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If you’re ready to hire a team of developers, you may want to get comfortable because according to IT World, the average time between that initial job posting and hiring date is 35 days — but that only applies to a typical software developer who’s hired for a very basic position. If you require a developer with specialized skills, as is often the case, your hiring timeframe could be weeks longer.

You’ve come to the end of the interview and you realize that this candidate is “The One.” So you make a formal job offer, seal the deal and walk away feeling very positive. You traveled down a long and expensive road to get to this point, as you spent weeks screening and interviewing candidates. You had no idea that just six weeks down the road, your company would part ways with this software developer because it just wasn’t a good fit. This developer was accustomed to working in a large team, so when placed in a small group, he felt uncomfortable. He was stifled by the close collaboration and in the end, he simply couldn’t adjust.

The cost of unfilled tech jobs is significant, with American companies seeing a $20.1 billion dollar per year ding to their collective bottom line. That’s according to a 2017 study performed by Glassdoor, which hints at major opportunity costs and other financial implications that affect top line revenue and profitability as a result of insufficient staffing resources.

With an estimated 18.2 million software developers on the planet, you’d think it would be fairly easy to find just one who possesses the requisite skill set. But it’s a task that is much easier said than done and you’re not alone. Hiring software developers, IT experts and other tech professionals can pose major challenges although once you identify those roadblocks, you’ll be better positioned to overcome them.

You’ve spent hundreds on paid job listings. You also invested numerous hours in reviewing resumes, performing interviews and testing candidates. With over 18 million software developers worldwide (as of 2017), it’s perplexing to think that it would be such a challenge to find just a couple who mesh well with your existing team! Despite your efforts, to date your search has been fruitless and the bottom line is that you just don’t have time for this.

It took a while, but finally, you’ve developed a software development dream team. You have great interpersonal dynamics and your group is well-balanced in terms of skills and abilities. But then, in a twist of fate, came the car accident that left one colleague out of work for six weeks. And next week, another colleague departs for two weeks to tend to her sick child. In short, your once-perfect tech team now has some major holes and you’re in a position where you’re at serious risk of seeing some major timeline overruns.

We’ve all been there. You’re hyper-focused to the point where you lose all sense of time. In fact, you glance at the clock and you’re shocked to realize that six hours have elapsed. It only felt like an hour—two tops. You’ve been totally oblivious to the people and things around you too. While you were coding, your co-workers totally rearranged their cubicles and it would seem your phone rang a few times too…how did you fail to notice that? Well, it’s actually pretty simple: you were in “the zone.” Your co-workers could’ve re-routed a Mardi Gras parade through the office and you probably wouldn’t have noticed unless someone tripped on your power cord.

You sit down at your computer and your heart starts to race. You hold your breath as you hit the “refresh” button to check your email. You’re positive that you’re going to get another nasty email from a very challenging client… it’s not a matter of if but when. This client hired your firm to create a website and mobile app. But this project has encountered delay after delay. You’re late, and they’re not happy.

You interviewed dozens of candidates in your search for the right talent. Through the many interviews and work trials, there was one individual who clearly stood out. This applicant blew the competition out of the water in terms of qualifications and skill. Yet today, your new hire is struggling to stay afloat after just a few weeks on the job.

Operations can quite literally grind to a halt in the six-week period between Thanksgiving and the New Year holiday. The problem is two-pronged. You have workers taking time off for holiday travel. You also have a phenomenon known as “Christmas creep,“ whereby workers—Millennials in particular—tend to lose focus during the holiday season. Cyber Monday alone is credited with spurring a $450 million loss across all industries (and that’s a conservative estimate, as it assumes just 15 minutes of on-the-job virtual shopping.)

In 2015, more than 1,100,000 developers were making, on average, more than $100,000 each in one of the fastest growing industries in the country. It’s no secret that software development is one of today’s most sought after job markets. Companies like Microsoft are going to great lengths to attract top software developer talent, offering their employees everything from dodgeball club memberships to unlimited snacks and on-campus XBox hubs. But don’t let this high market demand keep you from making the most informed decision when recruiting prospective talent.

