OpenStack Foundation co-founder claims scarcity of techies with skills in using the open source cloud platform remains biggest barrier to enterprise adoption. The OpenStack Foundation is ramping up its efforts to boost the availability of IT workers with skills in using the open source cloud operating system (OS) through the general release of its certification scheme. The Certified OpenStack Administrator (COA) accreditation, which was first announced at the organisation’s T

New Zealand is looking to solve its skills shortage with a migration strategy. Skills that are needed include ICT project manager, ICT business analyst, developer programmer, web developers, software testers and ICT support. According to Immigration New Zealand ICT creates 3,000 ICT jobs per year and IT companies in New Zealand will recruit 10,000 employees. Read the full article. #skillsgap #ICT

The Brazilian government is relaunching one of its flagship schemes, the National Program for Access to Technical Education and Employment (Pronatec). Pronatec is focused on low-income young Brazilians and has played an important role in creating entry-level skills to fill the country's existing expertise gap in the IT sector. According to Education minister (and former Science and Technology minister) Aloizio Mercadante, the intention going forward is to allow participants

“How the Grey Tsunami will impact the Tech Skills Gap” What is the Grey Tsunami? [1] Baby boomers represent the generation of people born between 1946 and 1965. During World War 11 the birth rate fell, as a large portion of the male population was overseas fighting. When the war ended, in 1945, the men returned home to Canada. They got married or returned to their wives. The result was a huge increase in births. In Canada the overall baby boom could be attributed to more a

Dan Whitelegg wrote an excellent article "UK Skills Shortage, A Recruiters Guide" and I have extracted some of the key observations relative to the tech skills gap. What's the state of the skills gap in the UK? According to Whitelegg, The UK is currently in the midst of a much-publicized skill shortage. Skilled candidates are "supposedly" becoming hard to find and the recruitment industry is under pressure to meet employer demands and aid economic growth. So where are recruit

A article by Clare McDonald, Business Editor at ComputerWeekly.com, talks about the skills gap in the UK and sheds light on apprenticeship as a way to solve the gap. In Europe the forecast is for a lack of 756,000 skilled technical workers by 2020. This reconfirms LegacyNEXT research findings that this is a worldwide challenge. We will be sharing more from around the world in the coming months. Perhaps Canada should take a closer look at what's happening in the UK and Eu

The tech skills gap is affecting organizations around the world. According to a new survey by PwC, Industry 4.0: Building the Digital Enterprise, companies in the Asia-Pacific intend to expand their suite of digital offerings in the coming years but a shortage of skills is a key hurdle. The data for the survey came from a poll, conducted between November last year and January, surveyed more than 2,000 senior executives from industrial products companies in 26 countries across

When we look at tech skills it is usually from the perspective of what is in demand or what will be needed in the future. The attached Global Knowledge Special Report by instructor Brett Hanson entitled "Tech Skills Becoming T-Rex" is worth reading because it looks at the skills the writer feels will become extinct like the dinosaur. Some of the skills that Brett forecasts for extinction include: Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 and earlier; PC Repair Technicians; FORTRAN and C