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Skills shortage stories

Australian businesses warn of supply chain & cost pressure

Supply shortages and inflation are squeezing Australian design and construction firms, while more than half now say geopolitical tensions are making their chains fragile.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Data governance

AI makes accounting careers more attractive to Gen Z

A looming 17,900-person shortfall in Australian accounting is pushing firms to use AI as a recruiting draw for graduates.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Manufacturing

Staffbase & Cornerstone bring AI learning to frontline staff

Australian frontline workers can now get mandatory training in the Staffbase app, helping employers close a long-standing learning gap.

By Raphael Veloso • 3 min read • Last week

Global Stories

Skills shortage stories

Construction

Australia needs more skilled workers. It also needs to stop wasting their time

Technicians are losing up to two hours a day to admin, squeezing capacity and worsening delays as labour shortages bite across essential industries.

By Andrew Wiltshire • 5 min read • Today

Human Capital Management

The future of successful HR will use AI with human oversight

AI could free HR teams from routine admin, but Workday says sensitive hiring decisions need deterministic guardrails and explicit human oversight.

By Anthony Caruana • 5 min read • Today

Software-as-a-Service

KDDI launches AI-driven MDR service for businesses

Businesses in the US and EMEA can now tap 24/7 AI-led cyber monitoring as KDDI aims to ease compliance pressure and response delays.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Semiconductors

Data centre staff eye moves despite pay rises survey shows

Despite pay rises, 38.8% of European and 37.8% of US permanent data centre staff expect to switch employers within a year.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Most ANZ firms still fail to scale AI beyond pilots

Only 5.2% of organisations in Australia and New Zealand have scaled AI beyond pilots, with structure and workflows proving the biggest barriers.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

CIOs shoulder AI workforce redesign as governance lags

Most CIOs now oversee workforce redesign rather than infrastructure, as 88% say AI is outpacing governance and accountability remains unclear.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last week

Network Infrastructure

Australian firms see AI IT gains but still demand oversight

Despite strong returns from AI in IT, most Australian organisations still insist on human sign-off before systems can make operational decisions.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Identity and Access Management

Rocket expands mainframe EVA AI platform with PlanGuard

A security layer is now meant to stop AI agents on mainframes from straying beyond approved tasks, as firms face a shortage of specialist staff.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

Hays flags rising demand for AI & cyber contractors

Security and privacy worries are pushing more firms towards contractors, with AI and cyber skills among the hardest to hire in Australia and New Zealand.

By Raphael Veloso • 3 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Organisations need a strategic approach to skills in the AI world

Companies are missing out on returns from AI and other new tools because staff training and change management are lagging behind.

By Anthony Caruana • 5 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Anthropic launches AI academy for enterprise engineers

The programme aims to fill a shortage of engineers able to turn AI pilots into live business systems, backed by USD $100 million.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Stories from Other Regions

Skills shortage stories

Data governance

Conference Board sets five-stage AI agent work framework

As spending rises, employers are being urged to redesign tasks around AI agents or risk automating the wrong work without measurable gains.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Today

Digital Transformation

Technology leaders face rising complexity & AI strain

Artificial intelligence, security threats and regulation are leaving most senior tech managers struggling to keep pace, a UK survey has found.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Today

Risk & Compliance

AI council launches finance certification in Singapore

Rising AI use is exposing a training gap in Singapore's finance sector, prompting a new exam to test when professionals should trust or verify output.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Today