it skills shortage 2007 survey
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News Robert Chapman, CEO of Firebrand Training, said the new year is traditionally a time for employees to consider their careers, adding in a statement: "It's no surprise people are taking the IT plunge - the skills shortage means that there are a... [17 Jan 2008]
Top 10 skills stories of the year
News Age-old debates turning up the volume this year include the IT skills shortage and the threat it poses to the UK's future economy; the ongoing lack of female techies; how technology is impacting work/life balance; ageist recruitment attitudes; and... [17 Dec 2007]
Top 10 financial services stories of the year
News Half the readers responding to silicon.com's Skills Survey from the FS sector said they had roles they were unable to fill, mainly because of a shortage of applicants with the necessary programming skills. [17 Dec 2007]
IT skills 'vital for UK's future'
News UK governments have let slip opportunities to narrow the shortage in IT skills, according to a prominent Labour peer. Karen Price, the chief executive officer of e-skills UK, speaking at the Westminster event, said the IT skills shortage is in part... [29 Oct 2007]
Sharp rise in demand for helpdesk staff
News Stokes said: "There still seems to be a high demand for these applications, and the combination of continued demand plus the lengthy implementation schedules mean there's a real shortage of candidates with these skills in the market. [23 Oct 2007]
Project management skills in short supply
News Almost half of UK tech departments are suffering from a shortage of project management skills. However, a breakdown of those figures reveals the technical skills shortage is not universal across all organisations, with larger companies suffering... [16 Oct 2007]
UK tech skills crisis 'exaggerated'
News Graham Yellowley, director of technology services at investment bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International, said there are always periods of both skills shortage and surplus but, in his view, there is no crisis in the UK. [11 Oct 2007]
Women deserting tech industry
News Val Lawson, chairwoman of the Women in Management Network, added that the increase in resignations is concerning as it could have an impact on the current skills shortage. Skills Survey 2007: the resultsFind out from this year's Skills Survey: ¦ [04 Sep 2007]
iPhone to fuel contractor shortage
News The increase is due to the shortage of software engineers experienced in developing for platforms such as Windows Mobile, and Atsco predicts this pressure will increase with the launch of the Apple iPhone in the UK and Europe later this year. [28 Aug 2007]
Skills Survey 2007: Banks hardest hit by staff crisis
News The IT skills shortage is hitting the financial services industry hardest. According to results from the exclusive 2007 silicon.com Skills Survey, FS companies are finding it most difficult to fill IT vacancies in their organisations, compared to... [28 Aug 2007]
"Rife" ageism causing IT skills crisis?
News Another reader, Mark Hosey from Scotland, said: "There is no skills shortage in technical personnel. An unemployed reader from Virginia, US, said: "When are companies going to wake up and see the correlation between a shortage of skilled talent and... [21 Aug 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]
It's not easy being green
Comment Is there a skills shortage? Tell us what you think of the IT workforce in silicon.com's 2007 Skills Survey. The IT industry is jumping on the green energy bandwagon. But, asks Quocirca's Clive Longbottom, how effective are the tactics they're... [25 Jul 2007]
Banks waging global tech talent war
News Is there a skills shortage? Tell us what you think of the IT workforce in silicon.com's 2007 Skills Survey. Financial services firms are fighting a global battle to attract the best IT executives as demand for the top tech leadership skills hits... [20 Jul 2007]
Skills Survey 2007: Techies don't fear offshoring
News On the question of whether there is a skills shortage, opinion is largely divided: 38 per cent believe there is one, set against 27 per cent who don't. Fears of tech jobs being offshored appear to be over-hyped, according to preliminary results... [20 Jul 2007]
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