Datacom looks to engage high schoolers with IT

Datacom looks to engage high schoolers with IT
Managing director Justin Gray said research showed 22% of students worry an IT career would be boring. (Image: Datacom)
Ben Moore
Datacom has built a free IT skills training portal that is aimed at giving high school students a taste of what a career in the industry might be like.Managing director Justin Gray told BusinessDesk Datacom research found that 40% of young people consider technology and digital as a career option, but only 5% pursue it.“That comes from people probably having a bit of fear,” he said.“In that research, we found about 34% felt they didn't have the skills, and 22% thought it might be boring. What we need to do is get to people...

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