It seems the number of IT workers joining the field are dwindling and that the pipeline of capable people is decreasing, according to a report in Computerworld:

“We’re seeing a lack of talented IT professionals looking for new positions,” says Greg Fittinghoff, vice president of business systems development at Time Inc. in New York. “We’re also noticing that the pipeline of candidates from top consulting companies looking for permanent placement is drying up.”

It appears that this problem will only get worse in the near future as one out of every four new jobs between now and 2012 will be IT-related while the number of people seeking degrees in computer science is in free fall.

I don’t think it’s rocket science to figure out why young people are not wanting to enter this career field. In the last few years if your IT job wasn’t outsourced then there was a good chance you were laid off due to downsizing, moved, or given double duties.¬† This lack of fresh talent coming into the career field will continue to grow into a very serious problem for many companies as business becomes more globalized and competition increases.

“It isn’t the technology. It is the business model that is creating new ways for companies to differentiate themselves in the marketplace, and those business models are all IT-related.”

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