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All Staffing and Training News - July 2006

Cranfield course aims to equip future IT leaders

News
Author: Will Hadfield
Date: 11 July 2006

Ambitious IT managers are being offered intensive training in the skills of internal politics and relationship building as part of a course that aims to train future directors.

Council's two-year transformation enables more work in less time

Case Study
Author: Will Hadfield
Date: 11 July 2006

Wiltshire County Council has moved its key front-office functions to a customer care unit that is accessible through a single telephone number.

Skills fears as number of IT students plummets

News
Date: 11 July 2006

Skills fears as number of IT students plummets Bill Goodwin bill.goodwin@rbi.co.uk The UK is facing a shortage of skilled IT professionals following a sharp decline in the number of graduates studying IT at university, an industry report has warned. The number of students studying IT over the past five years has halved to 20,000 a year - far short of the 150,000 new graduates estimated to be required by businesses. The report, by Lancaster University Management School, the British Computer Society and Microsoft, warned that without concerted action the UK risked losing its position as a leading software development centre. The group said in-house and commercial software development contributed more than £20bn a year to the UK economy. Employers, universities and the government would need to collaborate to improve the image of IT, the report warned. Some 102,000 IT jobs, representing 12% of the total UK IT workforce, wil

IT staff turnover higher than in any other sector

News
Date: 10 July 2006

More people in IT quit their jobs than in any other sector, according to figures released by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

UK faces skills crisis as students abandon IT degrees

News
Author: Bill Goodwin
Date: 07 July 2006

The UK is facing a shortage of skilled IT professionals following a sharp decline in the number of graduates studying the subject at university, an industry report has warned.

Palm pulls smart phone from Europe due to hazardous materials

News
Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 06 July 2006

Palm has stopped shipping its only European smart phone because it does not meet EU hazardous substance regulations.

It pays to be something in the City

In Depth
Author: Lindsay Clark
Date: 04 July 2006

The hours are long, pressure high and competition fierce – but the rewards are big enough to make a financial services IT job worth its weight in gold

Microsoft working “day and night” to meet EC deadline

News
Author: Tash Shifrin
Date: 04 July 2006

Microsoft has written to staff assuring them that it is working “day and night” to meet a European Commission antitrust ruling and avoid millions of pounds in fines.

Don't pass the buck on skills

Opinion
Date: 04 July 2006

From the dawn of the UK computer industry there have been dire warnings about skills shortages. There have also been drives to “professionalise” the industry, with qualifications to provide individuals with proof of their expertise, and employers with a degree of reassurance that they are hiring the right people.

Huge increase in IT manager staff turnover

News
Author: Bill Goodwin
Date: 04 July 2006

Management-level IT professionals are quitting their jobs after becoming frustrated by pay prospects and lack of job satisfaction, according to research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

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