Employers want entry-level people to have some of the skills much earlier than they used to. |
One important finding is the emphasis on business skills. There has always been a need for that, but now employers want IT workers to have industry knowledge and business skills from the start. Computer science is very technical by design, but two of the more popular areas in demand are systems analysis and systems design, both of which are customer-facing positions that require user interaction and communications skills. |
There isn't going to be a big change in the number of U.S. IT workers, up or down, due to a number of reasons. |
When they hire at the entry level, they're only looking at technical skills. But they want them to become project managers. |