All Staffing and Training News - December 2006

BCS Awards: Looking forward

  • Event
  • Date: 12 December 2006
Next year's awards will form a central part of the BCS's golden jubilee celebrations

iSoft’s future uncertain after more losses

Troubled healthcare IT firm iSoft, a key supplier to the NHS’s £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT), has admitted it may not survive after six-month results showed further losses.

Does technology kill jobs?

The Big Question is an initiative between Computer Weekly and recruitment consultancy PSD. Each week we put the Big Question to top IT professionals to get their take on a current talking point.

Aussie scientists try the vest of both worlds

  • In Depth
  • Date: 08 December 2006
Why Zen-like patience should be a prerequisite for all helpdesk positions.

Bank signs Lan deal with Orange

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe has awarded a £1.6m contract to Orange Business Services to design and implement a local area network.

Web development pay rates surge as Web 2.0 takes off

A surge in demand for web skills, driven by the creation of second generation websites including MySpace and YouTube, has pushed up pay rates for top web developers.

HR managers look to work experience over qualifications for IT roles

Most human resources managers give greater weight to work experience than professional qualifications when filtering candidates to fill IT posts, according to new research.

'Greater say for employers on education'

A major government report on UK skills released tomorrow is expected to call for employers to have a greater say on the education system, provided they invest in training their own workforce.

IT managers frustrated by 'limited opportunities'

IT managers feel their careers are stalling because their employers are failing to recognise the impact they have on the business, research from the Chartered Management Institute has revealed.

Work together to avert shortage of IT graduates, urges BCS president

Employers and the IT profession need to find ways of encouraging more people to take up computer science at university if the country is to avoid a crippling skills shortage within four years, the British Computer Society has warned.
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