
Iain Thomson Oct 30 2008 3:13PM Training & Development
Future is rank for 3,000 Xerox employees

Future is rank for 3,000 Xerox employees

Tech giant Xerox is the latest company to announce large-scale redundancies and blame it on the current economic turmoil.
Stewart Meagher Oct 27 2008 6:49AM Training & Development
Boss uses Facebook to catch skiving worker

Boss uses Facebook to catch skiving worker

An Australian call centre employee has been caught malingering after his boss checked his Facebook status.
Iain Thomson Oct 25 2008 1:30PM Training & Development
Sun 'terrible' place to work

Sun 'terrible' place to work

David Axmark, co-founder of MySQL, has quit Sun allegedly because the place is too big.
Nick Farrell Oct 10 2008 7:30AM Training & Development
Telstra gives $400,000 to employee's charities

Telstra gives $400,000 to employee's charities

Telstra has given its employees the chance to donate to their favourite charities and community organisations as part of a $400,000 grants scheme.
Staff Writers Oct 9 2008 3:08PM Training & Development
Poor IT performance surprises job market survey

Poor IT performance surprises job market survey

Advertisements for IT jobs have fallen 19 percent during the past twelve months, signalling the beginning of a buyers market for jobs in Australia, the Olivier Job Index claims.
Liz Tay Oct 8 2008 1:53PM Training & Development
eBay cuts Australian jobs as part of global downsizing

eBay cuts Australian jobs as part of global downsizing

eBay Australia has cut 18 jobs as part of plans to reduce its workforce by 10 per cent, which will see over 1000 people out of work.
Staff Writers Oct 8 2008 12:22PM Training & Development
AMD information head calls for team work

AMD information head calls for team work

The Chief Information Officer’s role in a company is evolving according to a Forbes interview with AMD's CIO.
Emma Hughes Oct 7 2008 3:22PM Training & Development
Local job crunch looms as resumes rise

Local job crunch looms as resumes rise

Seek has foreshadowed a rise in unemployment levels on the back of the financial crisis and a fall in new job ads in September.
Staff Writers Oct 7 2008 12:47PM Training & Development
Workers more likely to lie in email

Workers more likely to lie in email

Workers are significantly more likely to lie in email messages than in traditional pen-and-paper communications, according to two new studies from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania.
Staff Writers Sep 26 2008 6:14PM Training & Development
IBM close to agreement with Flightdeck workers

IBM close to agreement with Flightdeck workers

Tensions at IBM’s Flightdeck facility in Baulkham Hills have eased after union members voted to accept the direction of the current negotiations.
Kathryn Small Sep 24 2008 2:06PM Training & Development
Unemployment rises in Silicon Valley

Unemployment rises in Silicon Valley

The steadily-climbing unemployment rate in Silicon Valley has reached a shocking four-year high of 6.6 per cent.
Aharon Etengoff Sep 22 2008 4:08PM Training & Development
Mass layoffs coming at Nvidia

Mass layoffs coming at Nvidia

Nvidia will be reducing its global workforce by six-and-a-half per cent.
Sylvie Barak Sep 19 2008 9:11AM Training & Development
HP lays out restructuring plans

HP lays out restructuring plans

HP is laying out its plans to reorganize its enterprise software division, following its announcement of 24,000 job cuts globally.
Shaun Nichols Sep 18 2008 9:44AM Training & Development
HP to cut 24,000 jobs; Australian jobs uncertain

HP to cut 24,000 jobs; Australian jobs uncertain

HP, the world’s largest technology company, is shedding 24,000 jobs in a bid to cut costs and streamline the company’s structure.
Kathryn Small Sep 16 2008 10:24AM Training & Development
Contact centres urged to look offshore for staff

Contact centres urged to look offshore for staff

Australian contact centres need to look offshore to solve staffing issues, claims customer service outsourcing agency, Convergys.
Liz Tay Sep 15 2008 1:48PM Training & Development
Analysis: The 'naked' laptop

Analysis: The 'naked' laptop

Naked home workers may be the stuff of fantasy but flexible working is now a corporate reality, according to Tim Dickinson country manager A/NZ Kaseya.
Staff Writers Sep 13 2008 12:24PM Training & Development

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