The world’s got IT talent
But where to find it as the talent crunch bites
IT IS NO longer safe to leave recruitment in the hands of the HR department. It must be handed over to the talent managers.
We need out-of-the-box thinking, says the report of a SAP sponsored survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit - sounding slightly off its box. It asked nearly 1,000 people around the world, 600 in developed markets what they need to win the talent wars (around 200 of these were Chief Eos, Ios or Fos).
IT will look to developing markets for talent it said. More interestingly it said 40,000 IT workers returned home to India last year and took up work in Bangalore. And one Indian executive is reported as saying: “Labour is a globalised market now so it is not difficult for companies in China, Brazil or India to attract talent from western Europe.”
But IT ain’t what it used to be. Just 14% said information systems skills would be critical to their success over the next three years with ability to manage change being the most sought after skill (68%). Just 18% believe that IT skills with be the hardest to source with the belief that finding change management ability again topping the poll .
Sourcing IT skills over the next three years is very important (45%) or somewhat important (42%) to almost all companies. Almost an identical number 47% and 41% believe that IT skills are vital to their company’s ability to succeed. For all that 23% believe that universities must improve the IT skills of their students.
Conclusion. Senior management want new blood to manage change and though aware that that change is technology driven appear cool that they will find the talent to cope with it. µ
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*Newsflash*
> It is no longer safe to leave> recruitment in the hands of the
> HR department.
It's *never* been safe to leave IT recruitment to the HR department.
Unfortunately the vast majority of them haven't a clue about IT, so having them choosing your IT staff is rather like having Mr Blunkett choosing the colour of your wallpaper. You might get what you want, but you'd have to be very lucky ;)
Unfair labour market
Quote:And one Indian executive is reported as saying: “Labour is a globalised market now so it is not difficult for companies in China, Brazil or India to attract talent from western Europe.”
I agree that labour is a globalised market, but thanks to endless visa problems it is an unfair market. This is true for people from Europe who like to work in the named countries or elsewhere as well as people from outside Europe who like to work in Europe. Borders and visas are relicts of a time that brought us events like World War 1 and 2.
Never mind the US. Just take a look at the wall at the border to Mexico. Disgusting.