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Methods to Mitigate the Tech Skills Gap In today’s digitally-driven economy, technology is evolving at an unprecedented pace. For a business to successfully navigate this landscape of constant innovation, they need to have a workforce that is skilled in the latest technologies. Unfortunately, there’s a significant mismatch between the demand for specific technical skills and… Read More »
Key takeaways from recent Salesforce World Tour events in NYC and Washington, DC… Read More »
Despite rising inflation and talk of a recession, there remains considerable demand for tech workers. The Great Resignation is impacting the world of tech hiring, as a growing number of tech staff are trading in their current jobs for better opportunities – creating a persistent turnover crisis. According to a Gartner survey, only 29% of… Read More »
So you got yourself that tech job interview you’ve been seeking? Congratulations! However, in the ever increasingly competitive tech industry, how can you differentiate yourself from all the other fresh tech grads and coding bootcamp finishers? This is crucial as the unemployment rate among tech workers bumped up from 1.7% in July 2022 to 2.3%… Read More »
As technology becomes more crucial in business operations, the demand for IT professionals is expected to grow steadily. Despite layoffs and economic uncertainties, the next few years should see a positive employment outlook for the tech workforce as organizations embrace new technologies and need qualified people to fill emerging IT positions. At the beginning of… Read More »
One of our biggest clients was working on a complex, highly technical project. On short notice, the project requirements changed. Our client needed to rapidly add ten more tech professionals who met a unique and challenging Microsoft developer profile. Adding these skilled resources on short notice presented a major challenge. Our client didn’t have the… Read More »
Many of Smoothstack’s most exciting and most dynamic partnerships are with large systems integrators. Case in point: A large U.S. systems integrator has an engagement with a partner based in Washington, D.C. On short notice, the project requirements changed. Our systems integration partner needed to find specialized software engineers to fill new mission-critical roles –… Read More »
Do coding bootcamps work? At Smoothstack, this is a question we get asked all the time. Lots of people are looking to jumpstart a career in tech, or switch lanes from a non-technology background – and bootcamps can seem like a powerful potential shortcut. Because developer bootcamps promise students a quick way to acquire the… Read More »
In 2021, over 93% of system integration providers announced plans to increase their workforce. Out of that figure, nearly 79% found the need to hire more staff to deal with the increased volume of work. Why? Because systems integrators deal with large contracts where the headcount demands are high. This is especially the case for… Read More »
Employment projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics predict a total of 189,200 job openings for software developers by 2030. With demand for software development talent ramping up, tech organizations are in fierce competition to attract and hire the best talent. The software developer shortage won’t come as news to you, but maybe this will… Read More »