UK start-ups kick off the hunt for new talent
27 September, 2011 Category: Startups No Comments 
Original post by Nick Clark via The Independent
As the UK’s technology sector struggles to attract computer science graduates, start-ups have clubbed together to offer more than 500 jobs in an attempt to lure talent away from joining the City.
The move comes in the build-up to the second “Silicon Milkroundabout”, the jobs fair for the London tech start-up community, next month. The event was set up by Ian Hogarth, the chief executive and co-founder of music start-up Songkick.
Among the more than 120 companies backing the recruitment drive are Mind Candy, which owns the hugely popular Moshi Monsters brand, music-identifying group Shazam and ticket-exchange company Viagogo.
Mr Hogarth said: “We, along with many of our friends from other start-ups, struggle with the shortage of computer science graduates and experienced software developers.”
He added that many potential candidates were “not aware of tech start-ups as an alternative to the more traditional routes of working for a bank, a consultancy, Google, Facebook or Microsoft”. The event organisers hope to raise awareness of the opportunities among graduates, and attract more start-ups to take part.
