Brianna White

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There are 40 million adults in the U.S. that want or need a career but are unsure of what they want to do—or how to do it. Many in this so-called “career intent” category also believe technology is too difficult a field to pursue. And that’s a problem, said CompTIA CEO Todd Thibodeaux during a keynote address at CompTIA’s ChannelCon conference in Chicago.
“People think it’s hard to learn to work in our field, that it costs a lot of money and takes a lot of time. There are five or six barriers to overcome,” Thibodeaux said.
With the number of tech job postings in the hundreds of thousands, it’s incumbent upon the entire industry—from vendors to MSPs to IT pros—to do more to break down some of the obstacles preventing the career intent from pursuing a career in technology.
“We’ve been so fat and happy. We need to do a much better job fighting for these people, advertising about working in this industry. We do amazing things for so many businesses and individuals. We need to tell that story,” Thibodeaux said. “All the companies and businesses also have to step up and hire those people. If we train people and don’t hire, there’s no outcome.”
Tech ranks below numerous industries considered by career-intent individuals, behind sales, marketing, real estate, hospital, food, travel and tourism, healthcare/medical, business, financial and accounting.
The tech industry needs to figure out how to attract those people, according to Thibodeaux. “We can’t think people will just want to work in tech anymore. We have to tell more stories, show that a career in tech is better and that it’s accessible. You don’t have to be math or science genus to work in this industry. That’s a big one we still need to overcome.”
Continue reading: https://connect.comptia.org/blog/comptia-ceo-we-need-to-fight-for-more-tech-workers
 

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