Young people's IT knowledge and skills are being ignored by many employers when they enter the workforce, it has emerged. A study commissioned by the database software company Filemaker found that 82 per cent of school leavers and 84 per cent of graduates felt confident about their IT skills, but only 51 per cent said they were required to use them at work. Around 85 per cent of respondents said they were able to use presentation applications such as PowerPoint, with just 39 per cent reporting the need to do so at work. Tony Speakman, regional manager at Filemaker, noted that the generation of people entering into the workplace have been surrounded by technology so using it is "second nature to them". "Today's new recruits possess IT skills that previous generations did not have and job specifications need to be re-aligned to use these skills and incorporate them into job functions," he said, which may be of interest to recent graduates wishing to sell their strengths. Filemaker has approximately 285 employees located in eight offices around the world. Pareto - Graduate IT Sales Jobs with the UK's largest IT companies earning up to £35k OTE
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