Worldwide Shortage Of IT Personnel
Having procured headhunted candidates in the Dutch ICT Market for several years, the feedback I am continually getting from clients is that the sector is undergoing an increasing shortage of skilled commercial and technical talent and that this is impacting their business more so now then at any other time since the dot com era.
This shortage affects all areas of the ICT industry be that In the Netherlands or Belgium, the fundamental issue being the inflow of new IT professionals is not enough to cover the growing demand.
Indeed, a recent Gartner report goes on to say that there is an actual risk of a worldwide shortage in IT personnel with apparently the coming generation showing little or no interest in the ICT industry with it’s perceived lack of glamour and reputation for hard work.
The current shortage in ICT employees is different from the one that emerged in the dotcom, the report said. Back then, the shortage mainly occurred in the fields of specific technical skills, today’s shortage affects all areas of the ICT industry.
Gartner described the current skills shortage as ‘devastating’ since there is a worldwide surge in the number of projects that are required from IT.
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Antal’s ICT Desk
Antal has been at the forefront of ICT executive search & selection since it’s entry into the Dutch market in 1999. We are proud to offer a myriad of high-end executive search solutions to cater for an enormously overstretched, candidate driven marketplace.
To reduce your time to hire – we offer a prime service, which enables clients to meet with a selected number of headhunted candidates for a specific position - whom have been specifically targeted and approached by our sector focused consultants in as little as 2-4 weeks.
In addition, Antal International offer’s a unique opportunity for companies to benefit from our vast network of offices, many of which are located in emerging markets and have a significant technical labour force – of whom many now wish to enter Western & Northern European markets.
Our CEO had the visionary idea in the early nineties to launch recruitment services in the former Soviet – Bloc countries whilst there economies were emerging. We are therefore totally accustomed to the movement of skilled technical labour throughout Europe.
Today we are happy to count most of the important leading software vendors and global consulting firms as key clients.
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