Bouncing back from the Covid-19 pandemic, many industries are facing a talent crunch and organisations are having to think out of the box to expand their pool of potential candidates and increase their chances of finding suitably-skilled hires, by eschewing university degree requirements.
General Assembly’s State of Tech Talent 2023 report, which examined data from over 1,000 hiring managers in 10 countries, found that 52 per cent of HR managers’ job postings for tech roles list a university degree as a requirement, while 45 per cent cite university degrees as a top-two determining factor.
Figures from MOM showed that 34.1 per cent of employers said these positions were hard to fill because of a lack of specialised skills.When it comes to tech roles, recruiters are often conflicted about diversifying their talent pool by looking beyond graduates with relevant university degrees. He was able to further build on his digital skillset and moved to a software engineering role at cloud technology firm BitTitan.
That said, businesses are re-establishing what digital skills mean, especially in an increasingly digitalised landscape.