A job for Y2K Pro

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Follow that link there Mr.Pro and a job awaits you. If you are the pro you say you are which I doubt.

O.J.

Not guilty!! Let's golf.

-- O.J. (OJSimpson@jailhouse.com), July 06, 1999

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July 05, 1999, Issue: 742 Section: Behind The News ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Too Many Jobs, Too Few Workers John Eckhouse

When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, something's got to give. That's also the case in the IT arena, where too many key jobs remain vacant at a time when there are too few skilled IT workers to fill them.

While a few skeptics insist that hiring managers aren't tapping the right sources of talent to fill all the openings, you won't find many among the 200 IT managers recently surveyed by InformationWeek Research who would agree with them. IT managers report that, on average, 12% of their organization's jobs remain unfilled. That percentage is either stable or growing at more than 80% of IT shops.

The cause is pretty easy to pinpoint in an era of Y2K remediation, huge ERP installations, a rush to get into E-business and the necessity of linking Web apps to legacy programs. While you'll hear hiring managers complain that they can't keep up with escalating salaries, the real culprit isn't money but people. The survey indicates that a lack of skilled workers is the biggest problem most companies face in trying to fill jobs.

So how do they cope? Mostly by increasing the burden on their existing IT staff-which can lead to job burnout and even more vacancies. Some IT managers also hire consultants and systems integrators. Companies with annual revenues greater than $1 billion are more likely than small or midsize organizations to make their IT workers toil longer hours.

Let us know how your company is coping with the continuing IT labor shortage at the E-mail address below.

John Eckhouse

Senior Editor/Research

jeckhous@cmp.com

Copyright (c) 1999 CMP Media Inc.

-- O.J. (OJSimpson@jailhouse.com), July 06, 1999.


Thanks for the tip smegma breath - gotta job already...

-- Y2K Pro (2@641.com), July 06, 1999.

Yeah, flippin' burgers at Burger King.

-- y2k prozac (y2k@pro.zac), July 06, 1999.

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