ENG 123 7 4 Summative Assesment Persuasive Essay Final Draft .docx ENG:123 Why Trainin

ENG 123  7 4 Summative Assesment  Persuasive Essay Final Draft .docx  ENG:123  Why Training is the Best Solution for the Information Technology Skills Gap  Southern New Hampshire University ENG:123 English Composition   Technology has become an essential, quickly evolving part of our everyday lives. Those two aspects of technology have created an issue for the information technology (I.T.) workers tasked with keeping our tech running smoothly. This issue is known as the skills gap, which happens when technology evolves faster than people can be trained, leaving high- demand jobs unfilled. The skills gap is especially crucial in I.T. because of how dependent our society is on technology. But employers can help close this skills gap by providing their employees with training. Training programs improve many things, but it gives every  employee the chance to grow, and allows employers to work in soft business skills training as well. Training also ensures company data stays secure at all times. In short, employers who hope to close the skills gap associated with their I.T. department can do so by paying for training ensuring that, all employees can improve, soft business skills can be developed, and company data will remain secure.  Some people disagree and have different views on the skills gap and the best solution. One of those viewpoints is grooming the younger generation to self-teach or as Eric Larson, senior director of Creating IT Futures, put it, "seeding the IT talent pipeline" (2018). The problem with this solution is it does nothing for