skills

Digital skills shortage: pure economics?

Suzanne Morrow — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:59:15 +0100

At Chinwag we’ve been chatting about the skills shortage in digital for some time. We did a survey on the topic too at the end of 2007 to find out exactly how digital was faring. The results were quite worrying.

Channel 4 marries learning with social media

Suzanne Morrow — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:10:29 +0100

Channel 4’s promise? To strengthen their connection with young audiences by embracing mulitple platforms and devoting £6 million of their budget to higher risk projects.

SXSW Interactive 08 panel - The 10 Commandments of Nice

Deirdre Molloy — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:52:33 +0000

On 9th March I swung by the session hosted by the Preloaded guys. Ten Commandments? The sheer (tongue-in) cheek of it intrigued me...

Dotbomb talent purge casts a long shadow

Deirdre Molloy — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:58:36 +0000

2004-2008 A Partial Potted (UK) Web Media History:

Code orange alert: 2004. Sector has stabilised. Huge relief. Optimism. Hiring people. 2005. Excitement. Clients pupils are dilating... Upswing! Much client business incoming. Broadband upsurge. Money flooding into interactive advertising.

Finding & Attracting Talent

Nicky Swain — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:01:27 +0000

As I mentioned before, talent is very hard to find these days and getting harder. You may be looking for months for that perfect candidate so what do you do to ensure that you find it and then you attract and engage it?

Chinwag Live: Skills Emergency

Deirdre Molloy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:52:35 +0000

Date: 29 Jan 2008 - 18:00

Location: London

As the skills shortage worsens, what can we do to ensure the UK remains a global hub for digital media? Chinwag Live brings together intiatives and ideas in an open panel and community debate...

More info about Chinwag Live: Skills Emergency

Designers don’t think?

Nikki Barton — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:35:33 +0000

Chatting to a recruiter recently I was shocked to hear him say, ‘The problem is we’re interviewing a lot of designers at the moment who don’t think’. I was pretty dumbfounded, as I’ve spent my entire working life believing that is exactly what designers did. However, it did get me thinking more about the way designers in technology work, the way things have changed over the last ten or so years, and the problems that they face.

Digital Skills Drought?

Sam Michel — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:38:02 +0000

We've just put out a survey on Chinwag Jobs to guage what's happening in the recruitment sector. It'll be interesting to get feedback on the problems (or perhaps not) of recruiting and retaining digital people over the last year.