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Kathleen Martin
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The technology industry has experienced a seismic shift over the past two years, as the pandemic has radically changed the way people and companies work. The need for business modernisation has accelerated and organisations have scrambled to bring forward the release of digital solutions. This has also meant that demand for tech skills is at an all-time high, which has highlighted a worrying skills shortage – particularly in cloud roles.
To address this growing problem, cloud services company Cloudreach has launched its Talent Academy collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The academy’s head, Poonam Flammarion, believes the pandemic has exacerbated a tech skills shortage, and the industry has not kept pace.
“There was a huge gap before the pandemic, and we were struggling to find skilled resources, but the crisis has multiplied it,” says Flammarion.
Candidates in the market who have extensive experience in cloud are few and far between. The competition for those candidates is now more fierce than ever and companies can no longer rely on substantial compensation alone; the wider rewards and benefits offering is also crucial.
Having previously hosted graduate and ‘Fast Track’ schemes, Cloudreach had the chance to design a training programme from scratch, while learning from prior lessons and experience. For Flammarion, it also presented an opportunity to demonstrate Cloudreach’s core values – that its people are its product – as she adds: “At Cloudreach, we have a culture that really lets people thrive and bring their whole selves to work. This was a breath of fresh air for me when I arrived from a large corporation in 2018.”
Continue reading: https://www.information-age.com/how-can-big-tech-address-the-cloud-skills-shortage-123497054/
To address this growing problem, cloud services company Cloudreach has launched its Talent Academy collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The academy’s head, Poonam Flammarion, believes the pandemic has exacerbated a tech skills shortage, and the industry has not kept pace.
“There was a huge gap before the pandemic, and we were struggling to find skilled resources, but the crisis has multiplied it,” says Flammarion.
Candidates in the market who have extensive experience in cloud are few and far between. The competition for those candidates is now more fierce than ever and companies can no longer rely on substantial compensation alone; the wider rewards and benefits offering is also crucial.
Having previously hosted graduate and ‘Fast Track’ schemes, Cloudreach had the chance to design a training programme from scratch, while learning from prior lessons and experience. For Flammarion, it also presented an opportunity to demonstrate Cloudreach’s core values – that its people are its product – as she adds: “At Cloudreach, we have a culture that really lets people thrive and bring their whole selves to work. This was a breath of fresh air for me when I arrived from a large corporation in 2018.”
Continue reading: https://www.information-age.com/how-can-big-tech-address-the-cloud-skills-shortage-123497054/
