<A HREF="http://www.careers.eweek.com/article/ITs+Hiring+Crisis/220669_1.aspx?kc=EWKNLNAV120407STR3">IT is in the midst of a hiring schism,</A> where the people that the field needs the most are the least interested in joining.

IT has a lot of hiring to do, thanks to the significant turnover expected in the field over the next decade brought on by Baby Boomer retirements, professionals who have left the field and declining enrollments in computer science degree programs.

At the same time, IT is in the midst of a hiring quandary of crisis proportions, where the people that the field needs the most are the ones least interested in joining, according to several experts.