IT Worker Valuation Timeline

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IT Worker Valuation Timeline
IT advantage in organizations will become one of
THE critical success factors in business
Nice to Have
Gotta Have
Need To Have To Survive
NEED
1990s
2000s
2010s
VALUE
From the Basement
To the Cubicle
To the Boardroom
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Occupational Bubbles In 2010
Bubbles represent of workers employed within
each segment (n168 Million Workers Total)
Computers and Math
Source Manpower Market Intelligence Department
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Education And Skill Requirements

• Technical Skills
• Numerous and diverse
• Market-based
• Rapid advances drive new skilldemands, frequent
  skills upgrading
• Near term needs

• Education
• Deep foundational knowledge lessimmediate
  practical skills
• Important to career advancement
• More than 2/3rds have bachelors degrees
• Majority in science and engineering

• Experience
• Risk mitigator
• Validation of ability to applytheoretical
  knowledge
• Value of hands-on, work-study, internships

• Business Skills
• ITs ubiquity throughout company
• Centrality of IT to corebusiness functions
• Business-focused versus tech-focused
• Career advancement, especiallyto management

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Future IT Requirements

• IT enabled industries remain among the top 10
  with the fastest wage and salary employment
  growth (BLS 2002-2012)
• IT related occupations remain among the top 10
  fastest growing (BLS 2002-2012)
• IT talent and IT skills are in demand across
  industries, occupations and job levels
• IT education and training with a business focus
  are the key factor to get, keep and advance in a
  job
• FLEX-SKILL-ABILITY!

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The NITAS Apprenticeship Process
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21st Century Apprenticeshipfor IT

• Combines instructor-led learning, industry
  certifications, and on-the-job training through
  mentoring/coaching
• Engages new entrants, dislocated and incumbent IT
  professionals
• Provides a framework for training, tracking and
  reporting workforce development outcomes
• Streamlines re-entry back into the workforce
  within the IT industry and across the
  cross-industry lattice