The IT skills gap is only happening because employers want nothing but experienced candidates (IT skills crisis requires a joint effort, Newsdesk blog, newsdesk.computing.co.uk).

I am an IT graduate and I am also disabled. I have applied for more than 200 jobs in the past year and had over a dozen interviews but Ican’t gain the experience because I can’t get a job in the first place. I am sick of hearing at the start of an interview: ‘So what experience do you have?’

There has to be some give and take. I wasn’t expecting to walk into a high-paid job straightaway, but now I wish I hadn’t wasted my hard-earned money and  effort.

At least give graduates a chance, give us some training and we will reward you with enthusiasm now and with the skills you need to fill the IT skills gap in the years ahead.

Kurt Dreslin