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Almost half of the IT graduates leaving university believe their courses have ill-equipped them to find employment, with many regretting not getting jobs straight from school. A survey of IT graduates by recruitment agency FDM found that nearly half (46%) believed their degrees did not provide them with necessary IT skills - particularly in areas such as .Net and Java programming.


Furthermore 41% said that given their time again, they would have skipped university and entered the job market straight from school. University courses need to become more vocational, and the skills issue needs to be addressed at a national level, said Rod Flavell, CEO of FDM: "The e-Skills Council needs to urgently address the issue of universities failing to offer training in the latest programming languages." Read more...
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