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IT employment sector goes from Strength to Strength

IT employment sector contract and permanent roles increaseRecent data shows the IT employment sector has continued to strengthen from the past quarter, with an increase in both contracting and permanent vacancies, indicating a strong improving market.

The latest Peoplebank ICT Salary & Employment Index shows contract roles rose by +7% and permanent vacancies were up by +39%  between the second quarter (April to June 2014) and the third quarter (July to September).
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11 Essential Tools for Working on the Road

Could you spend three weeks working away from your office?

tools to use while travellingThere are a variety of technological tools, personal assistance and attitude adjustments that can help you keep business going while you are working on the road.  Below is a list of 11 essential tools to help you while travelling…

 

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Temporary Workforce Booming

Increase in temporary work

Temporary work increasesAn international study conducted by Page Personnel shows Australia now has the second highest percentage of temporary workers anywhere in the world with nearly 4 percent of our total working population employed on a temporary basis. The increase of enterprise bargaining in the workforce, a decline in the proportion of firms with closed union shops and a growth in the use of human resource firms have all been among the factors that have led to a huge increase in the propensity for employers to use temporary labour. This trend is mirrored across the world, according to the study which found three in five of all professionals and one in three employers expected to see a rise in the need for temporary employment in the future.