Businesses not hiring IT apprentices despite skills shortage claims

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Tech Decision Maker December 16, 2014 Editor of this Newsletter Steve Ranger | UK Editor | @steveranger Steve Ranger is the UK editor of TechRepublic, and has been writing about the impact of technology on people, business, and culture for more than a decade. Businesses not hiring IT apprentices despite skills shortage claims Despite claims the UK and US are in the grip of an IT skills shortage, the number of people being accepted for IT apprenticeships has fallen by one third - with less one in 10 applicants securing places. Resource of the day Five Ways to Reduce the Risk of Cybercrime to Your Business Cybercrime is on the rise. As an IT professional, it's your job to take action to reduce the threat. Read this white paper to learn about the five key steps you need to take to reduce the risk of cybercrime to your business. Additional TechRepublic Resources 2015 will be the year Linux takes over the enterprise (and other predictions) Social media over the holidays: Five tips to manage your brand IBM's Enterprise Mobile head shares more about new iOS apps Ben Fathi: VMware CTO. OS OG. Long-distance runner. Two programmers are better than one for your data science team The sharing economy: Will self-regulation by startups suffice to protect consumers? Mitigate the risk of temporary data science development hacks Scope management is the key to mobile success Microsoft licensing: Ed Bott explains how to stay out of hot water Failing to navigate the tricky maze of Microsoft license restrictions has gotten plenty of IT pros in trouble. Four Microsoft licensing missteps that could cost you big bucks spells out exactly what you need to know to avoid embarrassing and costly mistakes. Become a Tech Pro Research member to get all our articles, tools, policies, and templates. Today's recommended downloads Five Ways to Reduce the Risk of Cybercrime to Your Business (Kaseya) Webcast: Ensure High Availability for Virtual Resources (Veeam Software) Critical Concepts of the 200-120 CCNA Routing and Switching Exam (Global Knowledge) Live Webcast: SaaS Apps? BYOD? Take Cloud Control. (Centrify) Webcast: Moving the Data Center to Hyper-Converged and Web-Scale: A Customer and Analyst View (Nutanix) Connect with TechRepublic A Special Feature from TechRepublic and ZDNet Enterprise Startups: Risk vs. Reward Enterprise-focused startups have emerged as some of tech's hotbeds of innovation. We highlight how partnering with startups can help companies leapfrog competitors and we provide perspective on how to approach buying IT solutions from enterprise startups. TechRepublic newsletters Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic UK The Mobile Revolution Visit the Subscription Center to get other free newsletters, manage your account settings or to be removed from TechRepublic communications. The e-mail address for your subscription is habib2best@gmail.com. Unsubscribe | Send Feedback | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy Copyright 2014 CBS Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. TechRepublic is a registered service mark of CBS Interactive, Inc. TechRepublic 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.