Shortage or not, IT shouldn’t break the bank

Hal Salzman isn’t buying into the idea that there is an IT worker shortage.

Sure, the Rutgers professor of public policy says, companies “may not be able to find them at the price they want. But I’m not sure that qualifies as a shortage, any more than my not being able to find a half-priced TV.”

That’s a great line, but it might just fundamentally miss the real problem.

These days, everyone needs IT. And when everyone needs something, the age-old laws of supply and demand tell us, the price goes up and markets adjust.

But sometimes — oftentimes, in fact — the market doesn’t adjust perfectly. Because the money-stacking chain reaction that is set off when a business hires a new employee or raises employee wages ends with the customer. So while every business needs IT, these days, not every business is in a position to raise wages to pay for employees from a sector where the average starting wage is higher than what a lot of business owners make themselves. That’s especially true with smaller and medium-sized businesses.

And whether or not there’s actually a shortage of people with the capacity to do the challenging work of IT, no one will deny it’s hard to find and keep reliable talent.

That’s where outsourcing comes in. By leveraging the experience, expertise, training, recruiting and hiring of an IT partner, your business can secure strong IT support and reliably keep it from year to year without worry.

Because, while few would say that great IT isn’t worth its weight in gold, it shouldn’t put a company into bankruptcy.