IBM to work on jobs of the future initiative

IBM has teamed up with Nicholls State University in the US to develop a new programme designed to give students the tools they need to succeed in the graduate jobs of the future.

The IT giant is helping to create a curriculum involving a number of emerging fields, including smart energy grids, electronic medical records and intelligent transport systems.

Paul Kongtogiorgis, Director of IBM Tivoli's IT Services Curriculum Program, said his company 'is working with universities … to better prepare a workforce that is not only knowledgeable about the interconnection of IT and business, but able to apply these expansive skills across all industries'.

IBM observed that governments across the globe are trying to develop new intelligent infrastructures, with 4.6 million new jobs to be created in the services sector in the US alone between 2004 and 2014, according to the country's labour statistics bureau.

The company was recently named the world's leading IT consulting vendor in terms of revenue in IDC's Information Technology Consulting report.