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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778628803321

Titolo

Building a workforce for the information economy [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Workforce Needs in Information Technology

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

0-309-17200-4

0-309-50518-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Disciplina

331.7/61004/0973

Soggetti

Information technology - Vocational guidance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Part I""; ""1 The IT Sector: Context and Character""; ""2 Understanding the IT Workforce""; ""3 Characterizing the Workforce Problem""; ""Part II""; ""4 Older IT Workers and Possible Age-Related Discrimination""; ""5 Foreign Workers in the IT Workforce""; ""6 Making More Effective Use of the Existing IT Workforce""; ""7 Longer-Term Strategies for Increasing the Supply of Qualified Labor: Training and Education""; ""Part III""; ""8 Synthesis, Principles, and Recommendations""

""Appendixes""""APPENDIX A Biotechnology""; ""APPENDIX B Estimating the Size of the IT Workforce""; ""APPENDIX C Study Committee Biographies""; ""APPENDIX D Briefers to the Committee""; ""Index""