There is currently a skills gap in the UK, with firms unable to find candidates with the tech skills they need to fill roles and empty
digital jobs costing the economy approximately # 2bn a year.
Not exact matches
Greater regulation of the internet — let alone the authoritarian options being considered - will drive
digital businesses from the UK and
cost jobs, and do little to tackle the serious problems that do exist online.
They have to think about their contractual obligations to authors (often defined in pre-Internet contracts); a myriad companies offering complex arrays of
digital services; countless stories of the wonders and horrors of
digital publishing; an apparent dearth of staff with both publishing and web - technical skills; financial pressure to cut
costs, not start new departments with new staff; and the demands of their day
jobs.
Internet
job boards and
digital resumes removed application
costs (time) and barriers to
job application (information).
In fact, there are
cost justifications for even the most non-quant
job and non-numerical credentials that both hiring managers and recruiters will recognize, according to Sharon Jautz, an HR consultant specializing in online and
digital media after more than 20 years as an HR executive at companies such as Forbes Inc. and Playboy Enterprises Inc..