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# Some interesting perspectives on the Skills Shortage & Talent Wars
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/some-interesting-perspectives-on-the-skills-shortage-talent-wars/
- Published: 2008-03-23T05:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2008-03-23T05:05:00.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: ideas, #Migrated-1775015344493, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-04-01 14:49

So nothing appears to have changed - we continue to hear the rhetoric of talent wars and continue to see the demonstrable lack of interest or investment in the 'talent' that is already there.  
  
[Blame CIOs for the IT Skills Shortage](http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Opinion/Blame-CIOs-for-the-IT-Skills-Shortage/?ref=katecarruthers.com)  
  
[We can't hire enough "talent." Oh, and we're eliminating 3,000+ jobs](http://www.evidencesoup.com/canopener/2008/02/profits-are-up.html?ref=katecarruthers.com)  
  
  
By Carruthers via [Aide-mémoire](http://carruthk.blogspot.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com)  
  
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