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Why Training is the Best Solution for the Information Technology Skills Gap


Southern New Hampshire University

ENG:123 English Composition



Technology has become an essential, quickly evolving part of our everyday lives. Those

two aspects of technology have created an issue for the information technology (I.T.) workers

tasked with keeping our tech running smoothly. This issue is known as the skills gap, which

happens when technology evolves faster than people can be trained, leaving high- demand jobs

unfilled. The skills gap is especially crucial in I.T. because of how dependent our society is on

technology. But employers can help close this skills gap by providing their employees with

training. Training programs improve many things, but it gives every

employee the chance to grow, and allows employers to work in soft business skills training as

well. Training also ensures company data stays secure at all times. In short, employers who

hope to close the skills gap associated with their I.T. department can do so by paying for

training ensuring that, all employees can improve, soft business skills can be developed, and

company data will remain secure.

Some people disagree and have different views on the skills gap and the best solution.

One of those viewpoints is grooming the younger generation to self-teach or as Eric Larson,

senior director of Creating IT Futures, put it, "seeding the IT talent pipeline" (2018). The

problem with this solution is it does nothing for the immediate problem we face today. Larson

himself conducted a study of 550 U.S. hiring managers in which 67% expected filling jobs over

the next two years to be challenging. Just over two-thirds of the participants projected immediate

hiring trouble. Now Larson's solution may work but, we do not have the luxury of enough time

to wait for a long-term solution that could still ultimately fail. Periodic training is the immediate

solution we need to close the gap. Training is versatile enough to work for all businesses and can

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