Hi friend,

We're in an IT skills crisis.

Nearly two-thirds of American IT leaders report that a lack of skills has resulted in “missed revenue growth objectives, quality problems, and a decline in customer satisfaction” (IDC, 2024).

That’s across business, schools, healthcare providers, government—everyone’s feeling the impact.

And IDC predicts that 90% of organizations will feel this pain by next year.

The skills shortage spans AI, data management, systems integration, IT operations, cybersecurity, and even cloud development (IDC, 2024, and KPMG, 2024). The key skills that help your organization run smoothly, move forward, and drive new possibilities for your people.

But it’s hard to prioritize learning and upskilling when you’re also firefighting operational issues. It's sometimes too tough to find the capacity. Calling in surgical strike reinforcements might be your best bet.

When we partner with you to solve your technology problems, we believe it’s our duty to take tasks off your hands and free you up for strategic work. And we’re committed to freely sharing our knowledge.

As an extension of your team, we bring your staff up the skills ladder with us, enhancing IT’s organizational value and reputation.

Stop the struggle. We’re ready to help.  

As always, if you have questions, we’re here and happy to help. Just reply to this email or book a time to talk here.

We look forward to helping, 

Chaz Hager,

President 

P.S. For our friends in education, these services are covered through E-Rate funding (you can learn more about that here). For both K-12 schools and state and local governments, Northriver IT has access to the NASPO contract, a great purchasing vehicle that makes procurement easier and faster.  

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