23 October 2007

IT Skill Shortage in Canberra

| nageshjayanthi
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Off late there are multiple major Information Technology programmes initiated simultaneously from various federal government agencies. I have written an article / blog reviewing the ramifications of these new projects, on already overloaded Canberra ICT market. I also attempted broadly to identify few possible options to get around this crisis.

For those who are interested, please follow the URL: http://nageshjayanthi.blogspot.com/2007/10/ict-resource-crisis-in-canberra.html

Regards,

Nagesh Jayanthi

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Lord Mælinar11:19 pm 27 Oct 07

yEAH but you can’t spell w3.

makes your l33t sound all stupid.

0h noeees l33t @ my l33t sp33|

Imma IT contractor! (Fulltime contracted to site)

el ......VNBerlinaV810:56 pm 24 Oct 07

And what’s your policy on hiring ‘tards (lol)’ ???

Vic Bitterman10:53 pm 24 Oct 07

We’re not a .net shop RG.

What are your rate offerings for an ASP.NET contractor Vic?

la mente torbida9:22 am 24 Oct 07

Jase, I think you’ve got a point there.

Absent Diane9:19 am 24 Oct 07

private is def the way to go.

I’m looking for work as of a couple of weeks ago. I was one of the lucky group that were offered payouts from UC to leave. If anyone needs a contract service delivery manager or Microsoft admin (win 2003 and mssql mostly) then post back 🙂

la mente, I dont think most students around the ACT could muster the enthusiasm to bitch like we do here

la mente torbida9:12 am 24 Oct 07

Still bitter and twisted?

VYBerlinaV8...the_original_and_best9:11 am 24 Oct 07

Students? Once, but not now!

la mente torbida9:06 am 24 Oct 07

Holy crap Batman! Is everyone on this site IT/Contractor … I thought your were all bitter and twisted students.

VYBerlinaV8...the_original_and_best8:58 am 24 Oct 07

We can’t get enough people right now. If there are people looking for work in IT, forget applying to govt. Approach contracting agents and private sector directly.

Let the good times roll!

Snahons_scv6_berlina8:46 am 24 Oct 07

solution/infrastructure architects VB ?? – happy where I am, unless your definition is bigger than mine 🙂

Lord Mælinar7:56 am 24 Oct 07

VBman – looking for BA’s ?

el ......VNBerlinaV87:36 am 24 Oct 07

Yeah, I’m fluent in C, Perl, Java and l33t sP3eK d00d!

Deadmandrinking2:42 am 24 Oct 07

Well, I’m pretty sure no-one in the right mind would use netspeak for a job interview…tards!
loll33tu2kbab!

Vic Bitterman11:30 pm 23 Oct 07

I can’t recruit enough IT people – be it developers or IT analysts.

Graduate recruitment is not proving any good. Contractors are hard to come by (we’re offering top dollars, trust me).

We are having to turn work down.

w3st0nFTW…. maybe that says a little bit more about you than it does about the Canberra job market.
You’ve got a degree and looking for an IT job in Canberra and STILL havn’t found anything?
As you so nicely put it, LOL!

btw im not a tard lol

Ahhh…Gen Y, i see.

el ......VNBerlinaV88:26 pm 23 Oct 07

btw im not a tard lol

Comment by w3st0nFTW

ADMIN: Straight to the pool-room!

Ive been looking for an IT job since june I am qualified and have a degree. I have put my CV in most Government Temporary Registries and not one reply… Yet when I look in the paper or on the net I see so many jobs, so I apply and they say that there are positions opening up next year.. sif.

btw im not a tard lol

i found there to be little value as being a developer in canberra. lots of the work was mundane, for mundane organisations (yeah, other public service deparments. excitements.)

hell, australia has it bad enough in general, but canberra seems to be toward the bottom of the barrel. oh well.

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