Weekend talent readings

• The baton, in corporate Australia, has passed from Baby Boomers to Generation X
• Australia’s largest IT recruitment firm Peoplebank explains its falling share price.
• Talent2 bucks the trend by posting record profits.
• New Zealand looks towards Australia to poach skilled staff
• New 457 visa rules will hurt Australian SME’s  ability to hire overseas talent
• Talent Mapping touted as the new solution to the ‘recruitment crisis’.
• University degrees no longer important as the IT skills shortage worsens.

I’ll continue my series on IT talent shortage next week. I am also on the verge of announcing a new business. Will keep everyone posted. Happy reading.