St. Louis has a Massive Microsoft Certified IT Professional Shortage!

Talented tech professionals are hard to come by. Literally thousands of tech jobs remain open in the St. Louis-area as executives across St. Louis are looking to hire talented IT Professionals. Nearly two-thirds of them are looking to hire only IT Talent in the fourth quarter.

Thatʼs according to a forecast by Robert Half Technology, which said 70% of Chief Information Officers plan on hiring only for open IT roles this quarter. Thatʼs up from 55% last quarter. Further, the percentage of CIOs planning to put IT hiring on hold dropped from 25% to 17% quarter-over-quarter.Itʼs estimated Missouri will need 143,000 STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Math — professionals to fill jobs by 2018. The U.S. will have more than 1.2 Million job openings in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-related occupations by 2018. These include scientists, doctors, software developers and engineers. By 2018, 71% of STEM jobs will be in the computing field.

Yet, there will be a significant shortage of qualified college graduates to fill these careers. Online Training Schools like QuickCert are helping to fill the void.QuickCertʼs Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) Certification enables IT professionals to demonstrate comprehensive skills in planning, deploying, supporting, maintaining, and optimizing IT infrastructures. This skill-set is no doubt badly needed to help fill the 71% of STEM jobs will be in the computing field. QuickCert’s online IT training offerings have a sturdy structural framework built around Microsoft certifications. With Microsoft courses being some of the most highly sought after training, QuickCert has positioned itself as a leader in Microsoft training across several IT professions.

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