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		<title>Recruitment is a multi-billion dollar a year industry for a reason</title>
		<link>http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/recruitment-is-a-multi-billion-dollar-a-year-industry-for-a-reason/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an article in The Weekend Australian a few weeks ago which discussed the launch of Executives Online, a new service in the Australian market claiming it’s been established to challenge the projected multi-billion dollar a year mainstream recruitment market &#8230; <a href="http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/recruitment-is-a-multi-billion-dollar-a-year-industry-for-a-reason/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26201977&amp;post=143&amp;subd=itcraceospeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What’s the value-add of recruitment?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>itcra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are recruiters really necessary these days, when numerous other avenues exist for those seeking a job? It’s a question often asked when I tell people about my role at ITCRA. What is the value proposition? What makes a recruiter or &#8230; <a href="http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/whats-the-value-add-of-recruitment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26201977&amp;post=141&amp;subd=itcraceospeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ITCRA’s response to the Living Away from Home Allowance reforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the 2011-2012 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook last year, the Treasurer announced reforms to the Living Away from Home Allowance (LAFHA) benefits concessions in Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) law. This means that from 1 July, employers and &#8230; <a href="http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/itcras-response-to-the-living-away-from-home-allowance-reforms/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26201977&amp;post=140&amp;subd=itcraceospeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What will the ICT recruitment market look like in 2012?</title>
		<link>http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/what-will-the-ict-recruitment-market-look-like-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most of you know, each quarter ITCRA reviews the data our Members contribute to SkillsMatch, in order to provide an analysis of the ICT recruitment market in the previous quarter. This time around, we decided to instead take a &#8230; <a href="http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/what-will-the-ict-recruitment-market-look-like-in-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26201977&amp;post=108&amp;subd=itcraceospeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So how was your summer break?</title>
		<link>http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/so-how-was-your-summer-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>itcra</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/?p=86</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In response to the challenges faced by companies in 2011, the ITCRA Secretariat has been busy over the summer break developing a new range of tools and information regarding current and new legislation. We will also soon make submissions on behalf of &#8230; <a href="http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/so-how-was-your-summer-break/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26201977&amp;post=86&amp;subd=itcraceospeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Real-time data to support ITCRA Members in 2012</title>
		<link>http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/real-time-data-to-support-itcra-members-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>itcra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent figures from The DEEWR Vacancy Report showed that ICT vacancies fell 1.6 per cent in November, or 20.8 per cent year on year. However, overall, DEEWR reports there have been falls in ICT professional roles and rises in technical/front-end &#8230; <a href="http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/real-time-data-to-support-itcra-members-in-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26201977&amp;post=83&amp;subd=itcraceospeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And so this is Christmas</title>
		<link>http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/and-so-this-is-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>itcra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year the media is full of stories about Christmas pranks or parties gone wrong, despite the repeated warnings that appear in blogs and general news. At ITCRA, we get our fair share of questions from Members and Supporters on &#8230; <a href="http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/and-so-this-is-christmas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26201977&amp;post=78&amp;subd=itcraceospeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Twas the night before Christmas</title>
		<link>http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/twas-the-night-before-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An ITCRA take on a seasonal classic for the good guidance and conduct of Members and for the better enjoyment of the Festive Season. Clement Moore Original Commentary ITCRA Rewrite T’was the night before Christmas… Well that could be the &#8230; <a href="http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/twas-the-night-before-christmas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26201977&amp;post=75&amp;subd=itcraceospeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disability and recruitment &#8211; a change in the wind?</title>
		<link>http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/disability-and-recruitment-a-change-in-the-wind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two very different but equally interesting articles crossed my desk this week and for different reasons have created some interest at a personal and professional level. As a member of a family that carries a strong genetic history of a severely &#8230; <a href="http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/disability-and-recruitment-a-change-in-the-wind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26201977&amp;post=72&amp;subd=itcraceospeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ITCRA and the Australian Building and Construction Commission findings – what’s the connection?</title>
		<link>http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/itcra-and-the-australian-building-and-construction-commission-findings-whats-the-connection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week the Australian Building and Construction Commission&#8217;s inquiry into sham contracting accepted the views put forward by RCSA and other employer groups and rejected calls for a new code of conduct for on-hire employers.  How long has it taken &#8230; <a href="http://itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/itcra-and-the-australian-building-and-construction-commission-findings-whats-the-connection/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=itcraceospeaks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26201977&amp;post=69&amp;subd=itcraceospeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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