How serious is the talent shortage in digital media?

After much number-crunching, the results of the Chinwag Jobs Digital Skills Survey have been released today, 23rd January 2008.

The full details are available in both HTML format (for ease of copy/paste) and also as a PDF to download.

We’d be interested to hear your thoughts on the conclusions. From the results, it’s apparent that 2008 is going to be a tough year to fill the skills gaps that have appeared across the industry.

A few statistics to illustrate the scale of the issue and the impact it’s having on our industry right now…

97% of respondents find it either difficult or impossible to attract the right digital staff for their businesses

76% of respondents find it difficult to retain staff within their companies.

57% of respondents reported that the digital skills shortage impeded the growth of their business in 2007

Read the full report online:
http://www.chinwag.com/reports/chinwag-jobs-skills-shortage-2007

Download the PDF:
http://www.chinwag.com/reports/chinwag-jobs-skills-shortage-2007-download

Note: This survey was conducted from 29th November - 19th December 2007. For more details see the methodology section of the results.

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Contact: Sam Michel - CEO, Chinwag
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