Three Observations... (Score 1)

I interview a number of people each quarter for both IT Management and IT technical positions. I have three basic observations. Most IT management candidates NEVER enjoyed the technical aspects of IT so they try and escape to management. This leads to an IT management staff that walks around and says "I'm not technical", which leads to a group of managers that can't solve the most basic of problems (but they think they can). Most technical candidates don't understand even the most BASIC computer science concepts (Operating systems, algorithms, data structures). This is ALMOST always true of candidates from India. Finally, there is just a great number of un-qualified people that apply for IT positions. The range of problems my group has to solve is diverse and complex and we need qualified people that enjoy working on these problems. We just don't see that many qualified candidates.