Apparo’s CIO Insights, a series of five forums, gives local CIOs and other IT professionals exclusive opportunities during the year to hear from leaders in the technology industry around hot topics, business challenges, and solutions and best practices, as well as to network with business partners and peers. This forum’s topic was all about leveraging technology to close the IT talent gap.
Its a great night for CIO Insights! Tonight we’re talking about closing the IT talent gap. #ApparoInsights pic.twitter.com/AcU3F0S8Ss
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
Topic Background: In its report “Future of Work: The Global Talent Crunch,” Korn Ferry, an organization firm, predicts a deficit of 85.2 million workers worldwide by 2030. Implications are great for employers, and even greater for the U.S. economy overall. According to the study, by 2030 skills shortages may knock our nation down from the status of a global tech center and leave more than $160 billion on the table.
Thank you to our panelists for channeling this topic and sharing how their organizations utilize technology to close the IT talent gap:
- Reenie Askew – CIO for the City of Charlotte
- John Mitchell – Director of Digital Strategy & Delivery at Duke Energy
- Ted Prendergast – Head of Technology Recruiting at Red Ventures
As well as a big thanks to our facilitator:
- Chad Hock – VP at Software AG
And thank you to our sponsors! Without them, this rich discussion wouldn’t have been possible.
- Presenting Sponsor: Dimension Data (NTT)
- Forum Sponsor: Software AG
- Host Sponsor: Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
Catch us again on March 25 for our next CIO Insights forum. Topic coming soon.
In the meantime, take in some of the big ideas from this forum, listed below.
13,000 jobs were added to Clt last year. Something @CLTgov is doing to combat talent shortage is training internally, helping people not be boxed into one skill set. #ApparoInsights
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
Ted from @RedVentures says they find success recruiting from geographic areas where there’s a talent surplus and a job deficit. #ApparoInsights
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
He says @RedVentures also looks at what other tech cities are doing that is working well. #ApparoInsights
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
Ted says: Consider hosting tech events at your headquarters. Even if it’s not your company’s event, other tech-minded people will see your campus and meet people in your org. #ApparoInsights
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
People learn in different ways and at different times. @RedVentures is putting all trainings on videos so people can learn when they’re available. #ApparoInsights
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
John from @DukeEnergy says automation is a big part of any digital transformation. Then, deployment is critical. #ApparoInsights
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
Shared teams will start to move out to product teams. This means tech workers will be in the space where value is being created. – John @DukeEnergy #ApparoInsights
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
“If your decision takes more than 2 seconds, it will be replaced by a bot by 2030.” John @DukeEnergy #ApparoInsights
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
We’re likely to see a natural progression to shared experiences. Leveraging technology to feel as though we are in the same room with people, even when we aren’t. That will change the customer experience. – John @DukeEnergy #ApparoInsights
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
We’re likely to see a natural progression to shared experiences. Leveraging technology to feel as though we are in the same room with people, even when we aren’t. That will change the customer experience. – John @DukeEnergy #ApparoInsights
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
We’re likely to see a natural progression to shared experiences. Leveraging technology to feel as though we are in the same room with people, even when we aren’t. That will change the customer experience. – John @DukeEnergy #ApparoInsights
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
Untapped talent – one example is incarcerated people. They have a ton of time to learn, and @RedVentures is exploring ways to teach them. #ApparoInsights
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
Reenie says @CLTgov is exploring how they connect with other training and employment-focused orgs. #ApparoInsights
— Apparo (@ApparoCLT) January 29, 2020
Great @ApparoCLT event tonight pic.twitter.com/oHldkHIowW
— Joe Topinka (@ciomentors) January 30, 2020
