it skills gap
RSS it skills gapThousands of tech newbies needed to plug skills gap
News Karen Price, CEO of e-skills UK, said as some IT activities move out of the country to lower cost nations, the UK's IT & telecoms sector must look to other industries to plug its skills gap by reskilling and upskilling workers. [29 Jan 2008]
Grad IT training masterfully fast tracked
News A new Masters level fast-track training programme has been launched to boost the skills of the next generation of IT professionals in the UK. The IT Professional Development Programme (IT PDP) has been developed by employers, universities and IT... [24 Jan 2008]
School Equips Students With Industry Qualifications to Bridge Local IT Skills Gap
White Paper As part of its commitment as a specialist college, Long Eaton School sought to resolve an IT skills gap identified by local businesses. The school joined the Microsoft IT Academy Program to offer industry-standard qualifications to the community. [17 Jan 2008]
North-South pay gap narrows
News The company predicts the North-South IT pay gap will narrow further as more technology businesses and government departments bolster their presence in cities such as Manchester. The narrowing of the North-South pay gap for IT workers is in contrast... [02 Jan 2008]
Top 10 financial services stories of the year
News However, the research showed a strong dislike of bringing in IT professionals from overseas to fill the gap. Other issues that dominated the channel were an IT skills shortage within the financial services (FS) sector, offshoring and faster... [17 Dec 2007]
IT skills 'vital for UK's future'
News Price said the gap in skills could not be plugged by offshoring and outsourcing, due to the importance of proximity to suppliers for IT projects. UK governments have let slip opportunities to narrow the shortage in IT skills, according to a... [29 Oct 2007]
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Comment Computer games 'can help plug IT skills gap' So they want to plug the skills gap ! I've been an IT professional for nearly 20 years, I learnt Cobol, Pascal and others, but I've had to self learn my new skills without any help or assistance. [25 Oct 2007]
Computer games 'can help plug IT skills gap'
News Timms called on the IT community to help plug this skills gap. We've got a very big skills gap. The minister underlined the need for additional funding to encourage IT skills development. The minister praised the work of e-skills UK, the government... [22 Oct 2007]
Boards underestimate tech risk
News The IT Risk - Closing the Gap report quizzed 250 senior executives, including CIOs and internal audit managers. But she added this means the skills base within the internal audit departments may need to be reassessed to improve engagement with the... [05 Sep 2007]
Women deserting tech industry
News The number of women resigning from IT jobs has risen over the last year and the pay gap between the sexes widened for the first time in 11 years. Val Lawson, chairwoman of the Women in Management Network, added that the increase in resignations is... [04 Sep 2007]
Skills Survey 2007: Staffing crisis deepens
News Despite recruitment difficulties caused by the skills shortage, fewer survey respondents than last year feel driven to consider software as a service (SaaS) as a means of plugging the gap - just 23 per cent said they have considered using SaaS... [07 Aug 2007]
Techies lack communication and leadership skills
News Poor communication, leadership and project management skills among IT staff are hindering change management and business transformation programmes. Almost three-quarters (73 per cent) of CIOs and IT managers admit the progress of change management... [27 Jun 2007]
VoiceXML Application Development Life Cycle: Building Usable Voice User Interfaces
White Paper VoiceXML bridges the gap; it leverages the existing Web infrastructure and enables Web developers to build voice-enabled Web applications accessible from any telephone, by anyone, anywhere, anytime. This paper targets Java/J2EE developers who want... [23 Jun 2007]
David Burden
CIO Profile At the time he was spending a gap year travelling across Australia by train, hiking in New Zealand and taking part in ocean swimming competitions but was coaxed into the role by chairman Allan Leighton. [06 Jun 2007]
CIOs lack skills for growth
Comment Precisely when business strategies are shaped by technology functionality there is a gap between what business managers expect from their IT counterparts and what IT managers can actually deliver to business. [04 May 2007]
