With a ICT staffing crisis already underway in Australia, it’s interesting to read in USA Today that in the US Women (are) fleeing tech jobs because of (the) glass ceiling. I’ve never understood why people discriminate at the office on the basis of gender, and I hope that with Australia having a female Federal Government…
Missouri’s state government is struggling to manage the need to competitively attract and hire IT professionals in the face of a wave of baby boomer retirements. Their solution, as detailed in the NextGov article, Cat’s in the Bag!, has been to explore new (and cheap) ways to reach young professionals – even when they come…
I’ve been reading about a presentation given by Michael Specht at PubCamp Sydney, an event that brought together old and new media people to look at opportunities and threats facing the industry. He gave a an impromptu presentation on Enterprise 2.0, which contained a number of insights that apply equally to the public sector. The…
This post in Shifted HR reflects an area I have my eye on – Recruitment in the Australian Public Service In Allison’s words: HR areas in APS agencies need to stop focusing on the process of recruitment and use technology to do this. They should be focusing their energy in supporting, educating and training line…
This archive mirrors the original eGov AU blog — Craig’s professional commentary on AI, digital government and technology in public life, running since 2006.
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