Some one should tell students and the [broken link removed]t what its really like.
"Ireland has been facing a growing shortage of graduates in technical disciplines, even though computer scientists, electronic engineers, and IT professionals have excellent career options."
I keep hearing about the thousands of vacancies in IT - so where are they?!
But yet they won't take on graduates, or train people up. Even experienced people need to constantly retrain, yet few places make provision for this.
I founded a software company about 2.5 years ago and had to set up an offshore base in order to get talented developers, BA's, Testers and PM's as there was just no-one available with good experience/ability here (those that did were all in jobs on really good salaries.. who wouldn't even think of joining a startup)
Classic: you complain that there was nobody with good ability/experience, and then perpetuated the problem by setting up abroad, thereby ensuring that few Irish could gain experience. Are you sure that lower wages wasn't your main reason for setting up abroad?
I founded a software company about 2.5 years ago and had to set up an offshore base in order to get talented developers, BA's, Testers and PM's as there was just no-one available with good experience/ability here (those that did were all in jobs on really good salaries.. who wouldn't even think of joining a startup)
NOW....we are one of the few firms hiring and our existing guys here (hired last year as the company revenues increased, a mix of graduates and experienced guys) are getting raises, because they bit the bullet and took what was perceived as a risk in joining us. Since Christmas in particular, despite not advertising, I am getting lots of CV's from really good and experienced IT people. The worm has turned and it is no longer an employee's market. ...
So I asked her to think of the department/section she worked in before and in the light of the inefficiencies she spoke about in the interview, draw out a process of how it could be done so much better. I didn't put her on the spot, I told her she could just send it in when she had time to think about it. I effectively told her that if she did this, she'd get the job.
...The point I am trying to make is that a candidate who isn't willing to do something relatively straightforward to get a job, would hardly light up the place if she/he did get the job, so the decision was made. By her. Unfortunately due to the kinds of press releases about vacancies highlighted by the OP, the average candidate does not think that they need to try too hard to get the job, and until people with that mindset change, then they will remain looking for work rather than working. Alternatively, there are candidates that are working on contract, and when looking for permanency seek a salary which is commensurate with contracting. Such expectations need to be re-calibrated.
I founded a software company about 2.5 years ago and had to set up an offshore base in order to get talented developers, BA's, Testers and PM's as there was just no-one available with good experience/ability here..........
NOW....we are one of the few firms hiring ........
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