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13:20 3rd September 2008
A software testing company is taking the IT skills shortage into its own hands by setting up a graduate boot camp, iTnews.com has reported.
Planit, the systems assurance firm, hopes to attract between 200 and 300 applications from IT graduates per intake, with between eight and 12 making the shortlist to attend the boot camp.
The five-day training programme will be based on the company's existing software test training agendas.
Chris Carter, managing director of Planit, said that the camp ends with an exam and those that fail it are immediately out of the running for a graduate career within the firm.
He said: "That said, our pass rate has been around 90 per cent so we select well. For us it has been a fantastic program to put in place and the outputs have been tremendous."
Last month, a technology strategy expert claimed that the IT industry needs to recognise the benefits of offering apprenticeships to young people.
Computeach offers home learning as a way to enter the IT industry.
