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• IT still tops hiring expectations, recruitment survey finds

  IT continues to be the most optimistic industry sector in New Zealand according to recruitment firm Hudson’s latest six-monthly survey of hiring expectations.

• Creativity is key to recruitment

  In a survey of 1,400 US-based CIOs conducted last month by IT recruitment firm Robert Half Technology, 16% of executives polled plan to hire full-time IT staff in the fourth quarter of this year, while only 4% plan to reduce personnel.

• Synergy sheds execs

  Three general managers leave 'Barmy army' recruiter

• Some IT salaries up – but not for CIOs

  Competition is keen for the top jobs

• Spherion sold to Australian recruiter

  Recruitment agency Spherion's Asia-Pacific division, including New Zealand, has been sold to Australian recruitment and HR management firm Ross Human Directions.

• Recruiting in provinces ‘varies’

  The sudden departure of Thames-Coromandel District Council’s IS manager could conceivably have happened anywhere, though the incident raises questions around the filling senior IT positions in the regions.

• Matchmakers

  When job seekers sit down for an interview with John Golden, chief technology officer at CNA Insurance, he sometimes hits them with this question: "You're stuck in traffic. What do you do?"

• CIOs: 2003 a sluggish year for hiring

  A recent survey of 270 Canadian CIOs, working at companies with more than 100 employees, found that projected IT hiring in 2003 is less likely to increase than in past years.

• Poll: Low-tech effective way to find recruits

  A majority of Canadian enterprise executives feel low-tech methods are still the most effective ways to find IT professionals, according to a recent poll.

• Ready, aim, hire

  After a year of IT budget cuts, hiring freezes and layoffs, the IT staffing crunch of the late '90s has likely retreated to a dusty corner of your long-term memory. If so, get ready for some major déjà vu.

• Recruiter's job site pledges professionalism

  IT employers can expect more professionalism when seeking staff if a careers site run by recruiters lives up to its promise.

• People skills keep best in front in tough market

  When the IT market is "flooded with graduates", just how did ex-fireman Aaron Wooley and just-back-from-OE Daniel Haque nail jobs?

• Profiling puts CVs, recruiters under pressure

  A New Zealand IT company recently found itself in need of a project manager. Using an online candidate assessment tool, its recruitment firm cut the number of applicants from 35 to a shortlist of eight, who were then all offered interviews within 24 hours.

• How to choose a recruitment agency

  How should IT employers choose a recruitment agency? With the John Davy affair not far behind us, here's a few tips for anyone looking to take on staff.

• IT recruiters happy to see new year

  "Local or Asia Pacific-owned businesses seem to be hiring as usual”