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IT skills gap on the decline
News The greater concern appears to be IT skills of end users working in other parts of the business, where 11 per cent of firms see a gap, though that figure has also fallen for the fourth quarter in a row. [19 Oct 2005]
Offshoring and IT skills gap leave UK lagging behind
News 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. Early evidence presented to the committee highlights the... [18 Feb 2004]
120,000 foreigners needed to plug India's skills gap
News Earlier this year silicon.com revealed how some UK companies with offshore operations in India are recruiting gap year students and backpackers to help bridge the culture gap in the call centres between Indian agents and UK customers. [03 Jun 2005]
Thousands 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]
CIO Jury: Is there an IT skills gap in the UK?
News The government launched a new action plan this week to address the UK's apparent shortage of business IT skills but UK IT chiefs are divided on whether such a skills gap actually exists. But silicon.com's CIO Jury user panel of leading UK IT bosses... [16 Jun 2005]
Computer games 'can help plug IT skills gap'
News We've got a very big skills gap. Timms called on the IT community to help plug this skills gap. At the 2007 Parliament and the Internet Conference in Westminster, the minister said schoolchildren's enthusiasm for computer games should be harnessed... [22 Oct 2007]
New work-permit rules 'will help plug UK IT skills gap'
News The UK's Professional Contractors Group (PCG) also welcomed the new points-based system and said it will help stop companies hiring workers from overseas except where there is a genuine skills gap. Most overseas IT workers will fall into the top... [08 Mar 2006]
Skills gap "damaging" for UK businesses
News UK businesses continue to face difficulties recruiting qualified IT staff, with one in five companies experiencing problems finding applicants with the right skills. However, a wider problem relates to applicants' "non-technical skills", according... [02 Aug 2006]
Banks face legacy IT skills gap crisis
News And it's not just the tape that's old - banks continue to rely on technologies installed 30 years ago - but the number of IT workers with the skills to keep them running are declining. He said: "The skills are dwindling so companies have to pay... [08 Nov 2005]
Brit techies heading Down Under?
News Four of New Zealand's top IT companies are looking to plug the country's skills gap by poaching UK talent - and they are recruiting this week. Not all those jobs can be filled by people from New Zealand so the UK has been targeted to help plug the... [13 Oct 2006]
Foreign workers not needed by UK IT - poll
News Mind the IT skills gap? However reader comments responding to that story expressed doubt on the existence of a skills gap in the UK. Another reader - a software manager from Milton Keynes - also took a sceptical view of the skills gap. [18 Sep 2006]
'Geeks' and offshore fears threaten software industry
News The UK software industry is struggling to deal with the rise of offshoring, a 'geeky' image and the country's IT skills gap - but there's still hope. Businesses must also learn to appreciate the importance of the IT skills gap, which will affect... [05 Jul 2006]
Security skills top IT chiefs' wish-lists
News The results also reveal there is a significant skills gap in countries, including the UK, with established IT industries. The security gap is even wider in China, India, Poland, Russia and South Africa where the emergence of a strong IT industry is... [13 Mar 2008]
Cost of getting more women into tech: Millions
News The centre itself will be devoted to getting businesses to provide women with more opportunities and also making sure the female SET workforce has the right skills to fill the skills gap. Despite efforts to increase the number of women working in... [16 Sep 2004]
Ebusiness gap is widening in UK workforce
News Anthony Wills, managing director of Harvey Nash's executive search and selection division, said the gap is worrying and advised companies to make more use of IT directors' skills and experience at the strategy stage. [14 Apr 2000]
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