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COMPANY NEWS:  Funds raised will go towards three life-changing initiatives.

The company will address critical agility and specialisation shortages facing enterprises and consulting firms

Outsized, a global leader in the high-end Independent talent market has announced its strategic expansion into the Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) region. With a network of over 30,000 independent consultants and skilled contractors, Outsized is as the only on-demand talent platform specialising in high-end roles.

IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl has unveiled new artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI-based consulting and managed delivery services to “help organisations exploit their mainframe application and data assets” as part of their hybrid cloud transformation.

Future Skills Monash College has announced an AI collaboration with Microsoft, which it says is unique and will deliver a fresh new approach to technology education and industry partnership in Australia.

La Trobe University and Deloitte Australia have announced a partnership aimed at addressing the shortage of digital and technology skills in Australia, and more specifically regional Australia.

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has declared a skills crisis in Australia and warned that a “staggering” 95% of the Australian workforce needs reskilling, as technologies, particularly Artificial Intelligence, are poised to profoundly reshape their roles.

GUEST OPINION by Talent:  Cybersecurity professionals remain in high demand as the Australian market continues to struggle with talent shortages. In a recent whitepaper Talent has released, the salaries, skills and experience needed to keep our businesses safe is severely lacking. Please find the whitepaper HERE.

Global technology company, HCLTech has announced plans to extend its apprenticeship program, Rise at HCLTech, to “help close the digital skills gap” in New Zealand.

GUEST OPINION: Relationships between companies and employees have undergone a sweeping transformation in recent years. From radical shifts in how and where employees work to the widespread deployment of AI, it's difficult to think of a period in which workforce priorities and responsibilities have changed more rapidly or dramatically.

GUEST OPINION: Artificial intelligence has featured prominently in the news of late: the good news and the bad.

GUEST OPINION: With more than 60% of corporate data currently stored in the cloud, the attack surface for threat actors is now as dynamic as the cloud itself, and growing fast. In this modern cyber world – where new blind spots provide attackers with a greater window of opportunity – it is essential that security teams have the proper visibility to investigate and respond to potential cloud compromises.

Microsoft has announced a two-pronged AI skills initiative.

GUEST RESEARCH: Gigamon, the leader in deep observability, today announced its Hybrid Cloud Security trends report, emphasising a significant gap between the perception and reality of how secure organisations truly are from cyberthreats.

Australian SMEs are showing a growing interest in adopting artificial intelligence – particularly generative AI – to improve efficiency and decision making while reducing costs, according to research conducted by SaaS provider Zoho.

As Australia heads for an IT workforce exceeding 1.2 million by 2030, a range of measures are needed to boost the development and retention of skilled workers, according to Australia’s peak body and advocacy group for the ICT industry, the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA).

Global cybersecurity company Fortinet is updating and expanding its flagship Network Security Expert (NSE) certification program in a move designed to further help advance cybersecurity skill sets and address the talent shortage.

An estimated 3.4 million professionals are needed to fill the growing global cybersecurity workforce gap, according to security firm Fortinet’s latest report on the global security landscape.

Investing in promising candidates who are new to the ICT sector is good for them and your organisation too.

GUEST OPINION by Lisa Papli, Head of Marketing and Sales Operations Somerville: Will the tech downturn that commenced late last year make it a little easier for Australian businesses to recruit and retain experienced ICT personnel?

The digital skills gap is costing Australian businesses $3.1 billion annually, but closing the current digital skills gap would take an investment of $1.5 billion, a new study by RMIT Online and Deloitte Access Economics reveals.

RECRUITMENT FEATURE: Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Australian CIOs have encountered a tech candidate who had “unrealistic salary expectations” about their new role by asking for a salary well beyond what may be considered reasonable, according to a newly released salary guide by recruitment firm Robert Half.