A new report from the Association for Graduate Recruiters has shown that 32% of businesses have struggled to find enough graduates to meet recruitment targets last year. The largest recruitment gap came from the engineering, transport and logistics industries missing recruitment targets by an amazing 80%.
The report which surveyed 214 of the UK’s largest employers including Barclays, IBM, McDonalds and PwC found that the number of companies that failed to recruit graduates had risen by more than a quarter in the last 12 months, despite record numbers of graduates finishing.
Collectively the businesses advertised over 21,000 new positions; however they failed to hit targets due to a perceived lack of skills from many graduates with companies complaining that graduate skill levels were not meeting requirements. The report shows that businesses did not feel the quality of applications were good enough, that graduates were not diligent enough when applying making too many mistakes or that they simply did not have the time and resources to re-train graduates that have skills missing.
The report also went on to highlight that they expect there will be a small drop in graduate jobs in 2012 down 1.2 on the previous year but argued that this was to be expected with current uncertain economic environment. There was some good news for graduates however as the average wage for graduates was expected to rise by 4% over the next year whereas it had remained static over the last few years.
Source: Pareto.co.uk, Friday 27th January 2012
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Tuesday, 27 December 2011
IBM Advances Analytics Skills Program To Universities Globally
To address a growing market demand for analytics savvy graduates, IBM is working with universities around the world to bring advanced analytics training directly into the classroom. The company is expanding its academic initiatives for business analytics with new programs in China, India, Ireland and Scotland, helping students keep pace with today’s competitive job market by gaining skills in this fast-growing field of technology.
University Faculty members from leading schools in India attended a faculty development program offered by IBM to learn how advanced analytics technologies can be used to solve some of the world’s toughest challenges. The faculty members will be sharing what they learned with the students in classrooms across India.
Everyday people create the equivalent of 2.5 quintillion bytes of data from sensors, mobile devices, online transactions, and social networks; so much that 90 percent of the world’s data has been generated in the past two years. This amounts to more data than organizations can effectively use without applying analytics. The new programs are providing students and faculty members, regardless of their course of study, with access to the latest software capabilities and thinking on how advanced analytics can be applied to tackle complex business and societal challenges.
According to the 2010 IBM Institute for Business Value and MIT Sloan Management Review study of nearly 3,000 executives worldwide, the biggest challenge is the lack of understanding in how to use analytics to gain insights that can improve business outcomes. In response to market demand, universities are incorporating analytics curricula and courseware into a variety of degree programs to educate college students in this growing field.
In India, IBM is working with faculty members from 500 universities to help more than 30,000 students develop skills in predictive analytics. As part of the program, IBM will conduct a series of training programs with business school faculty concentrating on predictive and business analytics, in 15 major cities throughout the country of India. The faculty members will complete a certification process in analytics at the end of the program.
Once certified they will begin to teach students about how analytics can be applied to their topic of study. The learning will involve access to predictive analytics technology and will focus on how to act on the results the analytics technology uncovers.
“I have been using IBM predictive analytics technology in a number of programs at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta,” said Sahadeb Sarkar, Professor, Operations Management Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM). “I hope this initiative will help teachers in universities to learn and include analytics in existing courses and design new curriculum that will helps students gain a top-notch education to meet the demands of today’s businesses and government organizations.”
University of theWest of Scotland (UWS) is introducing several new courses to its School of Computing curriculum including data mining, business intelligence and knowledge management. Plans to expand the analytics course offerings to non-IT and non-finance students are underway.
“Beyond teaching business and IT skills, we are preparing students for future job opportunities with new analytics courses,” said Professor Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland. “UWS is adding new courses in direct response to the recommendations of regional employers. They have specifically advised the School of Computing that important computing skills such as business analytics are in demand and will help graduates secure jobs.”
Xi’an Jiao Tong University in China, together in cooperation with IBM’s China Development Lab in Xi’an, has developed business analytics oriented curriculum, project training materials, and planned a series of technical salon and master speech focus on analytics. These activities cover Cognos, SPSS and many best practices and tips integrated and tailored by the China Development Lab, and this analytics curriculum is planned to be replicated to six other Chinese universities in the future. This promotion of business analytics techniques and tools will enable a new generation of students, helping the Xi’an Lab with a pipeline of students with necessary skills, and will help to build up the business analytics ecosystem in China.
At the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland’s largest university, students are using analytics software in a variety of application areas allowing them to collect hidden data and applying knowledge that seemed impossible to find before that can now be uncovered.
These universities join schools around the world including Northwestern University, Yale School of Management, Fordham University, DePaul University, University of Southern California and University of Ottawa Telfer School of Management, that are working with IBM to develop and implement undergraduate and graduate curriculum and training on business analytics.
