Don't take your staff for granted - that's the message from IT employment industry experts.

The coalition claims to have found a $900 million black hole in the government's National Broadband Network (NBN) business case.

We’ve weathered the storm, with all of the intangible uncertainty and very real pay sacrifices that came with it. With the downturn all but over, any decent staff who were too scared to look around for another job will be dusting off their resumes. The time is right for company heads to think about ways to encourage loyalty among the staff they can’t afford to lose. Here’s how.

CIOs and IT managers know they must address concerns like security, compliance, service levels and end-user resistance when moving to cloud-based enterprise software, but they must not overlook a critical area: the feelings of their IT staffers.

A preference by companies in Western Europe for contract IT staff is cutting into the business of outsourcing companies in these countries, according to a report by Forrester Research.