Job ads at recession level January 12, 2009 – 11:30AM The number of jobs advertised dropped by nearly a third last year, putting the number of new positions added by businesses at “recession levels.” The ANZ job advertisement survey showed that for the year to December the total number of job ads fell 30%. For [...]

Olivier Job Index reports 6.8 per cent drop in IT&T job advertisements in December by Trevor Clarke The horror year for jobs in the Australian IT&T sector continued through December with a 6.8 per cent drop in job advertisements, bringing the decline over 12 months to 37 per cent, according to the Olivier Job Index [...]

Very interesting presentation here http://www.cio.com.au/article/268106/state_australian_cio on the breakdown of the Australian CIO. Top salaries appear to be in construction, architecturing and engineeering, followed closely by the mining industry and next financial services. Seems those who make the most dollars are business strategy focused leaders (average $236K), followed by functional heads (average $201K) and finally transformational [...]

Here’s the document to read the whole story in PDF format. Used with permission from Thomas Shaw at http://www.shortlist.net.au According to Thomas Shaw, Freelance IT consultant and the voice behind the new Recruitment Directory, the recruitment industry is in denial over being at risk of losing clients and candidates, breaching privacy laws and damaging the [...]

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY NOTE: Seasons Greetings to all our clients — past and future! Please note: the last day for new orders is Sunday December 7 2008. Until Christmas, we will be finishing existing orders only prior to taking a two-week break in January. We will be up and racing again on January 12, 2009.

Was thrilled to read this news item from a caring employer in the US. A good news story hopefully to counteract the doom and gloom that pervades the news. If only there were more of them! The news item extracts are below: IDAHO FALLS – Eastern Idaho’s largest private employer made a big announcement Wednesday [...]