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A Year Ago: Microsoft To Fight UK Skill Shortage
News Microsoft has turned its attention to the shortage of IT technical professionals in Britain, with one eye firmly on boosting NT Server literacy. The Microsoft Authorised Resource Centre programme will let accredited recruitment agencies offer IT...
[September 25, 1998, 6:50]
MS Pledges To Fight UK Skill Shortage
News The Microsoft Authorised Resource Centre programme will let accredited recruitment agencies offer IT contractors up to 40 per cent discounts on training for the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) qualification.
[September 25, 1997, 12:00]
Microsoft Admits .Net Skills Shortage
Talkback Decision makers that are into their neck into .Net and faced with a skill shortage are well advised to re-evaluate their information sources, find their own answers and stop listening to bad advise. Most likely you'll want to opt to keep the...
[November 9, 2005, 20:07]
Government Removes IT Skills From Visa List
News The government has removed C++ and Javascript from the list of IT skills in shortest supply after a campaign from the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) pointed out that there was no skills shortage in these areas.
[May 14, 2002, 17:33]
Australian Universities Call On IT Industry For Aid
News Professor Paul Bailes, head of the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of Queensland (UQ) agrees that more industry participation is vital to address the skills shortage — but doesn't see vendor-specific...
[August 22, 2007, 9:15]
A Remote Access To Engineering Test Facilities For The Distant Education Of European Microelectronics Students
White Papers The European network for Integrated Circuit testing education described in this paper addresses the shortage of skill in mixed-signal production testing by encouraging students at pre- and post-doctoral levels to attend innovative training courses...
[July 18, 2008, 0:00]
Transparent Data Object Storage Vs. Object Relational Storage
White Papers Today, businesses must respond more quickly than ever to rapidly changing customer needs, while they also face constrained resources and a critical IT and developer skill shortage. Using the SoftwareMarkets platform, your company will realize...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Skills Shortages & Labour Market Trends In The Construction Industry
White Papers These activities can aid in the enhancement of careers in the construction sector and recognize the innovative ways in which industry is addressing skill shortage and labour issues. Innovation and the effective use of skills and knowledge in Canada...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
IT Pros Less In Demand Than Catering Staff
News Apart from saying how most employers will welcome an easing of the IT skills shortage, e-skills UK points to research predicting IT spending growth of 4 percent this year and 6.3 percent over 2003. The report ends: "The next area of shortage will...
[September 3, 2002, 15:42]
LogicaCMG Squeezed By Graduate Shortage
News This shortage appears to be good news for those who do get hired, but not necessarily for LogicaCMG's clients. There is growing concern that Europe may be facing a tech skills shortage in the future. We are able to achieve increased prices for the...
[September 1, 2006, 11:55]
Is IT A Good Career Choice?
News With all the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance issues around today (and in the foreseeable future), there is no shortage of compliance related IT jobs. I'm not sure I agree that there even is a shortage. While it may be difficult for existing out-of-work...
[August 3, 2005, 11:30]
Servicer Takes Sweat Out Of Storage
News However, with the current skill shortage, users will find it difficult to keep storage experts, and have them available 24 hours a day, said Parker. A third-party service that will optimise and manage enterprise storage from a remote site promises...
[September 13, 2002, 17:11]
Microsoft Warns Of 'acute' UK Skills Shortage
News The UK is facing an acute and growing shortage of high-end software skill," said Matthew Bishop, senior director of Microsoft's Development Platform Group. A new report, commissioned by Microsoft and published on Wednesday, has warned that the UK...
[July 5, 2006, 17:20]
Oracle Skills Shortage Spells Jackpot For Contractors
News Continued investment in corporate and public-sector strategy ERP projects — as well as the general IT skills shortage — means demand for Oracle skills is likely to rise this year, said Technojobs. Oracle's success in growing its software business...
[February 28, 2008, 8:29]
Australian Expo Aims To Entice UK Techies
News According to an "in demand" occupations list issued by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, myriad computing specialists from network security administrators and SAP experts to Java programmers and Oracle specialists are needed to...
[March 18, 2008, 8:38]
IT Departments Warned Over Ageism
News Changes to discrimination laws and a skills shortage will force employers to tackle the problem of ageism in IT, according to a leading industry recruitment body. I've seen some of the applications from these people over 55 and their skill sets are...
[February 23, 2005, 10:05]
Demand For IT Staff Remains Constant
News As ZDNet UK reported recently, the government has dropped C++, Java and Visual Basic from its Skills Shortage list after lobbying from the Professional Contractors Group. IT remained one of the top five occupations in demand, with 8 percent of all...
[May 28, 2002, 7:31]
IT Recruitment Crisis Deepens
News Despite recruitment difficulties caused by the skills shortage, fewer survey respondents than last year feel driven to consider software as a service (SaaS) as a means of plugging the gap — just 23 percent said they have considered using SaaS...
[August 8, 2007, 15:54]
'IT Industry Is Ageist' Says Intel Chairman
News But a shortage of legacy skills could benefit older workers and go some way to compensate for ageism in the industry according to Bill Bentley, a managing consultant for Fujitsu Business. If your skill-set is associated with a technology that's...
[March 9, 2006, 16:35]
India To Create 8m Outsourcing Jobs In Next Decade
News These smaller "tier two and three cities" will be needed to provide about 50 percent of the required skills in both ITO and BPO, where talent shortage remains a large constraint, according to the report.
[May 7, 2008, 16:06]
