{"id":817,"date":"2014-03-18T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/?p=817"},"modified":"2018-06-26T12:04:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T17:04:36","slug":"what-to-do-if-your-business-lacks-necessary-it-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-your-business-lacks-necessary-it-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Do If Your Business Lacks Necessary IT Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/support.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/support-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Efficient IT support\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/support-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/support-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/support-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To run a successful business, it\u2019s essential to have an efficient IT team. As a business continues to prosper and grow, its IT team needs to do so as well. Without the necessary IT skills, departments will struggle. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itnews.com\/it-management\/76083\/how-handle-it-skills-shortage-architect-your-people?page=0,2\" class=\"external external_icon\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to<\/a> David Foote, CEO and cofounder of Foote Partners, there are a variety of challenges facing senior IT executives and CIOs regarding staffing and IT skills. The list is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Constant skills gaps, difficulty hiring specialized workers with multidimensional skills and knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Inconsistency in job titles<\/li>\n<li>Tech gurus who don\u2019t want to be promoted to management roles<\/li>\n<li>Market pay moving at different rates for workers in the same grade<\/li>\n<li>Shaky career paths and incentive plans that are no longer effective<\/li>\n<li>Poor job evaluation or none at all. Outdated and\/or inaccurate job descriptions<\/li>\n<li>Compensation benchmarking is market-based vs. internal equity based<\/li>\n<li>Salary compression issues<\/li>\n<li>Managing for big growth: finding the best organizational models, staffing optimization strategies and human capital practices to get there<\/li>\n<li>Convincing senior business management to invest dollars in substantial changes in IT workforce pay and budget in order to execute predictably on strategic business initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These problems make it important for a business to build a strategy that will bring in new workers and keep them productive and engaged. To combat these issues, a business should start by focusing on IT roles, and not jobs. This means that companies need to reconsider their strategies and think about these four key IT roles: IT Architects, Project Management, IT Analysts and IT Specialists.<\/p>\n<p>Companies struggling with outdated, inaccurate or non-existent job descriptions should reconsider the current descriptions. Afterwards, it needs to assess and reassess the company\u2019s current IT skills. If there is a critical need or time restraint, companies should consider research consultants and service firms for IT support.<\/p>\n<p>Training the existing staff is another factor in ensuring that your company has the best IT support. If a business decides to reach out to a third party IT consultant or company, then it can dedicate more time to training its staff or hiring new talent.<\/p>\n<p>Next, building tech career paths help keep your existing staff motivated and educated. Clear and realistic career-paths are beneficial towards employee retention because it helps employees understand how to move up within the company. An example of this initiative is setting up a college recruitment program.<\/p>\n<p>To conclude, it\u2019s important for companies to keep employees engaged by staying current and thinking differently. Technology is ever-changing at a fast pace, so to keep up businesses have to continue to motivate and educate their employees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need a new IT support provider?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If so, contact Stratosphere networks, and let us see what we can do for you. We provide a broad range of IT services, including: 24\/7 remote monitoring, proactive desktop and server management, email and virus protection, and backup and recovery, to name a few. For more information, call us today at at (877) 599-3999, or click here to use our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/contact-us.html\">contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To run a successful business, it\u2019s essential to have an efficient IT team. As a business continues to prosper and grow, its IT team needs to do so as well. Without the necessary IT skills, departments will struggle. 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