{"id":10088,"date":"2014-04-14T14:47:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T19:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=10088"},"modified":"2014-04-14T14:47:49","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T19:47:49","slug":"labor-shortages-in-ict-sector-in-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/labor-shortages-in-ict-sector-in-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor Shortages in ICT Sector in Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/it.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10089\" title=\"it\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/it.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/it.jpg 513w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/it-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The speed with which the Panamanian economy is developing is  demanding skilled labour which, at the moment, the country is unable to  supply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">The lack of qualified people in the areas of  technology, software development and telecommunications is one of the  challenges facing <a class=\"hlink\" title=\"Panama\" href=\"http:\/\/www.centralamericadata.com\/en\/search?q1=content_en_le:%22Panama%22&amp;q2=mattersInCountry_es_le:%22Panama%22\">Panama<\/a> as a consequence of its economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>An article in Revistaitnow.com explains that &#8220;the IT sector in Panama  consists mainly of the segments of software development,  telecommunications, specialized services such as call centers and data  centers which rely on the competitive advantages that the country has,  but that does not mean that it can develop them alone. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is still a border which must be crossed to promote <span class=\"hlink\">technological<\/span> growth, and industry experts believe that &#8220;the biggest problem is the  lack of human talent. 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Universities need to prepare more  competitive professionals,&#8221; explained <span class=\"hlink\">Gasper Tart\u00e9<\/span>, vice president of <span class=\"hlink\">Cable Onda<\/span> to Revistaitnow.com.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"link_source\">Source: Revista It Now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The speed with which the Panamanian economy is developing is demanding skilled labour which, at the moment, the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-articles-panama-perpsective"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Labor Shortages in ICT Sector in Panama - Blog and 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