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Recruitment & Retention in the IT Sector

Recruitment & Retention in IT

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As the IT industry is regaining confidence after a huge amount of staff cuts during the GFC, hiring activity is rapidly ramping up. This is not just to fill positions that were cut but also to fill new positions due to increasing demand for it services and products.

In IQPC’s Survey with over 60 IT companies Head’s of Recruitment they found that Australian IT Companies:

  • see a shift in the marketplace and are ramping up hiring activity   
  • hire between 140 - 350 candidates per year
  • hired between 60 - 90 candidates in the last quarter alone!
  • see an industry turnover average of 22-28% 
  • 30-50% of all hires are through internal referrals
  • on average only hire about 1 in 100 applicants 
  • have anywhere between 5 - 30 preferred suppliers at any given time

IQPC’s Recruitment & Retention in the IT Sector 2011 is the only event dedicate to the unique recruitment and retention challenges facing the Australian IT sector. The Conference will deliver best practice case studies by:

Companies Recognised in BRW’s Best IT Company to Work For:

  • Kim Nixon, Human Resources Manager, NETAPP
  • Alice Hanna, People & Performance Manager, OBS
  • Michelle Cooper, Human Resources Manager, REVOLUTION IT 
  • Toni-Anne Collins, Human Resources Manager, READIFY

…and Industry Leaders:

  • Joris Luijke, Global HR Director, ATLASSIAN
  • Dionne Miranda, Project Executive, IBM AUSTRALIA
  • Marina Harper, Employee Success ANZ, SALESFORCE
  • Andrew Le Lievre, Recruitment Manager, MICROSOFT CORPORATION  
  • Martin Blazina, Recruitment Team Lead Global Business Services, IBM AUSTRALIA
  • Nicole Hall, Human Resources Manager, ACCENTURE
  • Rob Papworth, Recruitment Manager, ERICSSON         
  • Kurt Bridge, ANZ Staffing Manager, CISCO 
  • Kellie Reeves, Director of People and Culture, DIMENSION DATA AUSTRALIA


IQPC’s Recruitment & Retention in the IT Sector 2011 will bring together HR Departments from hardware and software providers with recruitment companies, talent management consultancies, law firms and other service providers to examine the key challenges facing this sector. 

The forum will offer a unique opportunity for IT companies to network and benchmark with industry peers to develop successful strategies to optimise their recruitment and retention strategies and become the employer of choice to attract the best talent in IT.

The Forum has also been designed to include a series of workshops to tackle the most crucial issues in recruitment at the moment in these 4 Intensive Workshops:

Including 4 Interactive Workshops - Discussing the Issues that Matter to YOU

Workshop A: 
Tailoring your Compensation and Benefits Programme to Attract Top Talent

Workshop B: 
Designing the Ideal Workplace for IT Professionals

Workshop C:
Utilising Social Media for Recruitment to Optimising Talent Management in IT

Workshop D:
Aligning Your Culture to the Recruitment Process to Optimise recruitment and Retention 


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For more information call 02 9229 1000, email registration@iqpc.com.au or visit the website for the full agenda at www.recruitmentinit.com.au. 

 

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