For several years, there has been a shortage of people with IT skills. This means that there are jobs available. In the article cited below, the estimate for the US is 200,000 to 300,000. Much of the shortage started when the high tech bubble burst in the early 2000's and many people concluded that there were no more jobs available in the IT area. An illogical conclusion because the high tech sector is not the same thing as IT jobs, which are common in all kinds of industry, indeed most industries these days.
Now the problem is even more bizarre, snce there are a lot of people without jobs because of the down economy, but there are still a lot of IT jobs that have gone unfilled. This is an opportunity for people displaced from their jobs in the economy who might be able to round out their IT skills. Also, it is an opportunity for young people starting out, who with the right skills can get a very good high paying job right from the get-go. INTERVIEW: IT Skills Shortage A Chance for Unemployed Workers > Human Resources Issues > IT Workplace
3 comments:
That's great news for computer savvy people. It's not all bad news in these dark economic times.
It's funny sometimes how these things work themselves out. Who would have thought that an area of demand would be IT jobs?
Good to hear some fields require workers. Perhaps this is a chance for people to get retrained to take advantage of the IT work shortfall.
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