While the counter-offer game isn't nearly as hot in the IT job market now as it was during the height of the dot-com boom of the 90s, there are competitive pay opportunities for select types of in-demand talent, such as ERP consultants.
For instance, Taylor says he knows an SAP project manager who was earning $80,000 a year from his employer, an investment banking firm, and was offered a new job paying $95,000 by another company. But his current employer offered him $110,000 to stay, says Taylor. "The cost of replacement and training a new employee" is making some companies more willing to offer incentives for current staff to stick around, he says.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
There are many network courses that can address your present job's priorities and help you gain the needed skills to keep pace with industry changes and new technologies.
