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skills shortage
Rio Tinto launches $10m school STEM program with AWS
Part accelerator, part talent pipeline.
Nov 25 2019 1:40PM
Australia to 'fast-track' permanent residency for highly-skilled tech migrants
Seven "future-focused fields" targeted under new visa scheme.
Nov 4 2019 6:14PM
Telstra targets tech skills shortage with new uni deal
Partners with five local universities.
Oct 16 2019 12:15PM
Govt makes new tech talent visa permanent
Global talent scheme continued indefinitely.
Aug 8 2019 4:58PM
La Trobe adds tech to humanities, business degree
Addressing skills shortage from new angle.
Aug 6 2019 11:39AM
Microsoft to offer traineeship program in SA
Staving off tech talent shortages.
Jun 21 2019 4:10PM
Australia’s top tech companies for grads: survey
IT best represented industry.
Feb 7 2019 11:56AM
Australian cyber sector sacrificed $400m in revenue last year from workforce shortfall
Staffing shortage compounds over near to mid term.
Nov 28 2018 11:56AM
Salesforce targets Aussie diggers in IT recruitment drive
Looks to draft soldiers into tech field.
Sep 28 2016 9:57AM
Canberra is losing the 'treasured people' keeping legacy IT alive
Will a new generation fill their shoes in time?
Aug 26 2016 6:30AM
NBN wants 2000 school kids to become copper linesmen
Aims to fix skills shortage.
Oct 26 2015 9:38AM
Security is doomed
[Blog post] It’s official – (ISC)2 says so.
Apr 28 2015 2:20PM
Is 2015 your chance to reinvent yourself?
[Blog post] Consider targeting your skills to the hot trends.
Jan 7 2015 5:08PM
Review recommends abolition of 457 labour market testing
Skilled migration hokey-pokey continues.
Sep 10 2014 7:14PM
Govt's 457 visa crackdown becomes law
Bill passes Upper House in dying minutes.
Jun 28 2013 3:19PM
Want a better IT job? Go west
Western Australia battles with an ICT skills shortage.
Sep 22 2011 6:48AM
Sri Lanka offers tax holiday for IT outsourcing
Aussie companies get up to 12 years tax free.
May 24 2011 12:53PM
Gartner: Windows 7 skills shortage looms
Predicts migration wave.
Aug 27 2010 6:52AM
International ICT students get help finding jobs down-under
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) is launching the Professional Year (PYear) program, which aims to help international ICT graduates find jobs in the Australian IT industry and obtain citizenship.
May 26 2008 4:24PM
Canberra allocates $4M to lure skilled workers
The ACT Government is set to announce its latest Budget, which will include a $4 million fund allocation to the Canberra Institute of Technology, signalling the Government’s first bid to proactively address the ICT skills shortage in the ageing State.
May 7 2008 11:05AM
