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Take part in the silicon.com skills survey
News The survey explores what skills are in short supply in your workplace, and the role of outsourcing and contractors. Nearly half of the 2007 survey respondents agreed or strongly agreed there is a skills crisis - and 45 per cent said there are IT... [16 Jul 2008]
Oracle contractor shortage predicted
News If you have Oracle skills 2008 could be something of a jackpot year with contractors in short supply as demand ramps up over the next 12 months, says IT recruitment company Technojobs. The enterprise software giant has built up a head of steam over... [27 Feb 2008]
Project management skills in short supply
News The most common way of filling these skills gaps is through temporary workers with nearly 40 per cent of delegates using contractors or freelancers on fixed-term contracts. More than 40 per cent of delegates at silicon.com's CIO Forum conference... [16 Oct 2007]
Skills Survey 2007: Banks hardest hit by staff crisis
News Such shortages can be adequately filled by hiring contractors, according to the majority of respondents from the FS, public and retail sectors. The non-IT skill in shortest supply in the FS sector is project management, followed by 'knowledge of... [28 Aug 2007]
Skills Survey 2005: 'Steady as she goes'
Comment With 40 per cent of respondents agreeing that hiring contractors is a good way to boost staff levels after the layoffs of recent years, it's no wonder we've seen the highest level of permanent employees who want to be contractors for three years. [29 Apr 2005]
Websites knocked out by hosting firm power failure
News Individual websites were restored over the day, for example Shout99 contractors' site appeared to have been restored at around 1550 on Tuesday. A coil in the generator was "displaced", causing a short-circuit to the uninterruptible power supply... [03 Mar 2005]
Skills Survey 2003: The full UK results
News IR35 has not affected the number of contractors available to complete IT projects Last year we failed to include an 'I consider myself unemployed' category, though clearly many contractors inbetween jobs don't consider themselves unemployed. [27 Mar 2003]
The Director's Cut: Treat your staff like gold dust
Comment Contractors still have an important role to play. Continue to demonstrate people are valued all the time, not just when they are in short supply. In the last recession we suffered from downsizing, then we right-sized, and now a lot of companies are... [30 Oct 2001]
CIO wanted, no experience necessary: the IT skills shortage
Comment The reaction by contractors and recruitment agencies to the UK government's latest plans for "fast track" visas highlights the tricky nature of importing skills. Vincent Cable, Liberal Democrat MP in the UK, strongly supported contractors over the... [30 Aug 2000]
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