It's Secret Weapon?

摘要

Accreditation seems to be a dirty word in the IT world. While sectors such as accountancy spend millions promoting their accreditation programmes, the Chartered IT Professional (CITP) accreditation does not seem to have the same reputation within the industry. Promoting a recognised accreditation scheme and the benefits of being chartered could well be the key to solving our current skills shortage. Much more needs to be done across the industry - from vendors, to training providers, to academic organisations -to help get the message out. We know that the skills shortage is hitting IT harder than other sectors, with the number of graduates in computer science dropping, and middle-level professionals moving across to other disciplines. The IT industry must take radical action now to make the profession more desirable as a financially-rewarding and long-term career. Promoting the benefits of accreditation could be the way to stem the flow of talent leaving the profession.