The well-documented tech skills shortage also provides opportunities for people from any age or background to consider a tech career. In today's episode, I am joined by Graham Hunter from CompTIA to share his insights and actionable tips for anyone to start or grow their career in tech with an IT certification from CompTIA. Graham reveals insights from CompTIA's recent report into the State of the Tech Workforce UK. I also learned more about the cyber security skills gap and a new initiative to help those who don't make it as professional footballers into careers in the sector and what needs to be done to address the UK's data skills gap. About Graham Graham Hunter is Vice President of Business Development covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and Canada at CompTIA, the Global IT Industry Trade Association. CompTIA represents more than 12,000 member companies and registered users around the world; and is the world's leading provider of vendor-neutral skills certifications for the global IT workforce. Graham is responsible for explaining how critical it is for governments, businesses and educators to provide the most current certifiable IT training programs for their employees and students to meet the demands of the global IT workforce, as well as providing senior strategic direction, leadership, management, and support to the EMEA, APAC and Canadian team. Tech Talks Daily Podcast Sponsor Check out Flippa, who is the show sponsor in December. Find out more information at https://flippa.com/tech-talks