4 Things IT Leaders Can Do Now To Build the Future Tech Team They Want

A focus on talent retention and training and reskilling employees and nontraditional candidates are key ways tech leaders can ensure their teams have the skills they will need for the future. Continue reading 4 Things IT Leaders Can Do Now To Build the Future Tech Team They Want

Australian Government’s ‘Six Cyber Shields’ Is Potentially a Well-Meaning Skills Crisis

The Australian government’s new national cyber security strategy might have the inadvertent effect of making security efforts even more difficult for businesses by intensifying the current skills shortage. Continue reading Australian Government’s ‘Six Cyber Shields’ Is Potentially a Well-Meaning Skills Crisis

‘Haywire’ Australian IT Skills Market Prompts Logicalis to Add Talent as a Service

IT solutions and managed services provider Logicalis is planning to help skills-deprived Australian CIOs and IT managers get projects done with a new plug-and-play Talent Services offering. Continue reading ‘Haywire’ Australian IT Skills Market Prompts Logicalis to Add Talent as a Service

The IT talent flight risk is real: Are return-to-office mandates the right solution?

A recent Gartner report reveals that return-to-office mandates negatively impacts retention, performance and DEI, which may lead employees to seek jobs elsewhere.
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OPM provides guidance to address cybersecurity skills gap

It’s hard to find (read: near impossible) an organization that thinks it has all the cybersecurity expertise that it needs. Whether it’s finding good CISOs, cloud security architects, application security experts, or whatever — findin… Continue reading OPM provides guidance to address cybersecurity skills gap

OpenStack Foundation launches its first cloud admin certification exams to combat talent shortage

os_austin It’s no secret that it’s still hard to find good tech talent, and that’s definitely the case for the kind of complex and highly specialized skill set it takes to administer an OpenStack cloud. To grow this talent pool and to allow admins to show off their OpenStack skills, the OpenStack Foundation today announced the launch of its first certification program for OpenStack… Read More Continue reading OpenStack Foundation launches its first cloud admin certification exams to combat talent shortage