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Discrimination and getting your break in IT

I was a little heartbroken this week after meeting a taxi driver and a stage rigger who had both retrained in IT — for no job outcome. The taxi driver, a young immigrant has studied a Masters of IT from Queensland University. He said that course was so general that it left him qualified in nothing.  ... Read More

  • September 27, 2013
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