Crain's Cleveland Report: Shortage of IT Talent in NE Ohio

A recent article (by subscription) in Crain's Cleveland, quotes several local executives as saying that there is a shortage of trained IT talent in the NE Ohio area - with JAVA and .Net technologies being the skills with the biggest shortage. Part of the issue was identified as universities not having updated their curriculum. Another reason cited was that some students are avoiding IT programs due to the perception of many that there are few IT jobs in the United States because of the DotCom bust of 2000-2001 and fears of outsourcing. This article and the previous post indicates that such fears are exaggerated, as there seems to be a solid and improving job market for IT.

LCCC has for several years included .Net and Java in the Software Develpment and Web Development curriculums.

Thanks to Cindy for bringing this article to my attention.