soft skills
RSS soft skillsModernization Campaign Grows Egypt's Economy, Provides Training Solutions
White Paper To help develop well-rounded consultants, the training focuses on both technical and soft skills. After the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt adopted a national plan to facilitate the country's modernization, demand for... [19 Feb 2008]
Photos: UK tech leaders gather for the CIO Forum
Photo As part of the event, delegates were invited to take part in an interactive poll on questions concerning IT skills, recruitment and staff retention. He outlined Whitbread's work over the past few years in which it has addressed the 'soft' stuff of... [16 Oct 2007]
Photos: Are you part of The IT Crowd?
Photo Moss and Roy are the two stereotypical socially inept geeks in The IT Crowd who have been respectively banished to the basement for their lack of social skills and abrasive manner. After exaggerating her IT skills on her CV, Jen joins The IT Crowd... [12 Oct 2007]
Q&A: Graham Linehan, writer and director of The IT Crowd
Comment While we were sitting together at my PC I asked him why don't you get more IT guys making home visits and he said: "Well, most of them don't have the people skills. So in the end, the IT end of things became soft background. [12 Oct 2007]
Five skills you need to be CIO
News For all the hard experience and qualifications CIOs have in their armoury it is the soft skills that are often the hardest to gain - most notably the art of good communication. But, as businesses increasingly look towards technology to deliver not... [06 Aug 2007]
IT failing in 'grab a grad' bids
News Other trends show companies are also keen to assess a candidate's soft skills through psychometric testing. Logic, numeracy and numerical reasoning top the table of skills looked for by such tests, followed by literacy and verbal reasoning, the... [10 Jul 2007]
Accommodating Soft Skills in Software Project Management
White Paper This paper summarizes the soft skills that can possibly improve the success rate of software projects. Research in the field of soft skills required has been carried out at the University of Arkansas. [09 Jul 2007]
CIO Essentials: Digital bubbles, IM security and tech skills crisis
News This has always been a problem and unfortunately 'soft' skills are the hardest to pick up if they're not already inherently present to some extent. Techies lack communication and leadership skills Every individual joining the programme has had to... [03 Jul 2007]
How to be a top CIO
CIO Analysis Platts says: "They are lifelong learners and work on all the soft skills such as leadership. But what are the skills and experience needed to land that top seat and is it a help or a hindrance to have a degree in computer science and an IT background? [06 Jun 2007]
CIO Essentials: DIY IT, virtualisation and WFH
News A much greater barrier to entry is the hard and soft skills training required on how best to use the opportunity. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. [22 May 2007]
Skills shortage at two-year low
News The IT skills shortage is at a two-year low as UK employers are finding it easier to net people to fill tech roles, according to e-skills UK. Only six per cent of IT recruiters surveyed reported difficulties finding staff with the required tech... [26 Apr 2007]
Tech skills not enough to be top dog
News The BCS is offering a chartered qualification - run in partnership with the Institute of Directors - to help the IT crowd improve their soft skills and understand how to become a company director. From programmers to CIOs, the IT workforce needs to... [12 Apr 2007]
Office PCs 'strip workers of people skills'
News The computer-centric office has left everyone - and not just the IT crowd - lacking important interpersonal and soft skills, according to one psychologist. Bill Moir, soft-skills coach for IT training and recruitment body FDM, told silicon.com: "I... [26 Mar 2007]
The Hard Work Behind Soft Skills: Closing the Gap Between Technical and Business Expertise
White Paper Unfortunately, it's becoming almost universally clear that many technical employees are not equipped with the business knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in this role - or help their organizations reach their strategic goals. [30 Nov 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.11.06
Round-Up What's more there is also a skills shortage currently, so UK techies can pretty much take their pick of whatever highly paid job they fancy. There definitely isn't a skills shortage," wrote one reader, again contradicting The Oracle that is 'stats... [10 Nov 2006]
