Experience or expertise? Calybre explores the limitations of labelling in a scarce skills market.
In South Africa in particular, the challenges we face of continual skills recycling , emigration and international remote working opportunities all contribute to a loss of available experienced people in the fields of data analytics, data engineer ing, data science and other related disciplines.The battle to attract and retain these skills is not confined to South Africa, however. Recent reports note that the global digital skills gap is continuing to grow.
Why then, are so many of these young job seekers still exactly that – job seekers? What is preventing us from matching this apparent demand with a greater supply of smart skilled professionals?The use of the label “senior” to define a person’s level is oversimplified. There is a perceived risk in hiring someone, either a consultant or a permanent employee, who hasn’t been working in the field of data for many years. The experience of the person is quantified in years; their expertise is often doubted as it is not accompanied by this track record. Often, it seems the “buyer” of the required skillset feels compelled to label a person “senior” in the belief that this will de-risk their purchase.
Don’t get us wrong – mileage cannot be fast-tracked and experience can’t be bought. There is huge value to be had from having access to people on your data projects who have been around the block and bumped their head a few times. Ensuring that the team has the right mix of those with many years of experience and the young, smart, curious newbies makes for a great result, not only from a solution perspective, but also in the ultimate cost to the business.
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