http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Karl+Parkinson Education Karl Parkinson Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=364732&ca=Education The Government is coming under increasing pressure from powerful lobbyists to provide better IT Courses for workers, enabling them to make the most of job opportunities during the recession. With a growth in the number of unemployed as a direct result of the deepening crisis, trade union Unite and I... Career Karl Parkinson Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=355260&ca=Career Despite the daily reports of a country in crisis, the recession seems to be having less of an impact on certain aspects of UK PLC, particularly the IT industry. Whereas many markets were overstretched before the recession kicked in, the IT industry was desperately short of suitable applicants, with... Career Karl Parkinson Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=355263&ca=Career Despite an ongoing forecast of financial depression, rising unemployment and an economic crisis unprecedented since the 1930’s, one area of business seems to be bucking the trend. IT is still recruiting, and it’s not just general IT management and software maintenance that the marketplace is looking... Career Karl Parkinson Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=335372&ca=Career Amongst all the reports of a credit crisis, a crisis in banking, a crisis in high street finances and other Defcom2-type warnings, there is yet another crisis lurking in the background that has greater long-term implications for the future of UK PLC – a skills crisis. Lord Leitch’s 2006 final report... Computers and Technology Karl Parkinson Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=335384&ca=Computers+and+Technology Distance learning has been cited as being the future of mid-career retraining and skills development, but with a plethora of qualifications to choose from, it can be difficult to narrow down which certificate will open more doors for newly qualified members of the IT community. The traditional choic... Career Karl Parkinson Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=320470&ca=Career With a worldwide financial meltdown in progress, and major league players like Yahoo! announcing that they suffered a 64% downturn in profits in the last fiscal quarter of 2008, is this really the time to think about a career move into IT? The marketplace – is IT really that important? Well, it’s no... Career Karl Parkinson Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=308229&ca=Career There is a skills shortage in many sectors of UK business, right across the board and yet there are certain industries that are experiencing a boom in the form of sustained and significant expansion, even in the face of the current economic difficulties. Industries such as plumbing, construction, oi... Career Karl Parkinson Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=308238&ca=Career IT is now an integral part of almost every aspect of modern life. It is an astonishing fact that around 21 million people in the UK use IT at work each day, while the IT industry itself is responsible for the design, development, manufacture, selling, installation and maintenance of computer-based i... Business Karl Parkinson Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=284507&ca=Business In a recent report by the Work Foundation, entitled Towards a global labour market? Globalisation and the knowledge market, the issue of using skilled foreign workers to help plug skills gap in UK industries was explored. The report concluded that there was an identified need to encourage more migra... Business Karl Parkinson Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=266634&ca=Business Recent research suggests that British Business requires 150,000 new entrants into IT each year. Over the past few years the number of graduates in IT has halved to 20,000. The figures speak for themselves. Even the most ardent sceptic cannot deny the skills deficit that we currently face. But why do...