Some of the early analytics projects underway at the university level were inspired by IBM’s Watson technology – the most advanced analytics technology currently available. Through the development of Watson, IBM sparked the interest of many students in the areas of math and computer science. IBM has teamed with universities to work on the sophisticated technology associated with Watson’s deep-Question and Answer capabilities, giving more than 10,000 students exposure to analytics technology.
“Through IBM’s Academic Initiative, universities are adding analytics to their course offerings, establishing new degree programs and now we are seeing an acceleration in global demand for training in analytics,” said Jim Corgel, general manager of IBM’s Academic Initiative. “By combining IBM’s leadership in analytics with its global reach, we will begin to bridge the gap between to better equip students for new job opportunities.”
Through its Academic Initiative, IBM is making its software, courseware and curricula available to nearly 6,000 universities and more than 30,000 faculty to advance technology skills. More information about IBM’s University Programs and Academic Initiative is available at www.ibm.com/press/university.
Source: Beyonce Perry, Vadvert.co.uk, Tuesday 27th December 2011
University Faculty members from leading schools in India attended a faculty development program offered by IBM to learn how advanced analytics technologies can be used to solve some of the world’s toughest challenges. The faculty members will be sharing what they learned with the students in classrooms across India.
Everyday people create the equivalent of 2.5 quintillion bytes of data from sensors, mobile devices, online transactions, and social networks; so much that 90 percent of the world’s data has been generated in the past two years. This amounts to more data than organizations can effectively use without applying analytics. The new programs are providing students and faculty members, regardless of their course of study, with access to the latest software capabilities and thinking on how advanced analytics can be applied to tackle complex business and societal challenges.
According to the 2010 IBM Institute for Business Value and MIT Sloan Management Review study of nearly 3,000 executives worldwide, the biggest challenge is the lack of understanding in how to use analytics to gain insights that can improve business outcomes. In response to market demand, universities are incorporating analytics curricula and courseware into a variety of degree programs to educate college students in this growing field.
In India, IBM is working with faculty members from 500 universities to help more than 30,000 students develop skills in predictive analytics. As part of the program, IBM will conduct a series of training programs with business school faculty concentrating on predictive and business analytics, in 15 major cities throughout the country of India. The faculty members will complete a certification process in analytics at the end of the program.
Once certified they will begin to teach students about how analytics can be applied to their topic of study. The learning will involve access to predictive analytics technology and will focus on how to act on the results the analytics technology uncovers.
“I have been using IBM predictive analytics technology in a number of programs at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta,” said Sahadeb Sarkar, Professor, Operations Management Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM). “I hope this initiative will help teachers in universities to learn and include analytics in existing courses and design new curriculum that will helps students gain a top-notch education to meet the demands of today’s businesses and government organizations.”
University of theWest of Scotland (UWS) is introducing several new courses to its School of Computing curriculum including data mining, business intelligence and knowledge management. Plans to expand the analytics course offerings to non-IT and non-finance students are underway.
“Beyond teaching business and IT skills, we are preparing students for future job opportunities with new analytics courses,” said Professor Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland. “UWS is adding new courses in direct response to the recommendations of regional employers. They have specifically advised the School of Computing that important computing skills such as business analytics are in demand and will help graduates secure jobs.”
Xi’an Jiao Tong University in China, together in cooperation with IBM’s China Development Lab in Xi’an, has developed business analytics oriented curriculum, project training materials, and planned a series of technical salon and master speech focus on analytics. These activities cover Cognos, SPSS and many best practices and tips integrated and tailored by the China Development Lab, and this analytics curriculum is planned to be replicated to six other Chinese universities in the future. This promotion of business analytics techniques and tools will enable a new generation of students, helping the Xi’an Lab with a pipeline of students with necessary skills, and will help to build up the business analytics ecosystem in China.
At the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland’s largest university, students are using analytics software in a variety of application areas allowing them to collect hidden data and applying knowledge that seemed impossible to find before that can now be uncovered.
These universities join schools around the world including Northwestern University, Yale School of Management, Fordham University, DePaul University, University of Southern California and University of Ottawa Telfer School of Management, that are working with IBM to develop and implement undergraduate and graduate curriculum and training on business analytics.
Some of the early analytics projects underway at the university level were inspired by IBM’s Watson technology – the most advanced analytics technology currently available. Through the development of Watson, IBM sparked the interest of many students in the areas of math and computer science. IBM has teamed with universities to work on the sophisticated technology associated with Watson’s deep-Question and Answer capabilities, giving more than 10,000 students exposure to analytics technology.
“Through IBM’s Academic Initiative, universities are adding analytics to their course offerings, establishing new degree programs and now we are seeing an acceleration in global demand for training in analytics,” said Jim Corgel, general manager of IBM’s Academic Initiative. “By combining IBM’s leadership in analytics with its global reach, we will begin to bridge the gap between to better equip students for new job opportunities.”
