The 2008 hangover
Despite the tech industry experiencing exponential growth over the past few years, employers are still not hiring enough junior talent. Since the global financial crisis of 2008, tech firms put the cork in recruiting for entry-level positions. This created a backlog. Employers lost valuable time in building up the experience of these employees, which meant they did not move up the employment ladder. This has resulted in where we’re at today, where there are not enough candidates with the mid-level experience to meet employment demands. Coupled with the rapid acceleration of technology, it has created a chronic skills shortage in the industry. Here’s what two business leaders had to say.Dominic Harvey, director – CWjobs
Susie Cummings, founder – Nurole
The tech talent pool has been one-dimensional for too long, in part because historically there have been so few varied leaders within the industry.Human error blunders
As we are all too aware, global terrorism means that cyber security is a big demand in today’s employment society. This is the sector of coding, and tech more broadly, that risks AI taking over from human candidates for these roles. Human error has been blamed for security breaches in companies, as well as a lack of training in how to prevent, and respond to such breaches.What can employers do?
Whilst tech employers can do more to solve the skills shortage, such as make their recruitment strategy resonate with various candidates and employ more across-the-board entry level candidates to encourage natural progression and growing experience skills. It’s up to the government to change things as well. The government must champion a more comprehensive IT curriculum within schools, as well as promote coding workshops across schools, colleges and universities to stimulate the next generation of coders – and help them enter the industry.Share this story