Accelerated by events in the last couple of years, roles requiring expertise now outnumber the current talent pool, and with this gap has come the demand for skills development. Paul Izbicki joined the Tech Founders Series to discuss his company Skillseeker, which uses automation to identify where workers’ skills gaps lie before recommending suitable learning materials.

For World Youth Skills Day on Friday 15th July, Hays’ Harry Gooding speaks to Matt Ballantine of Equal Experts and Simon Bozzoli of LDN Apprenticeships to discover their thoughts on how organisations can help young people fulfil their potential.

John Perks, Global Principal Architect of the NextGen Professionals Program at ServiceNow, and Simon Maskrey, Senior Global Partner Manager at Salesforce for Trailhead, discuss how their organisations are approaching the scarcity of candidates in tech and their thoughts on why businesses will benefit from helping to close the digital skills gap.

The technology sector skills gap is probably more acute than it’s ever been, and the reality is that this is a result of Covid-19. Organisations are accelerating digital transformation at a rate not seen before – we’re talking about a decade’s worth of change happening over the next two years, and that’s exacerbating the existing skills gap. There are only a certain number of people today with...

According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), automation and COVID-19 are causing the labour market to experience “double disruption”, which is exacerbating the growing global skills emergency. As we navigate this new world, it’s humans - not machines - that are still the most valuable asset to any organisation, and leaders must do everything they can to secure the future of the world’s...