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Story: Microsoft warns of 'acute' UK skills shortage

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Having worked in UK electronics, telecommunications and software engineering for over 27 years, I personally would not recommend any British youngster to pursue an engineering career in the UK. After a lot of tough work to qualify with an engineering degree, my experience has been one of low salaries, serial redundancy due to incompetent management, outsourcing of my job to cheaper Asian peers, and finally in my late 40s prolonged unemployment, as it appears that employers consider I am already past my 'use by' date. I want to work, have plenty of skills, qualifications and training, but nobody wants to know. There are plenty of others like me too, so where's the 'shortage'? If my experience is anything to go by, it is the employers themselves who have most responsibility for the UK 'engineering skills shortage'. They should stop their perennial whining and put their own house in order first. Anyone considering an engineering career in the UK, my advice is - DON'T!!!

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