Is It A Talent Shortage Or A Salary Shortage?Information Week debates the question of whether there's a IT talent shortage in the US. In this corner, Dr. Jerry Luftman says, "Yes": "Skilled IT professionals are scarce already, and the short supply is stressing organizational growth plans. Add to this the impending baby boomer retirement bubble, and the situation worsens. As 70 million baby boomers exit the workforce in the next 15 years, only 40 million people will enter the workforce." While in this corner, Dr. Ron Hira says, "No": "The most relevant market indicators--wages and employee risk--clearly show there's no broad-based scarcity of U.S. IT workers. In their zeal to enlist government help to expand the supply of tech workers through foreign guest worker programs, employers are misrepresenting IT labor market conditions" Along those lines, Information Week also reports that "only 5% of CIOs said their companies have offshored technology jobs", which would seem to indicate that most companies can get their projects done locally. Many of the folks on Information Week's forums think it's more a case of employers unwilling to pay the going rate for local workers. Posted by Joe Caponi at 11:11 AM, January 25, 2008 This is a public forum. United Business Media and its affiliates are not responsible for and do not control what is posted herein. United Business Media makes no warranties or guarantees concerning any advice dispensed by its staff members or readers. Community standards in this comment area do not permit hate language, excessive profanity, or other patently offensive language. Please be aware that all information posted to this comment area becomes the property of United Business Media LLC and may be edited and republished in print or electronic format as outlined in United Business Media's Terms of Service. Important Note: This comment area is NOT intended for commercial messages or solicitations of business. |
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