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January 7, 2008
IT Talent Shortage, or Management Failure?

IT talent shortage, or management failure?

Is there a talent shortage? Only because employers have created it. The real shortage is in good management. Without proper seeding, feeding and cultivating, the IT community withers like any other garden. Companies are madly trying to hire skills, not talent. They want to harvest fruit overnight. Give a smart IT worker some manuals, a workstation, an objective, and a little time, and they’ll come up to speed every time. That requires strong leadership.

But if you leave it to some personnel jockey who relies on buzzwords and resumes, you’ll never hire real talent — and it will always seem there is a talent shortage. What’s difficult to understand about that?

Great post. I agree: the main problem is poor management. Dr. Deming kept increasing the percentage of problems due to systemic issues (which are management responsibility to address), he was saying 97% of issues were commons cause problems (from the system) at the end of his life.

So what should managers do? Read the Curious Cat Management Blog and follow the advise in our previous posts, including: Stop Demotivating Employees (IT employees are especially disdainful of pointy haired boss actions that others tolerate more easily) - Signs You Have a Great Job … or Not - Joy in Work for IT - hiring silicon valley style - Bad Management Results in Layoffs

3 Responses to “IT Talent Shortage, or Management Failure?”

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    “Millennials are coming in with high expectations and are disillusioned about the reality of a work place….”

  2. CuriousCat: Internships Increasing Says:

    “The summer posts allow students to bolster their resumes, learn more about their field of choice and meet executives who could hire them for full-time positions one day…”

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    we are very focused on creating applications that follow rails, and ASEE coding conventions in order to maximize performance and minimize life cycle costs…

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