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Survey Finds People Skills Are Valued Over IT
News But Gates also acknowledged the value of people skills. Communication skills and the ability to work well with different types of people are very important too," he said. Interpersonal skills are more important in the workplace than IT skills...
[December 14, 2007, 9:35]
How Do You Transform An Entire Competency's Role And Take Its People’s Skills To A New Level When You Only Have Months, Not Years?
White Papers To maintain its global business leadership in the 21st century, DuPont challenged its strategic business units to create compelling new ideas around how to meet the organization's goals for sustainable growth.
[March 2, 2004, 11:20]
Coping With The E-Business Skills Crisis: Strategies For Attracting, Training And Motivating People To Achieve E-Business Success
White Papers Companies need a comprehensive skills programme to address these challenges. This paper outlines tried-and-tested strategies that can help companies tackle the skills crisis and develop the learning culture required to succeed in e-business.
[April 15, 2004, 1:04]
Project Management Methodology Overview
White Papers Many of these components are basic people management skills, organization skills, time management and communication skills. Project management also requires the application of these principles with the ability to work well with people, to take...
[December 8, 2005, 0:02]
When Will The Two Ends Meet?
Talkback Why is it that we seem to have loads of people with good skills and experience and an employment base screaming for the right people? One week we read of a massive IT skills shortages, the next of massive IT unemployment.
[February 12, 2008, 11:48]
LogicaCMG Squeezed By Graduate Shortage
Talkback How about retraining their existing staff or hire in Uk people with similar skills and train them up. What companies want is the right skills and cheap IT labour . Paying IT people decent pay would also help.pay levels for average IT professional...
[September 1, 2006, 22:23]
Hard Choices In Hard Times: Moving To Business Management
News The people skills you rely on can get you a job in other industries. Many people have had to face facts and change the way they look at their skills. My thinking was that if I ever became one of those people who had been in tech for so long that...
[September 24, 2002, 9:05]
E-skills Aims To Boost IT Degree Numbers
News The "Revitalise IT" scheme will aim "to transform the attitudes of young people to IT-related education and careers, and support universities in developing and promoting courses that reflect the needs of IT professional careers," according to an e...
[September 18, 2007, 18:57]
Open Source For The Enterprise: Support Models For Open Source
White Papers Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists have noticed that the number of people who can benefit from open source is far larger than the number of people who have the skills to do so. Moreover, a growing number of consulting services are designed to...
[October 17, 2007, 1:00]
28-Factor Sales Skills Assessment
Downloads The Salesjudge 28-Factor Sales Skills Assessment allows you to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in sales skills by scoring sales people in a simulated sales presentation across the desk from a buyer.
[October 2, 2005, 1:31]
'Generation Facebook' Finds Skills Wasted At Work
News People who have left education in the past three years have strong confidence in their IT skills but the organisations they work for are not always making the most of this skill-set, according to database software company FileMaker, which...
[March 4, 2008, 8:51]
IT Sheds 'geek' Image In Search Of Youth Appeal
News E-skills UK has today launched a programme to interest more young people in pursuing careers in IT. E-skills UK hopes it can shake the unsexy stereotype of 'geeks in glasses' which has often made people steer clear of all things IT-related.
[September 5, 2002, 9:56]
10 Common Social Engineering Ploys... And How To Protect Against Them
White Papers Just as talented hackers can use their programming skills to exploit applications, operating systems, and protocols to get inside your company's network, talented social engineers can breach your network by using their people skills and powers of...
[May 25, 2006, 3:17]
Tackle Skills Shortage, Urges Government CIO
News The technology industry needs an influx of over 150,000 people per annum, according to e-skills UK and Gartner. But while there is an increase in demand, the number of people with relevant skills is static or declining.
[May 18, 2007, 11:55]
Timms: IT Education Key For A Competitive UK
News A whole panoply of things need to be done to provide people with the skills they need," said Timms. At the 2007 Parliament and the Internet Conference in Westminster on Thursday, the minister said schoolchildren's enthusiasm for computer games...
[October 19, 2007, 18:32]
Tips For Gauging Soft Skills In IT Hires
News Technical skills are pretty easy to gauge. Career coach Lisa Taylor Huff suggests making a list of the skills and personal qualities you're seeking in a new hire before you begin actively interviewing.
[April 29, 2003, 10:31]
BCS: UK Tech Industry Faces Skills Crisis
News There is an increase in demand, while the number of people with relevant skills is staying static or declining — clearly there will be a shortfall. The UK technology industry faces a looming skills crisis, according to the president of the British...
[November 17, 2006, 15:42]
Charity Challenges Programmers To Code For Society
News The group behind mySociety.org hope to create valuable and socially beneficial projects -- in the mould of the popular FaxYourMP.com service -- and are keen to enlist the help of people with technical skills.
[November 3, 2003, 13:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog I know of three people wanting to join BT who have skills we struggle to get even form the offshore organisations but BT won't employ them because it would compromise their head count objectives," says Anonymous, who also claims to be managing a...
[October 24, 2005, 13:05]
Follow These Strategies When Training Money Is Tight
News Senior management may be reluctant to authorise such training, saying, in essence, "We pay these people enough; what extra skills do they require? Even when budgets are tight, it's important to maintain and extend skills within your organisation.
[September 27, 2002, 13:46]
