Soft Skills needed by IT Professionals

According to new research by CW Jobs, IT professionals believe they will struggle to reach board level because they lack "softer skills".

76% of IT workers feel that their lack of skills in people management and business acumen is preventing them and their peers from taking board-level roles.

Some 93% think that they would be more valuable to businesses if they possessed better soft skills and a further 86% feel they would be more employable if they demonstrated these skills when searching for IT Jobs.

The skills that they feel they are lacking the most are people management and business and financial awareness.

Employers are failing to provide IT professionals with the business and people skills needed to move up the career ladder.

Richard Nott, website director at CWJobs commented "This research also found that 84% of IT pros don't think employers give them enough training in soft skills, which is something senior managers and HR departments need to address."