IT TALENT GAP?
Greetings WOW members and Web professionals everywhere. Bill Cullifer here with the World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) and the WOW Technology Minute.
For today?’s podcast, I?’d like to put some of the questions that I asked in yesterday?’s podcast regarding my desire to research the current status and relevancy of today?’s Web professional education into perspective.
What I want to uncover for you the listeners of this podcast is the reasons behind the apparent disconnect between the needs of business and industry (those that hire technical and creative professionals) and the applicants that are actually unemployed and looking for work.
Robert Half Technology, a leading provider of information technology professionals on a project and full-time basis, for example recently conducted an in depth survey of 1,400 telephone interviews with CIOs that was validated by an independent research firm. The results of that survey of CIO?’s conclude that 77% said that “Finding Skilled Technology Professionals Equally or More Challenging Compared to 12 Months Ago.”
For the two minute overview of that survey and the questions that it potentially raises check out today’s WOW Technology Minute website.
Today’s WOW Technology Minute is sponsored by the Web 2.0 Expo New York taking place September 16 – 19, 2008 at the Javits Center New York, NY.
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