Technology companies are looking to hire more employees over the next year, but worry that there will not be enough qualified IT jobs candidates to fill the vacancies.
Technology Councils of North America: Members of TECNA, with the support of CompTIA, conducted the second annual National Survey of Technology, Policy & Strategic Issues that focuses on issues that are critical to the tech industry.
1763 technology executives took part on a survey, and for “Workforce gains” over the next 12 month 63% said they are hiring staff for positions newly created or additional headcount.
34% of executives will likely use H-B1 visa’s opportunity, but 43% will unlikely use it.
The CIO.com conclusion is that in a contemporary economy, technology companies are looking to hire more employees, but worry that there will not be enough qualified candidates to fill the vacancies.
