In Mexico, a 36% Deficit in IT Specialists Claudia Herrera Beltran - La Jornada
go to original June 14, 2013

In general, Kelly Services, one of the most consulted staffing agencies in Mexico, takes two weeks to locate a marketing manager, but finding a social networking expert can require up to two months of searching.

Not surprising, since Mexico has the second biggest deficit in information and communication technologies specialists in the eight Latin American countries studied, after Costa Rica. It is 62,800 professionals, or 36%, behind the Latin American average of 27%, and only when engineers are counted favorably. A Cisco study reveals this “gap” and predicts that it will grow to 115,000 professionals, or a 41% deficit, by 2015.

Rafael García Aragón, a headhunter for Kelly Services, explains that the lack of qualified personnel has increased, for example, the salaries of community managers, who can make 15,000 to 16,000 pesos [US $1187.40 to $1266.56] with just a year or two of experience.

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Translated by Kevin Chao

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