Do IT Staffs Lack IT Skills?

As technology and job requirements co-evolve, training and development become more important for IT staffers. In a new survey, 25% of chief information officers (CIOs) ranked technical skills as the area in which their IT staff could most use improvement. Project management abilities were a close second with 23% of the responses.

The national poll includes responses from more than 1,400 CIOs from a stratified random sample of U.S. companies with 100 or more employees. It was conducted by an independent research firm and developed by Robert Half Technology, a leading provider of information technology professionals on a project and full-time basis.

CIOs were asked "In which of the following areas do you think your IT staff could most use improvement?"

• Technical abilities -- 25%
• Project management skills -- 23%
• Verbal and written communication abilities -- 15%
• Organizational skills -- 14%
• Interpersonal skills -- 12%
• None/no improvements needed -- 3%
• Other/don't know -- 8%

(Source: Robert Half Technology)