In his ERE.NET article of January 5th, 2009, Dr. John Sullivan stated [that there will be] “… a surplus of individuals available to work but a shortage of the necessary skills that the market will require… This skills shortage will at the same time bid up the price and the competition for the remaining available well trained workers in key positions.” I see this clearly in the IT search field and it’s certainly causing concerns and even some fundamental changes in our industry.
My question is to both IT corporate and 3rd party recruiters. How are you planning on handling this increase of volume with decrease of quality? What impact will this have on you day to day? What are some old proven or new evaluation methods that can help? Will this affect days to hire?