Future of work

Report: The IT sector leans too heavily on uni degrees and needs to loosen up, says ACS

- October 18, 2022 3 MIN READ

Australian employers could resolve ICT skills shortages by winding back their expectations that candidates have university degrees, according to an extensive ACS analysis that found there are more jobs posted in ICT than any other profession except healthcare. ICT job postings increased by 14% between 2016 and 2021 and have outpaced the overall employment market… Read more »

The IT Crowd
People

The Census reveals there’s been a boom in IT-qualified Australians over 5 years, but there’s still a massive skills gap

- October 14, 2022 3 MIN READ

Australians have embraced cyber security and artificial intelligence (AI) qualifications over the past five years, but the industry needs to turbo-charge recruitment to fill its skills gap, according to newly released 2021 Census figures that confirm the number of IT qualified workers in Australia has grown by 36% since 2016. The latest tranche of data… Read more »