IT skills shortage. Education for information technology

1985 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
D.A. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Skills Shortage ◽  
It Skills

Information Technology Skills and Labor Market Outcomes for Workers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilal Atasoy ◽  
Rajiv D. Banker ◽  
Paul A. Pavlou
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
It Use ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
It Training ◽  
It Skills

Job erosion is a major concern globally, especially given the COVID-19 pandemic. Unemployment and low wages remain pressing societal challenges in the wake of increased automation, more so for traditionally disadvantaged groups in the labor market, such as women, minorities, and the elderly. However, workers who possess relevant information technology (IT) skills may have an edge in an increasingly digital economy. In this study, we examine the role of IT skills in labor market outcomes for workers, using a household IT use survey from an emerging economy that captures detailed, individual-level data on IT skills, which are also integrated with data on workers’ wages, occupations, and industries between 2007 and 2015. The results indicate that basic IT skills increase individuals’ employment probability, which is driven by both higher labor force participation and a higher probability of transitioning from unemployment to employment, after accounting for the decision to participate in the workforce. Advanced IT skills do not provide a significant incremental effect on employment probability on top of basic IT skills. However, having advanced IT skills helps workers to earn higher wages while incrementally increasing the probability that they are employed in higher-paid jobs. Interestingly, the effect of basic IT skills on employment is significantly larger for the female and older workforce that typically has a higher preference for flexible work options. These results emphasize the importance of providing necessary IT access and offering basic IT training to traditionally disadvantaged groups to close the IT skills gap and the digital divide. We offer implications for the future of work, education, and public policy for designing IT training policies for workers, students, and organizations to stimulate employment with higher wages, particularly in developing economies and for traditionally disadvantaged segments of the workforce, such as women and the elderly, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Information Technology Porfessionals: A Skills Shortage Assessment

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Cropp
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Monitoring Programme ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Skills Shortage ◽  
Job Vacancy ◽  
Professional Occupation ◽  
Skills Shortages

The Job Vacancy Monitoring Programme conducts in depth investigations into the supply/demand balance in the labour market for a number of skilled occupations. The Information Technology (IT) professional occupation is assessed every six months. This paper presents the findings from the December 2003 investigation into skills shortages of IT professionals. It provides an assessment of trends in demand for and supply of IT professionals and, an overview of employer's recruitment experience as measured by the Department of Labour's Survey of Employers who have Recently Advertised.

Solving the IT skills shortage

1985 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 180-180
Author(s):  
Terence Beckett
Keyword(s):  
Skills Shortage ◽  
It Skills

Skills, Management of Skills, and IT Skills Requirements

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Makoto Nakayama ◽  
Norma Sutcliffe
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information System ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Systems Security ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
It Skills ◽  
Skill Shortages ◽  
It Operations

Information technology (IT) skill shortages appear at the market level occasionally—usually for emerging technologies, unanticipated challenges, and/or unresolved issues such as systems security. Even when a market-level skill shortage does not exist, a firm can still suffer from skill shortages for its critical information system (IS) project and/or IT operations unless the firm plans and manages its needs for IT skills. This chapter first surveys IT skills at the market level and then at the firm level to gain a perspective on the issues. Attention turns to the nature and characteristics of skills in general—not just IT skills—by reviewing past literature. The management of skills is deeply rooted in the management of knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) and human resource practices of the firm. Key issues and lessons are drawn from the literature in those areas. We conclude by considering the nature and characteristics of IT skills in developing an agenda for the effective management of IT skills.

IT Professionals

2012 ◽  
pp. 32-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
António Trigo ◽  
João Varajão ◽  
Pedro Soto-Acosta ◽  
João Barroso ◽  
Francisco J. Molina-Castillo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Chief Information Officers ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Business Knowledge ◽  
It Department ◽  
Training Institutions ◽  
Development And Management ◽  
It Skills

Nowadays, Universities and other Training Institutions need to clearly identify the Information Technology (IT) skills that companies demand from IT practitioners. This is essential not only for offering appropriate and reliable university degrees, but also to help future IT professionals on where to focus in order to achieve better job positions. In an attempt to address this issue, this study rely on 102 Chief Information Officers, from Iberian large companies, to characterize current IT professionals and what is expected from future hirings. Results revealed that IT Technicians and Senior Analysts are the predominant positions and also that future hiring will request candidates with at least two to five years of work experience. The two most important skills found were core functions at the IT department: business knowledge and user support. In contrast, traditional competences such as web development and management of emerging technologies were less demanded.

Developing an Innovative Curriculum to Prepare Networking Professionals for the Global Marketplace

2010 ◽  
pp. 1378-1384
Author(s):  
Michael Jeffries ◽  
Raymond Papp
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Network Systems ◽  
Global Marketplace ◽  
To Come ◽  
It Departments ◽  
Innovative Curriculum ◽  
Bureau Of Labor Statistics ◽  
Functional Areas ◽  
It Skills

The need for business managers with strong information technology (IT) skills in general, and data communication and networking skills in particular, is now high and will be even greater in the years to come. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2007), occupations in the area of network systems and data communications analysis are projected to increase 55% by 2014. Given the trend in business to leverage information technology to decrease costs and increase efficiency in all functional areas, this demand is understandable. What is more difficult to understand is the lack of response to this demand by university IT departments as reflected in their curriculums (Hawk, 2005.) In this article we describe how one information and technology management department has attempted to meet the challenge of integrating networking skills in a coordinated fashion over a wide variety of courses to, at least in part, better prepare their students for the demands they are certain to face when they graduate.

IT skills shortage

1985 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
T. Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Skills Shortage ◽  
It Skills

Factors Influencing Diffusion of Electronic Medical Records: A Case Study in Three Healthcare Institutions in Japan

2005 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 120-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otieno George Ochieng ◽  
Ryozo Hosoi
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Electronic Medical Records ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Reminder Systems ◽  
Healthcare Environment ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
It Skills

This study examines the effect of three factors: information technology (IT) skills of healthcare workers, present status of computerisation in their organisations, and workers' attitudes on the diffusion of electronic medical records (EMRs) in the healthcare environment. Data were obtained from a self-questionnaire distributed to 390 healthcare workers. The study finds that respondents need an expanded EMR capability to include decision support systems and reminder systems, and that diffusion of EMR is heavily influenced by attitudes of healthcare workers. However, targeted training of healthcare workers is needed to foster positive attitudes about EMR, and build confidence in the benefits of these systems.

scholarly journals Challenging Assumptions about IT skills in Higher Education

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn G Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Academic Skill ◽  
The Status ◽  
Current Student ◽  
Academic Communication ◽  
It Skills

This paper challenges the idea of 'the digital native' and the subsequent assumption of digital literacy skills amongst higher education students. It offers clear evidence that current student populations come from a wider range of backgrounds than the theory allows for and that the younger student population is also more complex with varying levels of digital literacy experience. It argues that treating students as a homogenous mass is problematic and challenges the idea that generic technology skills are instantly transferable to academic study.The paper concludes with a warning that we are letting down some of our students by the ‘Information Technology (IT) barrier’ within higher education and that we should be focusing on identification of Information Technology (IT) need and IT skills acquisition support rather than assuming it is something students can ‘pick up as they go along’. This will only happen once IT is given the status of a core academic skill along with maths, information literacy and academic communication.

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