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Take part in the silicon.com skills survey
News Nearly half of the 2007 survey respondents agreed or strongly agreed there is a skills crisis - and 45 per cent said there are IT jobs in their business they are unable to fill, and project management rated as the non-IT skill in shortest supply... [16 Jul 2008]
UK games industry needs to go back to uni
News A games industry lobby group recently warned UK games developers are struggling to find staff as dedicated video games courses are failing to equip university grads with the right skills for the workplace. [08 Jul 2008]
Will staff 'Right to Train' boost skills?
News We need to find new ways to bring the drive for skills into every workplace and to every worker, which is why we are consulting on a new right for workers to request time to train. The IT skills in greatest demand at the moment are web 2.0 agile... [19 Jun 2008]
Prisoners to gain IT skills
News The Academy at HMP Wandsworth will develop real-world, in-demand skills helping to prepare inmates for the workplace and therefore reducing reoffending. Wandsworth prison already offers various training options to prisoners, including industrial... [11 Jun 2008]
'Generation Facebook' IT skills wasted at work
News The vast majority (82 per cent) of 16- to 18-year-olds surveyed felt confident about their level of general IT skills going in to the workplace - a higher percentage than those who felt confident about their interpersonal skills (64 per cent). [03 Mar 2008]
Vodafone boosts apprenticeship scheme
News We've been doing this for a number of years now and we definitely see a trend that shows that those employees that are engaged in qualification programmes in the workplace tend to be more engaged and we tend to retain them. [25 Feb 2008]
Virtual tech will 'kill the office'
News Nortel Networks is looking to the next generation of employees to shape the workplace of tomorrow - and high on its agenda is exploring the role of web 2.0 technologies and virtual worlds such as Linden Lab's Second Life. [31 Jan 2008]
IBM Workplace Client Technology: Overview and Business Considerations
White Paper IBM Workplace arrives in offices that are already populated with substantial mounts of technology. It's a time consuming task - and one that few office workers have the skills or the aptitude for. Today's personal productivity-focused software is... [08 Jan 2008]
Top 10 skills stories of the year
News silicon.com rounds up five skills that IT chiefs should have sewn into their socks if they want to succeed in today's workplace. There were warnings that the future work life must be flexible if a wired up, web 2.0 generation is to be wooed to the... [17 Dec 2007]
Tech skills not valued by businesses
News Younger business leaders are also more likely to place greater value on tech skills in today's workplace, according to the results. A plethora of 'softer' skills - such as planning, communication and problem solving - are all valued more highly by... [14 Dec 2007]
IT managers getting their staff down
News The CMI said there is evidence to show more positive flavours of management - which seek to empower staff and encourage a supportive and open workplace culture - are better for business as they can boost staff morale and productivity. [12 Dec 2007]
South African Job Skills Agency Registers Gains of 82 Percent More Employers With Online Solution
White Paper South Africa's Policing, Security, Legal, Justice, and Correctional Services SETA (SASSETA) was founded in 2000 to facilitate and promote workplace skills development across South Africa. SASSETA implemented a Web-based ERP system based on DataNet... [16 Nov 2007]
Skills Survey 2007: Industry falling out of love with IT grads
News And there are other non-assessed course modules for picking up workplace skills, says Pears. Chapman believes "complexity" in today's IT world and the demand for "niche skills" means it's far harder for universities to prepare students for the... [01 Oct 2007]
Business Management Software Enhances University Students' Education
White Paper To better prepare students for the workplace, the School of Business wanted to incorporate business management software into its curriculum. Today, students can gain skills that increase job opportunities and see how all aspects of a business work... [11 Sep 2007]
Tech-savvy school-leavers 'lack basic skills'
News School-leavers might be tech-savvy but they are increasingly entering the workplace without basic numerical and literacy skills, employers have warned. Lambert said: "Maths and English skills are a vital bedrock for further learning and are... [20 Aug 2007]
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