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IT skills in short supply, NCC finds
'Businesses are finding it harder to hire IT staff with the right skills, a survey from the National Computer Centre has found.
Just fewer than 40% of respondents indicated specific recruitment and retention issues, a significant increase on the 29% reported last year. In many cases shortages are seen as a recruitment rather than a retention issue as 73% of those indicating the need for new skills plan to acquire them by re-skilling and training existing staff.'
from : duncanoleary
12th February 2008
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CIOs 'need to demonstrate non-IT skills'
'Chief information officers (CIOs) need to demonstrate non-IT skills as firms increasingly look for broader capabilities, according to the findings of a recent study.
Conducted by Gartner, the research suggested that companies are looking for such attributes as technology moves more into the sphere of business, vnunet.com reports.'
from : duncanoleary
12th February 2008
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IT skills shortage 'reaches highest level'
The IT skills shortage level has reached 6.8 per cent, new research from the National Computing Centre (NCC) has revealed.
from : duncanoleary
12th February 2008
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Richard Ivey School of Business Paper on IT skills
Study finds that 'the reality for information technology professionals is even more intense as their skills are continually depleted as opposed to accumulating over time'
from : duncanoleary
27th October 2007
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IT professionals unaware of skills initiatives - vnunet.com
'Eight out of ten IT professionals are "oblivious" to existing IT skills initiatives such as the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA), according to a new survey from IT training firm The Training Camp.
The survey of over 600 Training Camp students found that 79 percent believed that there should be a professional body for IT skills management. But it also revealed that 83 percent were not aware that bodies such as the e-skills UK'
from : duncanoleary
28th August 2007
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IT skills surveys show crisis deepens
'Surveys released by sector skills body, e-Skills UK and recruitment firm ReThink Recruitment suggest the IT skills gap is widening along geographical, as well as technology, lines.
The quarterly e-Skills UK report looking at demand and supply for IT skilled workers identified a shortage of senior programmers that it said was likely to worsen over the next six months.'
from : duncanoleary
15th August 2007
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Skills Survey 2007: Staffing crisis deepens - Skills & Careers - Breaking Business and Technology Ne
'The IT skills crisis is deepening, according to exclusive silicon.com research.
The ninth annual Skills Survey reveals employers are finding it increasingly difficult to fill IT positions in their organisations.
Half (48 per cent) of survey respondents agreed or strongly agreed there is a skills crisis. And 45 per cent said there are IT jobs in their business they are unable to fill.'
from : duncanoleary
13th August 2007
