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Congratulations to T&T's Soca Warriors for
winning the football (soccer) match against USA (first time this has ever been
achieved) and hopefully on their way to getting into the second round of the
Football World Cup qualifiers. We have eyes on South Africa in 2 years
time for the team to repeat their extraordinary performance in Germany in 2006.
What else is there to say except that "we are living in
interesting times".
 If
you are living in Trinidad, then you know that the question on everybody's mind
is whether or not we will be affected by the global roller coaster economy.
Our economy is still strong but there's a feeling that we must be
affected somehow by the crisis in the USA, Europe and elsewhere. We are
always affected by the price of oil and, more importantly, gas, and these prices
have been dropping and rising in an unpredictable manner globally.
Nevertheless, the world needs oil and gas and known reserves are depleting, so
oil companies must continue to fund increasingly more expensive exploration and
drilling in order to meet future demand.
Historically, Oil & Gas companies tend to lay off staff as soon as their profits
dip, and this is one reason why many young people in North America and elsewhere
do not choose to work in that industry. This has led to a shortage of
skills world-wide, with the prospect that this situation is about to become much
worse as a large percentage of skilled and experienced oil and gas professionals
are due to retire soon. Therefore, I feel that our international energy
sector companies are more likely to relocate skilled staff to other countries,
if the local situation should warrant this. This could be a great
opportunity for our local talent to gain international experience in this
industry.
I.T. skills also appear to be in great demand, both locally
and internationally. It seems that the dot.com crash earlier this decade
caused many undergraduates in North America to avoid the computer industry as a
career. Now there is a shortage of I.T. skills and in fact, according to
the (U.S.) National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses, I.T. employment
in the USA is on the rise, despite layoffs in other sectors. This makes
sense - I.T. is integral in ensuring that a company is operating as efficiently
as possible, and that product development can continue to keep the company
competitive, when the economy is tight.
I have experienced this myself. Many years ago, I was
a programmer at British Airways when the company decided to lay off 20,000
staff world-wide. All staff were invited to apply for voluntary redundancy
with generous termination packages. About 80% of the computer staff
applied (as we knew we could get jobs elsewhere) before they announced that the
computer department was to be the only exception and so our applications were
rejected. Unfortunately for the company, many staff had already got job
offers and left anyway, me included. But this demonstrates how vital I.T.
is to any organisation.
What's the conclusion in terms of job prospects? I.T. and Energy sector
professionals should continue to enjoy a high demand for their skills with
consequent salary increases as companies compete for their talent.
However, be prepared to seek opportunities abroad to capitalise on this demand.
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