There are reports forever stating impending doom due to a lack of available skilled people stemming back beyond the turn of the millennium.

While the so-called shortfall is well documented in publications such as Computing, the other side of the story is often ignored. What role is business to play in ensuring there is an adequate pool of skilled people they can hire? From what I see the answer is very little.

Glancing at the IT job board vacancies one will notice how specific recruitment advertisements are, particularly for finance and investment industries. In other words, there is a lot of poaching and a small pool of individuals are on a job merry-go-round.

I am tired of hearing large organisations bleat on about the skills shortage and then watch them further exacerbate the problem by inflexible attitudes. Run an article on the number of people  trying to improve their  careers and the lack of compromise among employers with regards to experience.

Tyrone King