Top Career Paths for New IT Candidates

June 26, 2024 –  In an article for Information Week about how more organizations are moving from roles-based staffing to skills-based staffing, Cali Koerner Morrison, senior director, learning marketplace at employer tuition assistance company EdAssist by Bright Horizons, discusses how colleges and universities are struggling to maintain relevance in IT skills development.

“Colleges and universities are struggling to maintain relevance in IT skills development, as the average half-life of a technology skill is just 2.5 years, according to IBM. This means that when a learner graduates with a four-year degree in information technology, half of the skills they have learned have already perished,” says Cali Koerner Morrison, senior director, learning marketplace at employer tuition assistance company EdAssist by Bright Horizons in an email interview. 

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