IT departments struggling with skills shortages despite Big Tech job cuts
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The market watcher has found demand for technology talent still significantly exceeds supply. According to a Gartner survey of around 18,000 employees conducted in November and December 2022, 86 percent of CIOs reported more competition for qualified candidates and 73 percent worried about IT talent attrition.
During the time of the survey, Meta, [1]Google , and [2]Salesforce had already started laying off staff. Since the beginning of 2023, 513 tech companies have chopped around 150,000 employees, according to [3]tracker website Layoffs.fyi .
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Notable tech giants showing staff the door include Twitter, which has fired more than half on its payroll; Salesforce, which gave notice to 10 percent of its workforce; [5]Microsoft which laid off around 10,000 staff; and Meta, which cut [6]10,000 jobs in March, having already said goodbye to [7]11,000 roles in November last year.
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However, publicly available data shows 54 percent of Meta job losses were among business professionals, rather than tech jobs, said Mbula Schoen, Gartner senior director and analyst.
Meanwhile, tech skills in application development, AI and machine learning, Python specifically, software engineering and enterprise cloud architecture remained hard to find, she told The Register .
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“When I speak to CIOs, I hear it's still taking four to six months to backfill a position. My recommendation is to double down on your retention strategies because if you lose your top tech talent, it will take a lot longer to fill that position and higher costs,” she said.
[11]Unlucky for some: Meta chops 13% of global workforce
[12]Switchzilla revisits training and cert tools with looming debut of 'Cisco U.'
[13]Bosses failing to offer hybrid work lose out in recruitment
[14]Big tech's discarded techies won't sate the job market, says analyst
The talent shortage also meant that tech workers with the right skills were likely to continue to command relatively high salaries as employers compete for their services.
“Compensation is not going anywhere. It is the number one attraction and acquisition driver. Benchmark compensation and ensure that you’re not too far away from the market,” Schoen said.
Gartner obviously hasn't listened to TCI Fund boss Sir Christopher Hohn, who wants [15]Google to reduce its wage bill , and even asked for CEO Sundar Pichai to go further with headcount reduction.
Meanwhile, employers should consider seeking out so-called passive candidates who are not necessarily looking to move, Schoen told us. “With all the massive layoffs happenings, there's going to be a certain sense of uncertainty. This is an opportunity for CIOs to really collaborate with HR and start reaching out proactively. I'm not saying this is new, but we could ramp up those activities,” she said. ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/21/meta_google_layoffs/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/09/salesforce_trims_workforce_as_growth/
[3] https://layoffs.fyi/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template
[4] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_onprem/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2ZBs0OkSNUjBf6W@jtaY3dwAAAMs&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[5] https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/18/microsoft_job_cuts/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/14/meta_10000_jobs_cut/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/09/meta_redundancies_mark_zuckerberg/
[8] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_onprem/front&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=4&c=44ZBs0OkSNUjBf6W@jtaY3dwAAAMs&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0
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[11] https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/09/meta_redundancies_mark_zuckerberg/
[12] https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/13/cisco_u_certification_training_refresh/
[13] https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/01/gartner_hybrid_work/
[14] https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/01/forrester_2023_predictions/
[15] https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/25/google_investor_more_cuts/
[16] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
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Meanwhile, employers should consider seeking out so-called passive candidates who are not necessarily looking to move, Schoen told us.
Given all the new bessie mates I'm accumulating on LinkedIn this has been going on for quite a while now and if HR departments are only starting now they're late to the party.
Pay
If you are struggling to hire, it means you are not offering enough dinero.
Sin dinero = sin trabajo
Sure you are going to cry crocodile tears to the government, so that they'll loosen the immigration policy so that you can lure in poor souls from 3rd world countries to work their bottoms off for your next private jet.
But we know what you are.
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