IT Skills Shortage - Update

Following up my posting of a few weeks a go, I just came across the survey from Graduate Careers Australia about Computer Science Graduates.

I know there are “lies, dammed lies and statistics”, but it seems that in this time of an IT Skills drought, a Computer Science is no short-cut to a job.

I would have thought that these graduates would be ahead of their peers in getting jobs, but apparently not.

Of new bachelor degree graduates who were seeking full-time employment, 82.4% had found it within four months of completing their studies, the report said.

For Computer Science, that figure was 78.8%.

Is this an indictment of the courses, or of employers not wanting to take the time, or spend the money to train graduates?

We can't leave the development of our industry professionals to "someone else".

For those, like me, who don’t know them, Graduate Careers Australia are a peak body with representatives from employers, universities and government who work to foster employment and career opportunities for graduates from higher education institutions.