While 'innovation' knows no boundary in the world of technology, the skills gap is something that employers often find challenging to handle. With every passing day, a new technology comes to the market calling for newer skills.
Amid such a rapidly moving environment, how do the leaders strike the right chord to balance between problem-solving experience and the latest skills? Is the education system equipped enough to create that balance? Kavita Viswanath, General Manager of JFrog, noted some loopholes in the education system that often hold students back while trying to solve real business problems.
Q. Looking back at the sudden but major digital transformation, did you feel the need for immediate skilling of your employees in order to cater to the increasing demand for your products in the market?
A. Yes, absolutely. I think the massive shift that we have seen with digital transformation was led by COVID-19 to a great extent. There are tons of businesses, including our customers who have no option but to go digital which in turn increased the demand for such engineers who could enable transformation for a lot of these businesses. So yes, we see a huge gap that exists both in our employee set as well as in the market when it comes to hiring in terms of skill sets needed to fulfill this demand.
Q. Pertaining to the demand for employees with the latest skills etc, what has been the situation for hiring freshers over the last year?
A. I think hiring graduates, especially freshers, is a challenge for mid to larger companies as most of them come with theoretical experience and less of practical knowledge. Freshly graduated candidates are not expected to know much about the real-time skill sets. So, I think the market is tough for them, especially when it comes to SaaS or product companies.
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