Looming shortage of IT skills in Canada : Study

[sherry00]

Canada, 30th March, 2011:

Canada's information and technology sector is soon going to face severe shortage of workforce, findings of a latest study have warned.

The study undertaken by ICTC (Information and Communications Technology Council) titled Outlook for Human Resources in the ICT Labor Market, 2011-16, shows that Canadian firms are going to recruit around 106,000 new workers for the job positions of ICT between the years 2011 and 2016.
 
Its being estimated that Canada will be facing shortage of available workforce with requisite IT skills.
 
The report by the industry group based in Ottawa is the third report in the series of the analysis of the labor market in Canada.
 
The information technology and communications technology sector of Canada is going to reach its pre-recession employment levels and this is going to push Canadian companies to look for increased number of IT professionals possessing required IT skills along with a business degree.
 
Chief executive of the ICTC, Paul Swinwood, said that Canada is facing lack of supply of IT workforce.
 
The nation will be confronting some serious recruitment problems in the coming times due to extreme shortage of IT personnel with several years of work experience in the related field, the study cautions.
 
This is due to falling or almost constant rates of enrollment for computer engineering and software programs along with a declining rate of immigration of foreigners possessing requisite ICT skills and qualifications in the recent times while the demand for such workers is going up, the study maintains.
 
President of Microsoft Corp's Canadian division, Eric Gales, said that the firm was knowing of the scarcity of available talent in the nation and has been working to increase its reach. The nation is going to struggle with the limited number of skilled IT people, he added.
 
Different set of IT skills will be in demand-

The jobs have undergone changes and so has the requirement for professionals with required IT skills, Mr. Swinwood added. Way back in the year 2001, there was a peak demand for ICT professionals having programming skills for writing software programs, he said.
 
However, as of now, the skills in demand will be different from the ones needed almost a decade ago, stated a global talent management leader, Evelyn Ledsham. Ledsham is working with Open Text Corp., a firm based in Ontario, Waterloo, which is the largest software firm of Canada.
 
Demand for IT personnel with flexibility to gain expertise in several domains—
 
Canada will favor those who are open to get expertise in digital media, e-finance, e-health etc, the study maintains

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[pearl2010]

Thanks for sharing this gud news

[anumatri]

thanks

[idas]

Canada, 30th March, 2011:

Canada's information and technology sector is soon going to face severe shortage of workforce, findings of a latest study have warned.

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CHEERS
SHERRY

Thanks for the nice news.

[sherry00]

You are welcome

SHERRY

Thanks for the nice news.

[anumatri]

http://business.financialpost.com/2011/03/29/canadian-it-sector-to-face-alarming-labour-shortages-study/

[schwarzeradler]

Fair enough, they have tons of IT applicants and that includes me with over 10+ years of experience. They do have the labor force willing to move into their country but due to poor organization and administration in their various offices who are just not able and efficient enough to cope with processing the files, hence loosing out, and frustrating candidates, making them wait for years.
Oh my word, here I go again.

[sherry00]

Thanks for sharing...

Cheers
Sherry

http://business.financialpost.com/2011/03/29/canadian-it-sector-to-face-alarming-labour-shortages-study/

[sherry00]

Hay Everything gonna b ok, just stay positive and be patient

Cheers
Sherry

Fair enough, they have tons of IT applicants and that includes me with over 10+ years of experience. They do have the labor force willing to move into their country but due to poor organization and administration in their various offices who are just not able and efficient enough to cope with processing the files, hence loosing out, and frustrating candidates, making them wait for years.
Oh my word, here I go again.

[schwarzeradler]

Hay Everything gonna b ok, just stay positive and be patient

Cheers
Sherrt

That's exactly what I have been doing for the past 40Months+, as if that was not enough.

[elbore]

Canada, 30th March, 2011:

Canada's information and technology sector is soon going to face severe shortage of workforce, findings of a latest study have warned.

The study undertaken by ICTC (Information and Communications Technology Council) titled Outlook for Human Resources in the ICT Labor Market, 2011-16, shows that Canadian firms are going to recruit around 106,000 new workers for the job positions of ICT between the years 2011 and 2016.
 
Its being estimated that Canada will be facing shortage of available workforce with requisite IT skills.
 
The report by the industry group based in Ottawa is the third report in the series of the analysis of the labor market in Canada.
 
The information technology and communications technology sector of Canada is going to reach its pre-recession employment levels and this is going to push Canadian companies to look for increased number of IT professionals possessing required IT skills along with a business degree.
 
Chief executive of the ICTC, Paul Swinwood, said that Canada is facing lack of supply of IT workforce.
 
The nation will be confronting some serious recruitment problems in the coming times due to extreme shortage of IT personnel with several years of work experience in the related field, the study cautions.
 
This is due to falling or almost constant rates of enrollment for computer engineering and software programs along with a declining rate of immigration of foreigners possessing requisite ICT skills and qualifications in the recent times while the demand for such workers is going up, the study maintains.
 
President of Microsoft Corp's Canadian division, Eric Gales, said that the firm was knowing of the scarcity of available talent in the nation and has been working to increase its reach. The nation is going to struggle with the limited number of skilled IT people, he added.
 
Different set of IT skills will be in demand-

The jobs have undergone changes and so has the requirement for professionals with required IT skills, Mr. Swinwood added. Way back in the year 2001, there was a peak demand for ICT professionals having programming skills for writing software programs, he said.
 
However, as of now, the skills in demand will be different from the ones needed almost a decade ago, stated a global talent management leader, Evelyn Ledsham. Ledsham is working with Open Text Corp., a firm based in Ontario, Waterloo, which is the largest software firm of Canada.
 
Demand for IT personnel with flexibility to gain expertise in several domains—
 
Canada will favor those who are open to get expertise in digital media, e-finance, e-health etc, the study maintains

_____________________________________
Little Ray of hope for the IT Professional
All the best to all for canada Immigration

CHEERS
SHERRY

Thanks for the info.

[anumatri]

Quarterly Administrative Data Release

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/data-release/2010-Q4/index.asp

[jnathan]

Copybook release.
as schwarzeradler said, There are already thousands of IT applicants files are on CIC's file cabinets.
let them deal with that first then they should forecast on the future.
 

[explorer101]

I dont know how they have arrived to this kind of stats or report, i see large number of IT guys either unemployed or working for lower grade jobs.Nobody should read this report and think that he is going to get job in IT easily, one would have to work hard to get a beakthrough. These sort of reports look good on office table and in news papers only.   

[idas]

I dont know how they have arrived to this kind of stats or report, i see large number of IT guys either unemployed or working for lower grade jobs.Nobody should read this report and think that he is going to get job in IT easily, one would have to work hard to get a beakthrough. These sort of reports look good on office table and in news papers only.  

explorer101 to my understanding you are right in certain way and also wrong in some area. Form last one month what i have seen, i can say that if an IT guy is well qualified and have good command over English he can land a job in IT sector. It's about customizing your resume to what you are looking for not what you have done. It's also about being at the right place at the right time. Most of those IT guys who hasn't landed any jobs are too scared to do anything out of their comfort zone (for example Network guy looks only for Network job etc) or have very bad command over English (Though they managed to pass IELTS). There is also a factor of being too scared too soon, such as not giving enough time to search, communicate and network.

You are 100% right about CIC's intention of look good on office table and in news papers only.

TC
Idas