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Jumping tracks: taking the management train
Anne-Marie Orrock
In the face of cries from employers in the ICT industry for talent with good people management and communication skills, there are challenges and opportunities for technical professionals changing from a traditional, technical career track to people management roles -- and the intricacies of managing high-aptitude technical staff along the way.
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Skills are the new black
By: Sheryle Moon
19/02/2008 12:52:57
Traditional ideas about sustainability are becoming too limiting as ICT enters a business era that is being slowly depleted by an industry brain drain.
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If there was ever a good time to get into ICT, it's now.
By: Beverley Head
04/01/2008 03:48:51
ICT accounts for nearly 5 per cent of Australia's gross domestic product, but while it is irrevocably linked with every aspect of the creation of the other 95 per cent, it can wither simply for lack of human support.
It's a people business that lacks people; university enrolments for ICT courses dropped 20 per cent between 2002 and 2005 and the lack is being felt now. And are the graduates universities produce armed with the skills they - and we - need?
The skills vacancy index has risen 20 per cent over 2007, and while ICT isn't alone in feeling the skills lack, the other industries in the same boat need ICT to survive anyway.
Trouble is, no one really knows the size of the problem so cannot scope a solution to it.
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Gloria Robbins - still computing
By: Leoni Warne
04/01/2008 04:22:39
She has done it all -- and everywhere across our region.
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ICT employment at all-time high - but some stains remain
By: Information Age staff
23/10/2007 00:18:49
Nearly everyone in ICT has a job - but not if you're over 40. Females and foreigners aren't doing so well either
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ICT jobs: who got them, and who's in demand
By: Information Age staff
17/08/2007 15:59:29
A new monitoring system tracks ICT placements by sector
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The technical manager's blindspot
By: John Wilson
17/06/2007 12:36:14
Managing people is as important as managing technology, but few want to learn how
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Equity and equality: finding the gender balance
By: Anita Prabhu
12/05/2007 15:31:09
The percentage of women in the ICT workforce is low and dropping.
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Women in technology: a call to action
By: Carmen Nobel
12/05/2007 15:39:40
Encourahing women to choose and develop a lifelong career in technology is fast becoming an imperative for the long-term success of ICT
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