LatAm Must Address Growing Demand in IT Sector
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April 21, 2013
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Demand across Latin America for workers trained in information and communication technologies will exceed supply by 35 percent, or more than 296,000 professionals, in 2015, according to a study presented in the Colombian capital.

According to the study, titled Networking Skills in Latin America and carried out by independent consultant IDC for Cisco, the region in 2011 lacked 139,800 professionals trained in network planning, design, management and support and information and communications technologies.

“The gap in 2011 between supply and demand was 27 percent and will grow to 35 percent if we don’t take action now,” Mauricio Carrillo, Cisco Latin America’s senior director of engineering and architecture, told Efe.

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