IT Essentials: The haunting gap

The state of UK tech is spookier than any ghoul or goblin

Tom Allen
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IT Essentials: The haunting gap

Banishing the spectre of unfilled tech jobs will take a multi-pronged approach.

In the same week we celebrated/tolerated Halloween, a new report found that there are more than 73,000 unfilled tech jobs in the UK: a scarier statistic than any witch, werewolf or warlock. The ...

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