Recession Fails To Drive Demand For Public Sector Jobs
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The shortage of students taking IT-related courses (specifically MCSE and related
Microsoft certifications) could soon have a detrimental effect on the UK public
sector, according to Accelerated Learning training provider Firebrand...
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The shortage of students taking IT-related courses (specifically MCSE and related
Microsoft certifications) could soon have a detrimental effect on the UK public
sector, according to Accelerated Learning training provider Firebrand Training.
London, UK, May 18, 2009 -- Despite the harsh economic climate, demand for IT jobs
is still outstripping supply.
Firebrand believe that the continuing fall in
students graduating from IT courses could affect the public sector s ability to
compete for candidates as they struggle to match offers from private sector
organisations.
This is especially the case with Windows Server related job roles
requiring skills covered by the MCP, MCSA, and MCSE training courses.
"If you can afford to pay salaries, be more aggressive about recruitment, and have
an good story to sell to candidates, you re going to be the ones who attract the
best IT graduates," said Robert Chapman of Firebrand Training.
Chapman maintained
that the problem has been created by the industry itself.
"This situation is entirely our own fault," he said.
"The industry as a whole has a
poor record of promoting itself.
There is a perception that IT is a boring grey box
in the corner, when in fact there are number of highly attractive roles that are a
lot more creative than people believe.
"
Chapman added that many people who would not consider themselves IT geeks may be
very well suited to Microsoft-skilled (i.
e.
MCSE qualified) roles within the
industry.
"Ask anyone if they d like a job at Google or Facebook and they ll probably say
yes , but these are IT companies.
It s just their popular brand reputation that
makes them seem cool, even to people who would otherwise dismiss a career in IT out
of hand," he said.
The industry as a whole will not solve this problem until it highlights the many
different IT-related professions, dispelling the negative myths and promoting the
many benefits of job security, good prospects and high salaries.
"This is particularly true of the public services sector, which plays such a vital
role, but will never have the popular brand recognition to play off," Chapman
concluded.
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Firebrand Training?s MCSE training www.
firebrandtraining.
co.
uk/courses/microsoft/mcse.
.
.
MCSE Bootcamp in 14 days - Firebrand Training is challenging the way in which
professional training is delivered.
Firebrand Training, formerly known as The Training Camp, has pioneered Accelerated
Learning courses for busy IT professionals.
The organisation?s innovative approach
to MCSE training course delivery has led to its status as the Institute of IT
Training?s ?IT Training Company of the Year? for three years ? something no other
IT Training company has achieved.
MCSE students are totally immersed in the subject matter, receiving an average of
12 hours intense tuition per day at a residential training site.
Subject experts
implement a range of teaching methodologies designed to fit with how we best
understand and retain information during different periods in the day.
Accelerated
Learning is an attractive proposition for contractors, whose time commands very
high premiums, and employers who need to minimise staff absence.
Firebrand Training
has an above average pass rate of 85% - confounding critics? claims that
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