By Natasha Lomas
Published: Thursday 10 January 2008
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"But talk of a wider economic slowdown is not putting companies off hiring tech staff going into the new year, said Wassall, who added there is "still a skills shortage" in IT."
there is no skills shortage just a marked reluctance to hire people who have those skills, because they are too old or want too much money
offshoring and outsourcing is always cheaper and you don't have any of those pesky staff to deal with
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