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Software & Computer Services, Technology Hardware & Equipment
Innovation and speed to market remain key challenges for the technology sector.  The production of high-tech goods has moved steadily to Asian markets over the past several years. Yet the destabilisation of the economic markets, rising oil prices, and shaky consumer confidence have led technology companies to rethink every aspect of their business models from offshore production and service strategies to distribution models.
People and talent challenges 
Western universities are not seeing the increase in science, engineering and technology graduates to fill the skills gap, with an estimated 2 million open jobs by 2014.1 India and China, who used to see technology graduates leave to pursue careers abroad, are now retaining more of their own talent, and “farming” IT and high-tech graduates, with 200,000 jobs predicted to be created in India alone this year to support ongoing offshoring from the west.2

Even with the speed of innovation, the use of “old technologies” continues.  70% of the world’s business data is still processed using mainframes, yet “old skills” programmers are retiring. Organisations must remain vigilant to find new talent and continually re-skill their staff and their distribution channels to encourage businesses to adapt new technologies, solutions and services. 
How can Jobpartners help you?
To be better placed to secure and retain the skilled talent you need to succeed, you need to demonstrate progressive people planning and management strategies. With an integrated people management solution, your technology organisation can:
  • Broaden and diversify your global talent reach while ensuring local compliance with a solution available in over 25 languages and in more than 50 countries
  • Expand your visibility of high potential employees across the organisation for internal mobility, succession planning and leadership growth programmes
  • Develop organisational agility that is more responsive to shifting business priorities and change 
  • Fully engage managers and employees at all levels to be personally accountable to improve overall corporate performance
Jobpartners has helped leading technology organisations such as Soitec and Xerox.  Let us show how we can help you put people back into people management.


1 Telecoms Development Bureau, July 2008
2 The Economist “You still can’t get the staff” (Nov. 20, 2008)