Emirates, Dubai’s national airline, is so short of IT staff that it has launched a recruitment drive that has seen representatives travelling to New Zealand, Australia, India, the UK and Europe in an effort to hire tech workers.
US recruitment website NotchUp.com has upped the ante in the hiring stakes by allowing potential candidates to calculate a price for which they will agree to interview with prospective employers.
There’s no sign of a let-up in demand for IT staff this year, says AbsoluteIT Auckland director Martin Barry.
Can you give us an idea of the trend for open source workers in today's economy?
Do you worry about being able to get the right level of IT talent in-house?
Move over, business alignment. CIOs’ biggest worries are now centered on IT labour.
In mid-May, Hewlett-Packard participated in a virtual job fair using Second Life tools from Linden Lab. HP had been invited by one of its external recruiters, TMP. During the virtual event, recruiters and job applicants alike created avatars, or personas to represent themselves in the virtual world.
There is a lot said about the skills shortage, but getting a handle on exactly what skills are in short supply and the extent of current and future shortages is not easy.
UK IT salaries have risen by 5.5% in last 12 months according to a new report by CV Screen.
IT shops will continue to struggle for good staff in 2007, especially at the cutting edges of technology, recruiters say.
ICT contracting is on the rise, say local recruitment firms, partly fuelled by a lack of skilled staff in the market and partly by government initiatives.
Local recruitment firm absoluteIT has opened an office in London, following the success of the Opportunities New Zealand Expo, held in the UK in October, says Grant Burley, director of absoluteIT.
Many New Zealand companies are reluctant to hire migrants or non-traditional workers such as part-time parents or older workers, according to recruitment consultancy Hudson’s employment and HR trends report for July to December 2006.
IT has once more emerged as the most positive sector of the economy in terms of hiring plans, according to recruiter Hudson’s latest employment expectations survey.
Acrobatic abilities weren’t listed as a requirement when you applied for your position as an IT manager. But the truth is that a strong sense of balance and the ability to juggle multiple priorities at once are characteristics that define the strongest supervisors.