Dive Brief:

• Information technology skills are a scarcity in today’s job market, with 34% of hiring managers in a recent report by ManpowerGroup subsidiary Experis saying that they were having difficulty filling technology roles because candidates did not have the right technical skills. But employers may have more options than they realize, per the report.
• Sourcing potential exists in the startup space, where a number of businesses have focused on upskilling IT workers through in-house training, apprenticeships and other models. Employers also may be able to access talent through customer or vendor networks that specialize in selling their products, solutions and services, Addie van Rooij, Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s global people operations leader and HR VP for Europe, the Middle East and Africa said in the report.
• External partnerships also can help find talent that may be filtered out by more traditional approaches, Experis said. Organizations such as the Mom Project and AnitaB have helped Intuit recruit technology job candidates who took time out of their career to support their families, per the report.

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