Skilled for the fight
With the digital skill shortage now well known, are Irish businesses able to attract the right staff, or is the best talent vacuumed up by trendy tech giants like Facebook? Jason Walsh investigates
It’s easy to see what the problem is: in business jargon “mindshare”. As Dublin positions itself as a high-tech centre — the loss of the Web Summit notwithstanding — the best talent is attracted by the coolest companies, whether they are the social media giants or trendy start-ups. By comparison, a medium-sized Irish business, or even a large bank, may seem staid, and in an environment where skills are scarce those who have ...
