Monthly Archives: April 2011

£2.253 million paid to Suppliers in order to scrap ID Card Scheme

Mr Green said in the letter that “The cost of decommissioning ID card systems and securely destroying the personal data is, subject to final invoices, £375,000.\” And the research director at TechMarketView said that \”The cost over the lifetime of the ID cards was estimated at £4.5bn, a good proportion of this will be saved.\” […]

Social Media technology should be incorporated into IT service management

According to Mark Blowers, lead analyst at Ovum \”IT users are coming to expect similar levels of interaction in their corporate lives as they do in their online life as private consumers. Social media tools can work well in IT service management, especially in bringing about improvements in the service provided to users. Delaying an […]

Monster Job Index sees 9% year on year increase in March 2011

Jesse Harriott, senior vice president and chief knowledge officer at Monster Worldwide said that “The March Index reinforces a consensus from other leading indicators that the labor market is continuing to grow at a measured pace. We continue to see the impact of an increased demand for specialized IT talent as well as sustainable recruitment […]

JobServe moves into South Africa with JobNet Brand

Speaking on the move into South Africa, Wendy Cowell, the company’s Online Sales & Business Development Manager said that “Africa’s largest economy will probably expand by over 5 percent in 2011, and both the mining and manufacturing sectors both face critical skill shortages. This is where JobServe’s international presence and our partner’s immigration skills can […]

2 out of 5 Employers decrease funding for learning & development

The learning and development talent advisor at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Dr John McGurk, said that \”With the full impact of the spending cuts yet to be felt in the public sector, maintaining support for employee development by linking it to organisational change is essential if organisations are to steer through […]