The UK Struggles to Fill FinTech Positions
As the global FinTech hub you would think that the U.K. has no problem when it comes to recruiting new talent for its financial technology sector. Yet, it seems that the country is experiencing a skills shortage that is seeing many jobs going unfilled. In a report from Business Insider, it found data from one of the world’s biggest job listing sites, Indeed.com, showed that the hardest jobs to fill are mechanical and engineering projects managers. According to the data, 30.8 percent of the positions remain unfilled after two months. The remaining nine jobs that are hard to fill include:....
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