The debate over whether there are <A HREF="http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/IT-Management/IT-Labor-Shortage-or-Not-Gaps-Remain/?kc=EWKNLEND042508STR4">sizeable IT labor shortages</A> in the United States is challenging and complex. There has been plenty of discussion on H-1B visas, a purported lack of computer science graduates and a cry from the human resources industry that many jobs in technology simply cannot get filled.

Nearly one in four CIOs polled by Robert Half International in a recent survey said finding skilled IT professionals is their greatest staffing challenge. It's gone so far that major company heads like Bill Gates of Microsoft have urged the U.S. government to increase the number of H1-B visas to help fill gaps.