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09/21/2025

18 brand new, never before HR jobs that AI and other hot tech will create in the next 5 years. New podcast segement from Foote Partners on The AIX Factor.

In this new AIX Factor pod, discover how HR jobs are evolving in the shift to an AI-driven innovation economy. Learn key Total Rewards trends, top soft skills, and in-demand tech skills by industry.

11/28/2024

In this The Big Shift series podcast we discuss the shift from a demand for "traditional" tech skills to a demand for a variety of so-called soft skills due to the changing nature of work – hybrid, cross-functional teams that often operate without day-to-day managerial oversight. David categorizes these skills as those that you’re born with, those that can be taught, and those that are difficult – but not impossible - to acquire.

This is the third in a series of talks with David Foote, founder of Foote Partners, on The Big Shift- several tectonic changes sweeping through the workplace and the workforce. In this pod, we discuss the shift from a demand for "traditional" tech skills to a demand for a variety of so-cal...

09/23/2024

This is the first of several podcast interviews we're doing on what we call the "Big Shift" which is essentially the Fourth Industrial Revolution driven by tech advancements in AI and Digital Transformation. The first of several subject matter podcasts focuses on the generational shifts in the workforce over the next 5 years.

(With apologies to the great Gil Scott-Heron.) This is the first in a series of conversations with the estimable David Foote, Chief Analyst & Chief Research Officer for the eponymous Foote Partners, on the Big Shift: the tectonic changes sweeping the workplace. Highlights: - David compares A...

02/03/2019

Why pay for tech certifications is at a 4 year low. New data from 3,305 employers who are Foote Partners research partners.

New highly-validated data from 3,305 employers reveals that the average cash market value for hundreds of tech certifications is at its lowest point since 2015.

02/27/2017

Our latest benchmark research from 3,018 employers who pay their workers cash for tech certifications. bit.ly/2jw3iwu

Market values of these certifications increased the most in the second half of 2016.

11/26/2016

Foote Partners weighs in on the cyber security talent shortage.

The U.S. government has released what it says is myth-busting data about the shortage of cybersecurity professionals.

09/25/2015

Latest Foote Partners detailed market analysis of cash premiums for certified and noncertified IT skills. http://www.infoworld.com/article/2978945/it-careers/it-certifications-lose-luster-among-employers.html

As vendors crank out more and more certs, their value is flattening, while premium pay for underlying skills continues to soar

11/24/2012

New Foote study: latest in pay & demand trends for 576 IT skills & certs in 2,405 US, Canadian employers. What's hot, not hot. http://bit.ly/WrYGpz

02/09/2012

January 2012 U.S. jobs report is not what it appears: Looking more closely at the data, instead of 243K new jobs there was a net loss of 211K jobs. See our analysis here: http://ow.ly/8RAX6

02/09/2012

Largest 3-month % GAINS IN PAY for IT certifications-->EC-Council Certified Security Analyst; Oracle Certified Master--Java SE Developer; Microsoft Certified Professional Developer(all); CWNP/Certified Wireless Analysis Professional; Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate;Systems Security Certified Practitioner

How much are IT skills and certs worth? Find out here.