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News Rife" ageism causing IT skills crisis? 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... [17 Dec 2007]
"Rife" ageism causing IT skills crisis?
News Ageism has not only contributed to the UK's IT skills crisis, say readers of silicon.com, but is "rife" in the tech industry. We need to actively stamp out ageism in both of these areas (and I do promise you it is rife). [21 Aug 2007]
Offshoring, ageism and image blamed for tech skills crisis
News The increased use of offshore IT, ageism and the 'geeky' image of the technology industry are to blame for the lack of skilled UK tech staff, according to comments posted by silicon.com readers. The issue of ageism concerned some with the... [11 May 2007]
Social network targets tech's young guns
News In 2006, Intellect warned against ageism in the IT industry, claiming both younger and older people entering the industry are facing discrimination. Intellect, the trade association for the IT and telecoms industries, has launched a social network... [26 Apr 2007]
Little hope for anti-ageism laws
News The intention of new employment laws which aim to eliminate ageism in the workplace is laudable, say silicon.com readers, however they question how effective the laws will be. Take our latest two-second poll and tell us whether you think the new... [29 Sep 2006]
Ageist employers warned over new laws
News Beatrice Rogers, senior programme manager for the knowledge economy at Intellect, said ageism is not endemic across the IT industry but that it is an issue. She told silicon.com: "It is ageism against young people coming into the industry and... [14 Sep 2006]
IT bosses still getting the 'mushroom treatment'
News A fifth of respondents said ageism is rife across companies and the fact many of tech's bright sparks are in the mid-twenties to mid-thirties means they are often overlooked. IT managers in the UK are being bugged by a lack of clear guidance from... [12 Dec 2005]
Recruiters blamed for ageism in IT
News Recruiters are largely to blame for perpetrating ageism in the IT industry, according to a recent poll of silicon.com readers. Readers voted for recruiters 2-to-1 over employers as the party responsible for ageism, with 65 per cent of respondents... [01 Nov 2005]
Best of Reader Comments: How to tackle ageism in IT
News Short-sighted recruitment consultants are to blame for much of the ageism that plagues the IT industry, according to the comments of silicon.com readers. I do feel that the real problem to ageism in IT though is recruitment consultants who are very... [26 Oct 2005]
Ageism warning to employers over new recruitment laws
News Changes to discrimination laws and a skills shortage will force employers to tackle the problem of ageism in IT, according to a leading industry recruitment body. But Swain argued that the ageism currently evident in the IT industry - as seen from... [21 Feb 2005]
Government rewards anti-ageist employers...
News Individuals and employers are proving ageism in the workplace can be overcome, though IT still has a ways to go to catch up with other industries in this area. Wick described ageism as "bad for individuals, bad for business and bad for the economy". [23 Jun 2004]
Oldies get big thumbs-up from government
News Ageism is a particular issue for the IT industry. It has one case study of a man who started his own consultancy after being unable to find a position in the industry.silicon.com has recently launched a campaign against ageism in IT - let us know... [21 May 2004]
CIO Jury: Ageism is not a problem in IT
News Over a third of participants in silicon.com's annual Skills Survey claim to have been victims of ageism but this week's CIO Jury disputed that claim.silicon.com has just launched a campaign against ageism in IT on the back of our survey findings... [17 May 2004]
The silicon.com Skills Survey 2004: Things have only got better
News Ageism was also mentioned by significant numbers. Life is getting better for those working in UK IT. It may sound like a gross over-generalisation but it's the top-level finding following the close of this year's Skills Survey conducted by silicon... [22 Apr 2004]
Offshoring and IT skills gap leave UK lagging behind
News Have you been a victim of ageism? A continuing IT skills gap is harming the UK's global competitiveness as an ideal location to do e-business, a parliamentary inquiry into the health of the UK's IT industry has been warned. [18 Feb 2004]
