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    Skills shortage in IT?

    It's that time of the year again when a business owner sticks their neck out and complains earnestly and oh so reasonably that there is a skills shortage in IT in the UK.

    He has a pool of around 450 million people to recruit from, a seemingly endless (in my experience) supply of non-EU nationals left over from the days of Tier 1 and a country with many of the best universities in the world.

    And yet, as a nation we need to do more to help his tulipty little white-label online shop business.

    Of course, we should say nothing of the fact that he chose to start his company, Eysys, selling white-label online shopfronts in 2012, around ten years after that particular golden market opportunity had bolted.

    The sense of entitlement is strong in this one...

    BBC News - Simon Powell of Eysys on recruitment problems

    #2
    There is a House of Lords consultation going on at the moment - Digital Skills in the UK Questions 9-12 are specifically related to the "skills issue".

    As a small business owner (if you are limited) there is nothing stopping you from answering some of the questions.
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #3
      It's all about reducing costs for businesses who don't want to pay the rate or invest in training.

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        #4
        Since the government has been so consistently against IT since 1997 it is no suprise that young people are turning away from IT as a career.

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          #5
          Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
          Since the government has been so consistently against IT since 1997 it is no suprise that young people are turning away from IT as a career.
          I saw a statistic which stated that 14% of IT graduates are unemployed 6 months after finishing their degrees. Yep it's here.

          So looking at the report it means that those who get degrees at dubious universities and can lie about their qualifications are preferred over home grown ethnic minorities and EU citizens who get qualifications in universities where it's hard to cheat.
          "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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            #6
            Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
            I saw a statistic which stated that 14% of IT graduates are unemployed 6 months after finishing their degrees. Yep it's here.

            So looking at the report it means that those who get degrees at dubious universities and can lie about their qualifications are dirt cheap are preferred over home grown ethnic minorities and EU citizens who get qualifications in universities where it's hard to cheat and want a proper wage.
            FTFY

            as you probably already know its all about money.
            Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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              #7
              it is as it has always been

              accountants, lawyers etc are seen as profesional and so there is no rpoblem with them charging £200 per hour

              IT profesionals are not seen as profesional and therefore should be cheaper.

              UK based ones in general are not but you can off shore developers to it for a tenner

              the fact that it will not work seems to pass people by.

              wonder what would happen if we just started offshoring accounting and legal jobs...

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                #8
                Originally posted by wonderboy View Post
                It's that time of the year again when a business owner sticks their neck out and complains earnestly and oh so reasonably that there is a skills shortage in IT in the UK.

                He has a pool of around 450 million people to recruit from, a seemingly endless (in my experience) supply of non-EU nationals left over from the days of Tier 1 and a country with many of the best universities in the world.

                And yet, as a nation we need to do more to help his tulipty little white-label online shop business.

                Of course, we should say nothing of the fact that he chose to start his company, Eysys, selling white-label online shopfronts in 2012, around ten years after that particular golden market opportunity had bolted.

                The sense of entitlement is strong in this one...

                BBC News - Simon Powell of Eysys on recruitment problems
                His recruitment is as good as the recruitment process he uses. it is more likely therefore that he has someone in there doing his recruitment that has locked out any other potential source of CVs and is doing it him/herself
                Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by original PM View Post
                  ..

                  wonder what would happen if we just started offshoring accounting and legal jobs...
                  That's already happening

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                    #10
                    not quite sure what skills he thinks he needs, he never really said.

                    I like the fact that his staff all work on the boardroom table without any apparent DSE assessment.
                    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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