Employee Retention
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The Computer Technology Industry Association has released their findings of a survey of nearly 500 IT workers. It's not pretty. 60% are looking for new jobs . . . from new employers (90% are currently employed).
Why are IT workers so unhappy? Neill Hopkins, CompTIA's VP of Skills Development, opines that "Most employers don't seem to have a good understanding of what's involved with IT work or advancing an IT career." It should be noted, that CompTIA sells training services, so there is an expectation that they would identify the value of education.
However, some numbers just jump right out. IT workers spend an average of $2,200 a year on training, and about 11 hours a week on learning new skills. That last metric is interesting, and I'd like to know more how on-the-job learning is defined and measured. 88% pay for part of their education needs, and 85% say that it is up to them to decide what training they need.
The Computer Technology Industry Association has released their findings of a survey of nearly 500 IT workers. It's not pretty. 60% are looking for new jobs . . . from new employers (90% are currently employed).
Why are IT workers so unhappy? Neill Hopkins, CompTIA's VP of Skills Development, opines that "Most employers don't seem to have a good understanding of what's involved with IT work or advancing an IT career." It should be noted, that CompTIA sells training services, so there is an expectation that they would identify the value of education.
However, some numbers just jump right out. IT workers spend an average of $2,200 a year on training, and about 11 hours a week on learning new skills. That last metric is interesting, and I'd like to know more how on-the-job learning is defined and measured. 88% pay for part of their education needs, and 85% say that it is up to them to decide what training they need.
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He also uses terms like "trained" and "skilled" to distinguish and define a base foundation for IT professionals working in Domino. Clearly, being "appropriately" trained is not enough to guarantee success; but, from my experience, not being appropriately trained is always an introduction to failure.
Posted by Jack Dausman At 07:31:50 PM On 02/03/2006 | - Website - |
Dealing with a fast-changing marketplace and slow-moving people. Sometimes being aware of the power of technology can be frustrating when you are not allowed to implement that technology in your work. Almost all IT workers that I know who have changed jobs have started at the new job with an attitude of "finally I can do this right"
Balancing technology, which is logical, against people who are often illogical. There is nothing more frustrating than not being able to do the "right" thing technology-wise because of political or emotional decisions made by others. When you spend so much time writing code or setting up servers, you come to expect that all decisions could be made in a logical fashion.
Being on-call for only emergencies, and only getting recognition when there is something wrong. This is particularly true for administrators, who can run the most efficient systems, but one moment of downtime can be cause enough for a nasty reprimand. When you are tethered to a pager or cellphone that only rings when there is a problem, you can quickly begin to resent your employer.
These are just from teh top of my head. Anyone else?
Posted by Jonathan Walkup At 12:47:21 AM On 02/03/2006 | - Website - |