Today, many companies rely upon distributed processing, the cloud, and even mobile devices. Are mainframe computers still a reasonable alternative for business? Actually, many businesses still rely upon a mainframe as the heart of their IT infrastructure. It’s certainly possible to make a case that large central computers may offer tested security and processing powers. Certainly, a lot of businesses made a huge investment in their mainframe hardware and software in the past, and they are not eager to discard it in favor of the latest tech.

Gemalto and the Ponemon Institute collaborated on a large study of the way that companies use the cloud to store data and run applications. The study’s poll included thousands of companies from all over the world. IT executives responded to this survey with some alarming answers:

• Three out of four companies now rely heavily on cloud data and applications.
• Most companies don’t encrypt all sensitive cloud data and a good portion of companies don’t encrypt cloud data at all.

The Internet of Things, or IOT, describes all of the connected devices in the world. The IoT keeps growing at a geometrically rapid rate. It’s no longer enough to simply see reports every year or to get five-year forecasts. Forbes took the chance to use a collection of studies to produce a mid-year report on current growth trends. The report also included comments on related technologies that the IoT is likely to depend upon for future growth.

Plenty of industry studies support the idea that data-driven sales help companies increase revenue. Businesses have been compelled to adapt new technology to keep track of consumer behavior; this includes information about behavior at the company level and even the industry level. Even small businesses have the chance to gather a lot of information, so the task of trying to make it meaningful might seem overwhelming at first. Still, it’s important to recognize the value of data-centered sales practices and know that intuitive and helpful tools are available that can make proper business intelligence and analysis accessible for all types of companies.

“Business intelligence” is the term used to refer to the process of transforming data into meaningful insights. According to a Boston University infographic, more than half of all professionals believe their own companies need to invest more in this practice. Today’s companies have a strong motivation to increase profits by analyzing information. Thus, 75 percent of companies are expected to adopt some type of business intelligence by 2020. Products like Cognos Analytics from IBM can help many types and sizes of companies turn data into valuable insights.

This era has been referred to as the Information Age for quite some time. It’s difficult for people who are actually living in a certain age to have a true perspective about where they are when trends change. Did people who lived during the Bronze Age or Industrial Revolution really understand what was happening? At the same time, people who live during these current times may have more perspective because they do have more information. Thus, it’s probably fair to say that we’re only just beginning to enter a truly digital era, but changes are happening really fast.

It’s not difficult to find statistics about the rapid growth of the IoT and of course, predictions for future growth. It’s less common, however, to find discussions about the dramatic changes the IoT is likely to make in daily life and ordinary business practices. As technology and connections improve, people may be freed from most manual tasks. They can allow their machines to monitor their environment, communicate with each other, and even respond to changes. The real discussion isn’t about the number of connected devices; it’s about the way that the IoT will change the way that people live and work.

The idea of using information about consumers to help develop marketing campaigns won’t surprise many marketers. Marketing departments have been using surveys, sales data, and information gleaned from competitors since well before the dawn of the Digital Age. What’s revolutionary is the number of new tools that have emerged that can make the process more efficient, accurate, and profitable.

With the introduction of cloud computing, data-driven analysis, and other technologies, some IT staff might believe that the only constant thing about their profession is that it never stops changing. Because new technologies keep emerging at a blinding rate, most companies have been through many different application migrations. No matter how well technical people plan these migrations, they often find themselves delayed because the new system can’t absorb the old data smoothly.

Enterprise Apps Today covered a discussion from IBM’s Dave Turek on the future of computer systems architecture. The main focus of his speech centered on the benefits of using data-centric system architecture. One advantage of keeping data at the center of new designs is that it could offer companies a larger competitive advantage than simply using off-the-shelf applications or data analysis tools that every other business in the industry might employ. Instead of having a business force their information to fit a system’s architecture, the architecture should fit the company’s vital information.

