IT sector lobbies firms to support £15m skills plan

Employers,
suppliers and the Government are being urged to back a £15m plan to find a
solution to the growing shortage of IT professionals in the UK with e-commerce
skills.

The
plan, which has just opened for consultation, aims to bring thousands of workers
into the IT profession every year to meet the needs of business to develop
e-commerce projects.

The
three-year project, coordinated by the E-skills National Training Organisation
(NTO), is an ambitious attempt by the IT profession to tackle the UK’s IT skills
shortages.

Karen
Price, chief executive of the E-skills NTO, said she is confident the
three-year plan will win financial backing from the Government if employers are
prepared to contribute.

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Gill
Wilson, HR manager for the software and systems engineering firm Amey Datel,
welcomed the plan. She said the company had to pay high salaries to attract
experienced IT staff.

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