Executive Update

IT Workforce 2009: The Bad, the Good, and the Ugly

Posted January 27, 2009 | Leadership | Leadership |

With all due respect to Clint Eastwood and his fans, the IT workforce in early 2009 is clearly a mixture of the bad, the good, and the ugly. 1 I hope the juxtaposition of the film's title will have meaning as you read on. I have been following workforce trends since 2000 and decided it might be interesting to see how things were unfolding in the US as we entered the New Year.

About The Author
Phil Zwieg
Phil Zwieg is currently a principal with Z-Sharp, LLC, a personal consulting business that focuses on offshoring, IT strategy, IT measurement, and IT organization. He recently retired as a VP in the Information Systems department at Northwestern Mutual, where he was responsible for all infrastructure and IT operations activities. Prior to joining Northwestern, he was head of the Information Systems organization at We Energies. He received his… Read More
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