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The work load may be why a staggering two thirds of IT workers have said they want to work abroad.
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"The onus lies with business managers to develop and nurture their employees and to make the UK's IT job market an attractive one to work in.
The IT industry doesn't really have as strong a community in the UK as it should for a country with hi-tech ambitions, and IT has suffered in the UK as a result. We have seen a lack of education, skills shortages Nikita Kucherov Lightning Jersey , weak government projects and the intention of many to leave is yet another symptom of a greater problem.
We need to see a technological movement that is able to attract and maintain a vibrant IT industry, without this we will get left behind other countries that do have this. Sweden and the US both have a strong IT community and getting one could be vital to the growth of the UK economy as a whole.
In other news the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) hosted a meeting with the Department for Business, Innovation and skills (BIS), to allow its members Ryan McDonagh Lightning Jersey , made up of recruitment consultants and HR managers, to query the AWR draft guidance.
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A vote by attendees that it would not be helpful to include self-employment tests in the guidance on the basis that a tick-box approach would open recruiters up to too many risks.
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Acknowledgement that "one-hour employment contracts" do not comply, and the Swedish Derogation model needs further clarification to ensure that employers are not in breach of the AWR.
A vote by attendees that it would not be helpful to include self-employment tests in the guidance on the basis that a tick-box approach would open recruiters up to too many risks.
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