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Australian Executive Employment Growth Driven By ICT Sector

Posted on March 5, 2014 by SDP in contractors, employment, IT Recruitment with Comments Disabled

Source: Staffing Industry

ICT Professionals, IT Contracting, IT Australia, IT Industry

Executive Employment Growth Driven by ICT Sector

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector outstripped every other business and industry sector in the recruitment of executives, with demand in the sector up by +70% in February compared with last year, according to research from executive search firm EL Consult, reports itwire.com.

Demand for executives across all other sectors was also relatively buoyant, increasing year-on-year by +24%. The engineering sector was the other sector, along with ICT, paving the way in increasing executive employment, with a rise of +35%  in February from a year ago.

The executive employment increases in both ICT and engineering follow gains in the final months of 2013. ICT led the way in February, assisted by a significant pick-up in all of the large states, while the marketing and financial sectors saw the smallest increase, largely due to only small gains in new government positions.

Immigration Department data shows the number of work visas in Australia continue to climb

Posted on February 14, 2014 by SDP in contractors, Migration with Comments Disabled

Source www.heraldsun.com.au

457 visas and working holiday visas for Australia grow

Number of working visitors continue to grow

The number of visitors to Australia with work rights continues to soar, despite the nation’s worsening job outlook.

New Immigration Department data shows;

  • Australia’s unemployment rate climbing towards 6%
  • the number of New Zealanders on special visas has risen to 625,000
  • 10% jump in young foreigners on working holidays to almost 180,000, as of December 31 last year.
  • 7.6% spike in numbers for the controversial 457 skilled visa to 170,000
  • Student visa numbers rose by 6.4% to 257,000
  • 6% increase in the number of temporary entrants in Australia to 1.82million
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“Candidates just want to Be Loved….Is that so wrong?”

Posted on July 16, 2013 by SDP in contractors, recruitment agencies with Comments Disabled

Within the recruiting industry, it’s hard to get away from candidate experience.  It’s one of those hot topics right now that everyone is talking about.  There is a heavy emphasis on the importance of treating candidates better.  With the recruitment industry in Australia being extremely competitive, recruiters must go the extra mile to stay on top and providing a good candidate experience is at the centre of this.

Ask anyone in business what is the most important part of your business … it is the PEOPLE.  This is from end-users, clients, customers, employees.  Having a strategy in place to keep these experiences positive equals a recipe for success.

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