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Short of IT Workers At Home, Israeli Startups Recruit Elsewhere (reuters.com)
New submitter Alex Wilson shares a Reuters report: Driven by startups, Israel's technology industry is the fastest growing part of the economy. It accounts for 14 percent of economic output and 50 percent of exports. But a shortage of workers means its position at the cutting edge of global technology is at risk, with consequences for the economy and employment. When Alexey Chalimov founded software design firm Eastern Peak in Israel four years ago he knew he would not find the developers he needed at home. He went to Ukraine and hired 120 people to develop mobile apps and web platforms for international clients and smaller Israeli startups. "I worked for years in the Israeli market and I knew what the costs were in Israel and I knew there was a shortage of workers," he told Reuters.
The government's Innovation Authority forecasts a shortage of 10,000 engineers and programmers over the next decade in a market that employs 140,000. Israel has dropped six spots in three years to 17th in the World Economic Forum's ranking of the ease of finding skilled technology employees. In the meantime, many Israeli startups are looking abroad.
The government's Innovation Authority forecasts a shortage of 10,000 engineers and programmers over the next decade in a market that employs 140,000. Israel has dropped six spots in three years to 17th in the World Economic Forum's ranking of the ease of finding skilled technology employees. In the meantime, many Israeli startups are looking abroad.
My degree is in mathematics. I spent a year unemployed out of school before finally getting a job as a low-level state government clerical worker.
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The real thing is schools need to incorporate serious STEM based disciplines as part of the Liberal Art training, much how they normally push Liberal Arts into STEM based majors.
I saw this problem in college. As a Computer Science Major I needed to take 200 level classes in Liberal Arts which are the same classes that Liberal Art Majors needed as well. However The Liberal Art Majors normally just need to take a 101 level course to meet their Science and Math requirements, and these 101 classes were often tailors for Non-STEM Majors, so they can pass the class without killing their GPA.
As I see it Anyone who graduates from college should be able to understand basic Calculus, Be able to write a program that has nested loops, be able to wire a full adder using Not and And Gates, Understand the probability of getting a genetic trait...
In short you should be taught on how to approach problems in both a technical way and the emotional and philosophical ways. We cant have people graduating from college who get scared at Math, just as much we cannot have engineers graduating who cannot write complete thoughts.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Hi, paid Russian Troll. Ignore the thred where we are NOT talking about Israelis and troll away.
... uh huh. Shortage of those who will work cheap, you mean.
If you are not inclined towards people or travel, then use your time to get a few IT certifications. Lots of IT jobs all over the world and in your local community.
Liar.
IT is a social role for team players, and you will never ever find work in IT without the skill to bullshit your way onto the team. There are absolutely no jobs for people who don't want to deal with people. Not anywhere.
My degree is in mathematics. I spent a year unemployed out of school
What were you expecting? Before you decided on that major, did you count the job ads for mathematicians?
Math is a tool. Majoring in math rather than applications of math makes as much sense as studying hammers rather than learning carpentry.
In one of the most notoriously difficult countries to immigrate to for non-Jews, I find it deliciously ironic that they're having problems with a worker shortage. The question is, will they ease immigration requirements for non-Jews? I highly doubt it.
Unless you're some kind of crazy zionist, any halfway-intelligent person is not going to want to move to Israel. Aside from being a theocracy and giving different rights to people based on their religion, they've also elected disgusting conservative governments for countless years now. This is all without even going into the atrocities and human rights violations. Israel needs to be written off the map. If they really want to be secular, as so many claim, they need to deliver. Change the name, unite with their occupied Palestinian territories under a completely secular government, pay back reparations to the people they have oppressed for so many years, and finally stop building settlements and giving special rights to Jews. It's pretty damn simple. But no, Israelis would never go for something that civilised, because the majority are just as disgusting as deplorables in the US.