[TechRepublic] Plumbing the depths of Australia's online job market

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Editor's note Have you taken a look online for a new job recently? If you have, you may have noticed that the number of advertisements is drying up, and IT gigs are leading the way. Another instalment of the Dept of Workplace Relations' internet vacancy report appeared yesterday, and the reading is not good. Are things really as bad as the statistics look? Let us know your experience in the comments section beneath the article. Other stories we covered this week were Tony McSherry's take on the Windows 8 interface changes, and how we've been through this before -- and in the latest episode of The Upside podcast, we discover what cool Node.js projects two guys from MYOB get up to after hours. Have a great week, everyone! -- Chris Plumbing the depths of Australia's online job market Online jobs advertisements fell again to a new record low this past month, and IT is leading the drop. Read more Resource of the day What Is Your Big Data Strategy? Tell us and you could win $500. Share your views and you'll have a chance to win $500 in cash from CBS Interactive! Your feedback will be kept anonymous and shared with our editorial team to help us address your most important challenges and initiatives. Don't panic, we've been though Windows interface changes before In terms of changing the entire look and feel of Windows, do you remember when Windows 3 arrived? Read more The Upside: Node.js Your Own Business How do you create a gaming platform that allows large numbers of concurrent players and works on a myriad of handsets? Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Tech skills: Is it getting harder to keep up? Professional skills and experience are hard won from education, training and time in the industry. But it's amazing how many people get by despite a fundamental lack of knowledge. Read more How likely is a cyber 'Pearl Harbor'? Patrick Lambert considers a recent speech by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warning about cyberwar threats. Read more Anatomy of an SLA: Compensation when things go wrong Cloud providers may provide compensation to a customer when downtime occurs, but how is it spelled out in the SLA? Thoran Rodrigues explains how it works and what to watch out for. Read more CIOs: Five Windows 8 training issues you need to consider Scott Lowe discusses five big items that deserve coverage in any windows 8 training program, in order of importance. Read more Featured multimedia   Microsoft Surface and its keyboard get a day out (pictures) Want to know what Microsoft Surface looks like out in the wild? Here's your chance to find out. View on site Apple unveils fourth gen. iPad, iPad Mini Just sixth months after releasing the new iPad, Apple introduced its fourth generation iPad and its junior-sized, 7.9-inch iPad mini. View on site Apple's new Macs of all stripes Apple's latest crop of iMac desktops and MacBook laptops look as sweet as ever. View on site Today's recommended downloads Sybase ASE Total Cost of Ownership: A Comparison to Oracle - Bloor Report (SAP) Cooling strategies for high-density racks and blade servers (APC by Schneider Electric) Cloud-based email archiving: A practical guide (Mimecast) Avoid these Mistakes that Compromise Cooling Performance (APC by Schneider Electric) Comparison of Cisco and ShoreTel Unified Communication Solutions (ShoreTel) Connect with TechRepublic Big Data: Moving from strategy to tactics Big Data, which comes into the enterprise unstructured and unorganized, first needs to be "prepped" so that it can be processed by a business analytics program. Here's what you need to do. TechRepublic newsletters   Get programming, mobile development, and design tips and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Software Engineer App Builder Web Designer IT Consultant

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