Some of the best things about the latest version of IBM’s Cognos are the report-authoring features. The platform has a self-service interface that offers business analysts plenty of advantages over comparable tools. Of course, the fairly intuitive and intent-driven system should help even new users produce and edit sophisticated reports quickly. Also, analysts will enjoy the ability to produce their own customized reports without having to wait for an IT staff member to help them out.

SAP® has opened the doors to its latest AppHaus in California. Silicon Valley seems an ideal location for a facility like this because the company intends to use the AppHaus to foster design-centered thinking. Certainly, that part of California has a reputation as a center for a creative and user-centered approach to design. Company employees, clients, and students may use this new facility to experiment with all sorts of technology and their own ideas. This technology includes robotics, virtual reality, 3D printing, and more.

Many companies struggle with IT staffing shortages, and recruiting qualified technical people in some areas is likely to remain a problem for the next few years. Indeed, U.S. schools just aren’t cranking out new graduates fast enough to fill demand, as illustrated by these figures:

• Every year, American companies create 120,000 positions that require a computer science degree.
• Meanwhile, U.S. universities only graduate 49,000 people with computer science or related degrees.
• This means that the economy has a deficit of more than 70,000 educated people to fill jobs by relying just on American graduates.
• The number of foreign workers who gain entry into the country isn’t large enough to fill the gap.

Well-established tech giants such as Facebook might not have to struggle much to attract and retain technical talent, but most companies don’t have the technical or brand reputation to simply use their company names as a draw for pulling in crowds of eager recruits. If you’ve struggled with IT staffing, you might consider these tips to help with the biggest challenges for IT recruiters.

What’s next in the field of tech recruiting? IT staffing departments already struggle to find recruits with certain skills. Unemployment rates for technical people have fallen as low as 2 percent in some areas, according to a report by the Society of Human Resource Management, or SHRM. At the same time, the way that software gets developed and maintained is evolving rapidly, so it’s not enough to know which software jobs are tough to fill now; it’s also critical to keep an eye on the future. With this in mind, it might help to consider some IT staffing predictions for the next few years.

There’s little doubt that the hiring managers in charge of attracting, recruiting and evaluating technical people face many challenges today. In many parts of the U.S., it’s tough to attract qualified talent because competition for top prospects is so intense. After IT hiring managers select recruits to interview, they have to figure out which ones have the skills, aptitude and personality to get the job done and fit in well with the company or even an individual team. Companies that recruit IT staff need to have a good hiring system in place to make sure they are attracting and hiring the right people.

The UK just voted to leave the European Union. Even though no steps have been taken yet, the impact has already been felt in worldwide markets and in the sinking value of the GBP against other currencies. There’s some talk that a second referendum might be held to confirm the first vote. Still, it’s important to understand how Brexit could change the game for companies that need to hire technical talent.

Most companies include business growth as one of their primary goals. In fact, some businesses need to grow or risk failure. At the same time, companies have to manage risks in order to grow successfully. The advantage of using an IT staffing firm is that it can help you grow your business by managing many risks, making costs more predictable, and saving time.

Corporations spend billions to recruit IT staff. According to Forbes, American firms spend $72 billion on recruiting every year, and the worldwide total may top $200 billion. In addition, companies all over the globe have allocated larger and larger portions of this budget to pay IT staffing firms that can help simplify recruiting and control costs. It’s important to understand how difficult IT recruiting has become to see why it is now a specialized field of its own.

Which IT skills do companies demand the most right now? Computerworld conducted a survey of almost 200 IT executives in 2015. These executives ranked project management behind only software development as a position that their company needed to recruit for. In the previous year’s study, project management hiring only ranked fifth. In addition, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the demand for IT managers will increase by 15 percent in the next decade.

Competition between IT staffing companies and corporate IT departments remains fierce in many markets. Also, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the demand for software developers will continue to increase in the next decade. In fact, almost 200,000 new developer jobs are expected to be listed by American companies by 2024.

Today’s companies operate in very competitive business environments. No corporate CEO would approve of a badly composed sales letter in an age when global communication travels instantly, and social networks can make mistakes in communication viral news within hours. In most markets, companies also need to compete to attract technical talent, so most employers can’t afford to make mistakes in the hiring process.