Professionals highly skilled in new-age technologies continue to be the bedrock for leading enterprises. In the face of market expansion and inflation, digital transformation continues at an unprecedented speed, and the competition for Tech Talent is at an all-time high in India.
This calls for looking back at past lessons when navigating the dynamic business landscape, fraught with new challenges and hidden opportunities. It’s no longer about gaining access to top-tier tech talent; what’s incredibly urgent is to curate an ecosystem that is inviting, engaging and focused on their growth and development.
In partnership with Scaler, People Matters promises to empower your organisations in gaining a competitive edge in today’s blazing Tech jobs market. There are three stages to success which we will discuss at length in our three episodes: prioritising the tech skills needed for business excellence, expanding our avenues for recruitment and finally, addressing the pain point of retention.
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Live Telecast Agenda:
| Episode 1 |
29th July 2022
3.00 PM - 4.00 PM IST 
Puneet Khurana 
Kartik Rao
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The Tech-Skills Checklist: What are the competencies most in-demand?Today’s headlines are all about the creation of new tech-driven jobs backed by the hurdle of gaining access to the in-demand competencies. Although each enterprise will have its unique needs, given its industry and stage of digital transformation, there are specific skills that will face the highest competition. Through this episode, we get hold of expert insights to understand which tech skills face the greatest talent crunch and what could be the short-term and long-term solutions to address this burning demand. |
| Episode 2 |
26th August 2022 12.00 PM - 01.00 PM IST 
Manmeet Sandhu 
Margaret D'souza
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Skills over degrees: How can businesses overcome the industry-skills mismatch for Tech Talent?The rising demand for digital competencies and the simultaneous talent shortages, especially in this field, tend to arise from a skill-industry mismatch. Given how disruptive today’s business landscape is with the continuous introduction of new-age solutions, organisations struggle to find skill sets that can align with their vision for growth and innovation. With expert insights from industry leaders, we unlock ways to expand talent pools and innovate recruitment practices to catch hold of the tech talent we seek. |
| Episode 3 |
23rd September 2022 12.00 PM - 1.00 PM IST 
Abhishek Mehrotra
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Bridging the hiring-retention gap: How do we secure Tech Talent for the long term?The retention hassle is the final stage of competing in the Tech jobs market. Businesses continue to struggle to get candidates to not only accept the offer letter but also stay on for the long term. As a result, hiring cycles extend, the seats remain empty for undesirable periods, and recruitment costs go up in a market that is already inflated. In this last episode, we look into actionable insights that can be implemented across industries to overcome this gap between hiring and retention and understand what it takes to build the desired ecosystem of people and work. |
