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Get smart about skills today for tomorrow’s jobs

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Our future will require today’s high school and college students to develop a unique skill-set never seen before. We must develop 21st century skills to prepare for tomorrow, says IBM’s Kevin Faughnan. Commentary - Over the next five years, the United States is…
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IT faces ‘dire shortage’ of core skills, study

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

The skills needed to modernize core IT assets are in short supply, according to latest report from the application-management company The lack of core IT skills is a major impediment to modernizing key IT assets, according to a survey by application-management company Micro Focus. …
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India’s outsourcing bubble is bursting

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The collapse of top US financial firms is causing a dramatic slowdown in lucrative contracts among outsourcing companies in India–turning cities like Bangladore inside out. Bangalore, India–Once a high-flying tech hub, Bangalore is seeing more sober days in the wake of the credit crisis. It looks like…
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IT work is ‘boring,’ students

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

IT jobs in the UK have the worst label possible–they’re “boring” according 63 percent of students who took part in a careers survey. Plus, the study that the gender divide will worsen. The majority of non-computing students perceive that information technology as a career would…
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Indian techies snubbing US jobs to stay home

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Graduates from India’s tech institutes say their home country is fast catching up with the United States for the range and quality of career prospects. Indian tech graduates are increasingly turning their back on western countries in favor of finding work at home. Graduates from the…
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