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• How to land a cybersecurity job

  By Carolyn Duffy Marsan | 04 May, 2012 00:33

  Cybersecurity jobs are plentiful, from government, financial services and utilities to manufacturing and retail. But what skills do IT professionals need to qualify for these high-paying jobs?

• The need for a right job fit reigns over salary offer: Hays

  By Hafizah Osman | 05 April, 2012 15:12

  The need for a right job fit reigns over salary offer: Hays

• Domino's apps create 1000 new jobs

  By AAP | 12 March, 2012 12:50

  It's not only the mining boom that's creating jobs - there's also plenty of work to be had in the pizza sector.

• Westpac cuts 560 jobs, sends 150 to India

  By AAP | 02 February, 2012 16:11

  Westpac Banking Corporation is poised to axe more than 400 jobs and send another 150 offshore in the latest round of job cuts at the big banks.

• Westpac puts 28 IT jobs under review

  By AAP | 19 January, 2012 08:21

  Westpac Banking Corporation has put the future of 28 IT management roles in doubt by commencing a review of their roles as part of a group-wide restructure.

• IT employment expectations positive despite global economic uncertainty

  By Hafizah Osman | 18 January, 2012 00:01

  IT employment expectations positive despite global economic uncertainty

• Employment: Crowd sourcing is the way of the future

  By AAP | 07 December, 2011 10:32

  Crowd sourcing is the way of the future even if hiring people from all around the world could jeopardise Australian jobs, an expert said.

• What is your job worth?

  By Mike Gee | 21 November, 2011 12:10

  Visit ARN's 2011 Salary Calculator to get an idea of the salaries being paid for a wide range of jobs

• Queensland government invests $500,000 on NBN and digital TV switchover trainees

  By Spandas Lui | 10 August, 2011 10:51

  The Queensland Government has poured $500,000 into training 100 unemployed people for the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout and the digital TV switchover.

• Internet job ads rise 0.3 per cent in May

  By AAP | 29 June, 2011 14:34

  Internet job advertisements for skilled workers rose by 0.3 per cent in May compared to a month earlier, national data shows.

• Australia’s IT sector might shrink further before it gets better: report

  By Patrick Budmar | 18 May, 2011 15:17

  The 2011 edition of the Australian Jobs report shows a shrinking IT sector but there's some hope on the horizon.

• Internet job ads rise in April

  By AAP | 18 May, 2011 11:26

  Internet job advertisements for skilled workers rose by 0.5 per cent in April compared to a month earlier, national data shows.

  The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations' Internet vacancy index in April was 93.7 points, 12.6 points higher than in April 2010.

  Its more up-to-date newspaper-based skilled vacancies index (SVI) fell by 0.4 per cent in May to 41.4 points, to be 11.1 per cent lower than in May 2010.

  The department said last month that it was considering dropping the SVI because the trend among businesses was towards internet advertising.

  The latest report is based on 239,000 Internet job ads compared with just 1800 newspaper job ads.

• Increasing IT investment and NBN rollout put pressure on skills

  By ARN Staff | 18 April, 2011 12:32

  IT platform upgrades by major banks along with the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout, are placing increased pressure on IT skills, according to a new report.

• Apple's iPad 2 one more thing

  By Tom Kaneshige | 25 February, 2011 09:20

  Apple said earlier this week that it will hold an event on March 2 in San Francisco, with all signs pointing to an iPad 2 unveiling. This lit up the blogosphere with predictions about what might be in the iPad 2, whether or not Steve Jobs will be presenting, and, of course, what might be the "one more thing" Apple is famous for at these events.

• NBN and Internet sales to drive job losses: Conroy

  By David Ramli | 21 February, 2011 12:57

  Expect job losses as business adopt new technology - that's the message from Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy.