Diamond in the rough

Doug Woodburn
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Could apprenticeships be the answer to the IT skills gap? Doug Woodburn takes a look at the channel companies prepared to fashion some channel gems

Apprenticeships could be the answer to the channel's notorious ‘rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul' recruitment culture, a growing number of channel firms believe. Though chiselling an enthusiastic but raw s...

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