Companies More Likely To Outsource Than Train IT Employees 16
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from the flatten-and-reinstall dept.
from the flatten-and-reinstall dept.
snydeq writes "IT pros feeling the pressure to boost tech skills should expect little support from their current employers, according to a recent report on IT skills. '9 in 10 business managers see gaps in workers' skill sets, yet organizations are more likely to outsource a task or hire someone new than invest in training an existing staff. Perhaps worse, a significant amount of training received by IT doesn't translate to skills they actually use on the job.'"
Nothing new (Score:1)
And then they're more likely to hire me to fix it. (Score:2)
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Not just training - College Hire Problem Too (Score:2)
A lot of public companies decimated their college hire programs over the last decade. Usually the focus has become MIS grads groomed for middle management of offshore resources. Basically it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. "We use off shore because we can't find people." Yeah and you can't find people because you refuse to put money into college hires.
College hires are more likely to get involved with start ups and small consulting companies. Both are fine, but neither prepare one for corporate work.
"More likely" not what the article says (Score:2)
FTA:
As it stands, 57 percent of respondents said training or retraining staff would be their strategy to closing the skills gap. 38 percents said they would go with outsourcing or contractors; 28 percent said they would hire new employees.
Yea, that adds up to over 100%. Whatever.
Message here is that if you consider yourself a skilled employee, you (not your employer) are responsible for keeping your skills up to date. Companies don't train Luddites.
The summary touches on the problem (Score:2)
In my experience, the summary touches on the chief cause of this problem: If an organization can't train in-house then they have to look to 3rd parties to provide the training, and all too often those 3rd parties lack the skills and/or knowledge to effectively educate the employees in anything practical. And in most cases they're never held to account for their lack.
So at that point it simply becomes cheaper to outsource the job to someone who has to get the job done in order to be paid, rather than pay employees to learn worthless skills.