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Critical Shortage of IT Workers in Coming Years
Juzzam writes "The Herald Sun reports that IBM and university officals are worried about the increasing demand for IT professionals and the decreasing supply of computer science students. From the article:
'The slope shows an unbelievable decline in computer science majors,' Astrachan said. 'There are smart people no longer even signing up to take our introductory courses. We need to fix it, or there's not going to be a U.S. work force in computer sciences.'"
Not really a troll, my friend just lost his IT job due to outsourcing.
The post said 'albino'. An albino may or may not be white in the racial sense.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
As well, the HR people are Clueless!
This past weekend, I was at a Pizza Pizza with der Mouse (yes, that der Mouse), when we were complaining about the cluelessness of HR people about computers and related skills, when a person beside us introduced herself as an HR person with the Canadian Federal Government, and totally agreed with us. Her degree was in Biology and Genetics, but because of the cluelessness of the HR people, she couldn't find a job, although lots were advertised. So, she figured she would "fix it from within", and became an HR person, and found out the hell that HR is.
Appearlently, very, very few HR people last more than 5 years, and it's more like a 2-3 year career for most. The turnover rate is increadable. Companies and The Government need people with technical skills, and put increadable pressure on the HR people, expecting them to deliver really fast. And this pressure burns people out very quickly. So at best, people can learn the buzzwords, and search for them. And this is also a "cover your ass" move, as if you send someone to a company that they don't like, and they gripe to yoru boss about it, you loose your job.
So, ultimately, it's an artificial shortage, causd by companies who don't get good HR people, or spend the time to train them properly...and these people are then clueless about the field they are hiring for, and thus cannot find the people their organization needs.
ttyl
Farrell
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I remember reading an HR trade journal once, and it was completely different world. There was a quiz in it, with the question was "If HR disappeared from your company, would anyone care?".
Both HR and IT share a similar viewpoint distortion - they both think that they are center of the company. I see the role of HR and IT as more like a car's oil. Oil is important, but you need gas more. No matter how good your IT and HR departments are, if your manufacturing and sales departments aren't effective, the whole company is doomed.
And just one statement about the original article: if you treat people like crap and cut their pay by 50%, are you surprised that nobody wants that job?!?!?? I think that OBVIOUS should be attached to that article.
No, I don't trust in god. He'll have to pay up front, like everybody else.
I seriously hope so. I was blacked out for "excessive bad posting" for a while. Let's see if my time in the penalty box has been sufficient.
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear