IT Essentials : Innovation demands soft skills

The tech skills gap is about more than the supply of STEM graduates

Penny Horwood
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If we want to relearn how to innovate in this country, employers should think about how they encourage the development of soft skills.

My inbox has been filling up since A-levels results day last week with commentary, most of it very positive, about the increasing proportion of students opting for STEM subjects, including computin...

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