IP: IT worker issues

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 03:35:21 -0400
>From: David Rosensweig <dlrosens@seas.upenn.edu>
>Organization: University of Pennsylvania
>
>It is common for companies across America to
>    complain about a shortage of information
>    technology workers. The reality, however, is
>    that there is no widespread lack of workers, but
>    a shortfall in the ability of companies to recruit IT employees, to
>assess
>    their talent and to make their jobs rewarding enough to keep them
>from
>    quitting, claims a study by Wharton management professor Peter
>    Cappelli.
>
>In addition, employers frequently seem unwilling to consider hiring
>older,
>    experienced IT workers.
>
>http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2880309.html?tag=st.ne.1002.bgif.ni