Despite high unemployment, there remains strong demand for IT professionals. As the country looks to get millions of unemployed individuals back to work, reskilling displaced workers and training them for careers in IT is a solution many states and organizations are pursuing.
On the “Industry Deep Dive: Rapid Reskilling: Is Your IT Program Prepared to Train and Support Displaced Workers” session during the recent Jobs for the Future Horizons 2020 conference, two CompTIA executives shared recommendations and insights on the current landscape, what skills are in demand and the available resources to help fill the IT jobs pipeline.
James Stanger, Chief Technology Evangelist, explained that while many companies are being very cautious with spending, they do realize if they want to stay in business, they’ve got to offer the services customers expect. “One of the drivers we are seeing take place is smaller managed service providers who need to support other companies are hiring. We are also seeing larger tech companies – pure tech companies – hire AWS and Microsoft Azure expertise.”
According to Mark Plunkett, Senior Director, Training Operations & Business Development, there’s also a need for more people filling the top of the funnel. “As we look at individuals upskilling and taking some of these jobs, we need to fill the funnel because there were over a million IT occupation jobs added in Q1. In fact, prior to COVID-19, there was a massive shortage of people entering the tech industry.”
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