IBM have
written to the government after they failed to fill 200 job
vacancies because of the current shortage in skilled
workers
Over the past year IBM have created about
1,000 new technology, analyst and consulting jobs across the UK,
but were only able to fill 80% of these because of the low quality
in applicants.
Although there is an influx of graduates into
the job market, IBM believes that the problem occurs at GCSE level.
Stephen Leonard, Chief Executive of IBM’s UK and Ireland operations
has said that the ‘lacklustre GCSE curriculum is partly to
blame.
"Our combined ability [as an industry] to
identify, recruit and retain skilled candidates is weaker today
than it has probably ever been," he said. "We need to do more as a
country to develop more IT-capable people and we need a curriculum
that is more adaptable to change over time. If we pioneer new
technologies here then we can take them elsewhere, and we have a
great reputation as innovators and entrepreneurs, but how do you
keep that going when there are not enough people?
"We are going to have a shortfall of 20pc over
the next two or three years and it is potentially going to widen
further. Skills, I think, is the biggest challenge we will face in
the next five years."
Recruiters also blame ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees
as one of the biggest problems facing the UK, as these degrees do
not train graduates in any of the necessary skills that are needed
today.
Many recruitment agencies are finding it
increasingly harder to fill graduate vacancies because recent
graduates do not match the required skills for
any of their roles.
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