Australian IT employment news – October 2007

Employment, salary and job-related news that has appeared in the IT press over the last month (or so).

• Co-working: the ultimate in teleworking flexibility
  Co-working communities, which combine the relaxed, informal atmosphere of working at home with the sociability and cost-sharing of an office, have emerged as alternatives for telecommuters who miss having person-to-person interaction during work. If you live in Perth, see Myles Eftos’ blog post, Freelancer Friday – come and hang out with us!. (24/10/07)
• John Allsopp delivers his State of the Web address
  A video interview with Web Directions South organiser John Allsopp. (24/10/07)
• Website pitch too good to be true
  Local jobseekers are being targeted with seemingly genuine online job offers, backed by professional-looking corporate websites aimed at trapping unsuspecting mules, who then conduct illegal money transfers on behalf of criminals. (23/10/07)
• Skills cost rate hits government
  Spiralling contractor costs are straining the capital budget for the Department of Immigration’s mammoth $495 million Systems for People program. (23/10/07)
• Australia pays its way for IT managers
  A global salary survey has placed Australia in the top 10 of the world’s highest-paying countries for IT managers, but some within the industry are not convinced. (23/10/07)
• IT Pay around the World Survey 2007 – country rankings
  Mercer’s 2007 IT Pay around the World survey compared the total annual cash compensation and total remuneration information for IT staff in 6,545 companies in 35 different countries. (18/10/07)
• Noncertified IT pros earn more than certified counterparts
  IT professionals who have acumen in diverse business areas but whose IT skills are noncertified are bringing in bigger salaries on average than their certified counterparts, according to Foote Partners. (17/10/07)
• Getting started in the Web Industry
  A presentation by the Bam Creative’s, Miles Burke to final year multimedia students at Perth’s Edith Cowan University. (16/10/07)
• IT enrolments in dramatic decline
  A dramatic drop in information technology enrolments has cost universities about $100 million in four years, according to a study. (26/09/07)
• Australian IT salaries surge in 2007, US salaries low
  IT salaries in a Australia have surged 11.54% in the past 12 months putting them on a par and in many cases higher than in other developed nations, according to a new survey. (17/09/07)