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Tech Firms Scrounging for Skilled Workers Training Their Own

by Associated Press

   RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. --

   Some information technology companies are growing so concerned about
   not find enough digital talent that they're training their own.
   IBM, Amazon and Microsoft all now have apprenticeship programs that pay
   workers learning on-the-job while they build IT skills. The programs
   cost companies tens of thousands of dollars per trainee.
   IBM Vice President Joanna Daly says the apprenticeship program the tech
   giant started last month will help fill the several hundred vacant
   early-career IT jobs in the U.S. Rhode Island-based Carousel Industries
   executive Tim Hebert says the company's apprentices are loyal and stay
   for years.
   The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says the median pay last year for
   computer and information technology occupations was about $83,000,
   compared to $37,000 for all jobs.