Through its Academic Initiative, IBM is making its software, courseware and curricula available to nearly 6,000 universities and more than 30,000 faculty to advance technology skills. More information about IBM’s University Programs and Academic Initiative is available at www.ibm.com/press/university.
Source: Beyonce Perry, Vadvert.co.uk, Tuesday 27th December 2011
Friday, 2 December 2011
Irish firm Presidion to create 20 graduate jobs
SPSS Ireland has rebranded itself under the new name Presidion and will create 20 new graduate jobs in Ireland over the next three years.
The analytics software and services company was established in Dublin in the mid-Nineties and has since become IBM’s biggest partner for predictive analytics. It services more than 500 accounts and thousands of customers in Ireland.
The company will now aim to expand in the UK market and the graduate programme will hire 20 new staff to help achieve the aim.
Graduates with mathematics backgrounds will be offered analytic consulant roles while those with market and business degrees will be given analytic account management roles.
“Presidion exemplifies the type of companies that will be central to Ireland’s economic recovery. It is a company that is at the forefront of innovation, creating the software services of tomorrow, opening new markets, and securing economic growth and jobs,” said John Perry, TD, minister of State for Small Business.
“It is innovation that will drive the productivity growth that will push our economy to new levels and create new jobs for our people. I believe that companies like Presidion are essential for fostering the climate of innovation in Ireland and translating Irish entrepreneurial ambition into market-focused reality.”
Source: David Richardson, Insideireland.ie, Thursday 1st December 2011
The analytics software and services company was established in Dublin in the mid-Nineties and has since become IBM’s biggest partner for predictive analytics. It services more than 500 accounts and thousands of customers in Ireland.
The company will now aim to expand in the UK market and the graduate programme will hire 20 new staff to help achieve the aim.
Graduates with mathematics backgrounds will be offered analytic consulant roles while those with market and business degrees will be given analytic account management roles.
“Presidion exemplifies the type of companies that will be central to Ireland’s economic recovery. It is a company that is at the forefront of innovation, creating the software services of tomorrow, opening new markets, and securing economic growth and jobs,” said John Perry, TD, minister of State for Small Business.
“It is innovation that will drive the productivity growth that will push our economy to new levels and create new jobs for our people. I believe that companies like Presidion are essential for fostering the climate of innovation in Ireland and translating Irish entrepreneurial ambition into market-focused reality.”
Source: David Richardson, Insideireland.ie, Thursday 1st December 2011
Sunday, 4 September 2011
How to select the right graduate for a job in IT
Gary Kildare, IBM VP for Human Resources, blogs on how IBM recruits graduates.
What makes a young person stand out as a potential employee? IBM takes on between 350-500 students, graduates and apprentices each year. Over time, we've identified seven transferable skills which we ask young people to demonstrate in our recruitment process.
These are - in no particular order:
adaptability
creativity
leadership
communication skills
collaboration skills
passion for our business
a strong client focus
We find that people who demonstrate these skills during the recruitment process are more motivated and keen to take on board the training we provide.
We take on graduates and students with a variety of degree backgrounds. A recent IBM graduate studied the fall of the Roman empire and the origins of the British Secret Service for his degree. Not obvious choices for someone on their way to a career in IT. However, he is now a client systems manager and works closely with clients to understand their needs and identify the IT services and products which will support their strategy.
The world around us is constantly changing, becoming more interconnected and intelligent. Seeking out candidates with transferable skills help us make sure that our hires can adjust and thrive in the years to come.
Source: Cliff Saran, Computerweekly.com, Friday 2nd September 2011
What makes a young person stand out as a potential employee? IBM takes on between 350-500 students, graduates and apprentices each year. Over time, we've identified seven transferable skills which we ask young people to demonstrate in our recruitment process.
These are - in no particular order:
adaptability
creativity
leadership
communication skills
collaboration skills
passion for our business
a strong client focus
We find that people who demonstrate these skills during the recruitment process are more motivated and keen to take on board the training we provide.
We take on graduates and students with a variety of degree backgrounds. A recent IBM graduate studied the fall of the Roman empire and the origins of the British Secret Service for his degree. Not obvious choices for someone on their way to a career in IT. However, he is now a client systems manager and works closely with clients to understand their needs and identify the IT services and products which will support their strategy.
The world around us is constantly changing, becoming more interconnected and intelligent. Seeking out candidates with transferable skills help us make sure that our hires can adjust and thrive in the years to come.
Source: Cliff Saran, Computerweekly.com, Friday 2nd September 2011
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
IBM failed to fill 200 jobs because of the skills gap
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.
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.
Source: Pareto.co.uk, Monday 11th July 2011
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