Are you experiencing a Skills Gap?
- Are you finding it harder to find resources in time to meet your project commitments?
- Is your project exposed to delays because your existing staff don’t have the skills you need?
- Are you paying more to recruit skilled testing staff – often ending up in a bidding war with a competing employer?
- Are you receiving poor or under skilled resources from your recruiter or testing resource provider?
- Is it getting harder to retain your existing skilled staff?
It’s only going to get worse...
In 2011, the Skills Gap will increase and organisations will find it increasingly difficult to find, retain and upskill software testing staff. Findings from the Ross Report project an increase in the growth of testing that will see a demand for 1500 – 2000 additional test professionals over the next two years. With expected competition for scarce skilled resources, organisations will need to develop competitive resourcing strategies to retain and attract testing staff. The past year alone has seen a significant growth in the number of software testing jobs advertised. The skills gap is endemic to the Software Testing community throughout Australia. It’s not a question of if you will experience it, but when...
The skills required of a software tester are becoming more complex with not just increased technical competence required, but increasingly there is a focus on analytical skills, team management skills and general communication skills. Through a range of managed service offerings, we can help by providing flexible resourcing, on-site mentoring, or a range of consulting and training services.
Our solutions are not straight out of a box but are tailored to meet your organisational needs:
- Flexible resourcing to help with the ebb and flow of your testing projects
- Training and development to up-skill and cross-skill your team
- Graduate Programme
- Offshoring capabilities
