IT staff prefer training to pay

12:44 22nd August 2008

IT firms struggling with high staff turnover should provide employees with good training programmes, a new report has advised.

The research, conducted by the advisory firm Computer Economics, surveyed 71 IT organisations to give companies a better idea of how to retain employees.

The survey found that those firms with stronger emphasis on education had lower average turnover rates, with staff even preferring good training to increased pay.

John Longwell, director of research for Computer Economics, said: "IT managers often worry that investments in training will be reaped by other organisations when their workers shop their new skills around.

"But this study indicates that investing in training is actually the best way to retain employees."

Last week, new research from an online career service discovered that IT was the most likely sector to experience cross-border migration by staff.

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