Network Admins Wanted: New Ideas for Filling 'Middle-Skill' Jobs
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A new survey finds that 27 percent of companies across all industries name the network/systems administrator job as the hardest to fill. The shame is that plenty of people would love to land the jobs, which pay an average of $35 an hour, but there’s a mismatch in the labor market between the skills they have and the skills employers need. Fixing mismatches in the labor market is the goal if the new report by Accenture, Burning Glass, and Harvard Business School. It’s called “Bridge the Gap: Rebuilding America’s Middle Skills.”