Dig deeper into what people say about the IT skills shortage here and you’ll find some honest voices saying that a few things are off like they are worldwide.
Defending the myth of the shortage means hiding what’s really going on and not questioning any flaws in the pipeline that are leading to insufficient seniors.
It’s like saying there’s a shortage of adults when there is in fact a shortage of babies making it to adulthood.
Belgium should take note in particular as IT can achieve a more ideal employment rate of 80% and potentially reduce the high unemployment in some provinces.
So please stop crapping on people out of pride when they can’t find work because some of them are a dramatic waste of potential as I once was before I simply gave up.
An opinion piece found among a multitude of others for those willing to research the topic which spells out the importance of growing people:
“With so many unfilled vacancies there must be a skills shortage, right? I’m not so sure. I think our perceived talent and skills shortage is largely self-inflicted because as an industry we’re sadly terrible at hiring, growing, and retaining people.”
“I’ll finish how I started, by saying again that, there isn’t necessarily a skills shortage in many cybersecurity roles. We’re just setting the requirements poorly, largely ignoring retention, failing to take advantage of skill transference opportunities from non-security roles, and not giving people the opportunity to grow.”
There Isn’t a Cyber Skills Shortage, You’re Just Not Hiring and Retaining The Right People
by Silent_Lifeguard_710