Around one in five employers say gaps in technical skills (18 per cent) and communications skills (13 per cent) are reasons for not employing new graduates into ICT roles, according to findings from the latest e-skills UK ICT Inquiry. Around four in ten (38 40 per cent) employers consider the level of business, non-technical and interpersonal skills of new recruits to be below company requirements.

The e-skills UK ICT Inquiry is based on the views of over 1,000 individuals responsible for ICT recruitment/development in UK companies. The ICT Inquiry for Q4, 2006 shows that skills gaps are also an issue for the existing workforce. Around one in four (27 per cent) employers who reported skills gaps in their existing IT workforce regarded the level of business skills and other non-technical skills as poor or very poor.

[The simple fact is that company owners don't want to pay corporate taxes high enough to educate the population properly in the UK - you get the education you pay for. Since the UK system - like that in the USA - is largely based on economical and not human considerations you end up with poorly educated people. The corporations should stop whining and invest in people instead! --Ed].

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