The ever-evolving digital landscape has led to the demand for digital skills and technologies. As talents in these areas are often limited, it results in talent shortage and high cost to acquire and retain such talents for any organization.
Organizations want to identify talent who are not only skilled but have the agility and great learning acumen. Hiring temporary workers helps an organization to find such talent in an extremely short time window, to utilize them for their projects.
Industries where tech freshers hiring has increased
Tech hiring is on the rise in the last 6 months and similarly, the hiring of freshers has also increased. In certain pockets, hiring has almost grown 100% on an annual basis. Some of the key sectors leading on the hiring front are,
➨IT and ITeS industry including the captives
➨E-commerce industry
➨Healthcare
➨Ed-tech industry
Skill-sets in high demand
As industries witness expedited digital transformation, the demand for talent in niches such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Cloud Computing, Information and Cyber Security gain momentum. The demand for such talent is bound to increase over the forthcoming months.
As the gig economy took precedence, the job market is no longer about building a career within a company.
Freshers today look at building their competencies while organizations in their digital transformation journeys undertake many short-term projects for which they need people for fixed durations. The amalgamation of this results in the creation of short-term roles which results in temp hiring.
This is a win-win situation as the talent get opportunities to learn, improve their capabilities seamlessly while for organizations, it provides flexibility in hiring and an opportunity to continuously gauge talent in real-time.
Comparison of hiring intent in 2020 and 2021
The IT hiring sentiment across the industry is optimistic for 2021 and beyond. Certain sectors like healthcare, banking and financial services, e-commerce have witnessed increased business activity, accelerated digital transformation and are expected to remain the frontrunners.
One of the consequences of the pandemic and the associated lockdown is the new ways of working and the recently popular work from anywhere model. This engagement has enabled corporates to identify talent across the nation and get them connected with the organization virtually.
This model has opened up talent pools across the length and breadth of the country. The same mechanism is applied for hiring freshers as well.
The right talent is identified irrespective of location or the college and is trained on digital skills before being deployed on projects.
Most freshers are being trained virtually through online medium through instructor led training as well as self-paced learning courses that are immersive through real-life simulation and the opportunity to work on projects.
To facilitate the learning curve, the freshers are also assigned mentors to guide them every step of the way.
Role of staffing industry towards addressing the rising demand for entry-level in temp roles
We expect that the hiring in IT skills through temp roles will continue to gain traction and increase in momentum in the next couple of years.
If we focus exclusively on freshers, the tech-based roles amongst freshers is expected to grow 100% given the pace of digital transformation.
- Article by Mehul Shah, Board Member and Chair-IT Chapter, Indian Staffing Federation
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