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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday November 18 2017, @07:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-a-bo-staff-battle dept.

Some of the fastest growing financial technology firms in Wales are at risk of being held back by skills shortages, a leading specialist lawyer has warned.

Cerian Jones said so-called fintech companies have told her they are "chasing fish in the same small pool".

She said those firms not actually trying to fill a recruitment gap "are trying to retain staff so they don't go elsewhere".

Cardiff is facing competition from London and Bristol among other cities.

Ms Jones, a patents attorney and partner at UDL in Cardiff, said: "When I talk to software companies about what their biggest challenge is, nine times out of 10 it's recruitment.

"These are very skilled positions, needing skilled graduates with the right coding and development skills."

She said there was a lure of working in London and firms in south Wales were having to be creative in trying to entice people "in a candidates' market".

Some were finding it difficult, even when offering £60,000 salaries.

There you have it. You can code to make banks richer. In Cardiff.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 19 2017, @04:13PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 19 2017, @04:13PM (#598944)

    We had three school terms per year. 'Language' was a compulsory subject for the first two years of high school.
    Year 7 - First term we studied French. Studied moderately hard. By the end of term we probably knew a few dozen/hundred words, and enough grammer to ask someone to shut the door or where the toilet was. (year 7 was about age 12)
    Second term we switched to German. Found it annoying to be forced to switch and start over. By the end of term we knew the days of the week and could count up to ten, say please and thankyou. Had forgotton most of the French.
    Third term was Italian. Totally pissed off by then. Mostly fucked around in class. By the end of term we could count up to ten , say hello and goodbye. Had forgotton all the French and German.

    Year 8 Did it all again.
    At the end of two years of three hours per week I could count up to ten what in I thought was french, but found out later half the numbers were italian.
    Stupid fucking "multicultural" school policy.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 19 2017, @06:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 19 2017, @06:00PM (#598982)

    > Stupid fucking "multicultural" school policy.

    No, just plain stupid. 15 weeks or so of learning a language? Why even bother? And French and Italian at the same time (essentially)?
    There is no way anyone remotely competent at teaching was involved in that decision.
    Though I guess the unfortunate truth is that there are all too many teachers that are no good at teaching.
    Funnily though, over the years the only teachers I actually remember are the good ones, even though I do remember having quite a few classes with bad teachers...