The breakneck speed at which technology has evolved over the past few decades has brought us ground-breaking tools, made organizations more efficient, and opened up the entire world for business. The flipside of this rapid innovation, however, is that it’s left the talent pool struggling to keep pace. Every technological innovation, emerging software trend, or new product sparks a need for skilled professionals to operate it. And when the needs of the market change so quickly, those working in IT can find themselves scrambling to keep their skills up to date. The rise of technologies like mobile, big data, machine learning, and the IoT has created innumerable opportunities for businesses to optimize and transform the way they function and deliver. Yet the growth in demand far outstrips the increase in the number of experienced candidates available to help seize on these opportunities. Thanks to the birth of the cloud and its ‘as a service’ model, revolutionary tech have become more accessible, increasing the strain on the talent pool as more employers come to fish from the same pond. This chasm between supply and demand has created a concerning skills gap across many areas of the tech sector—only 60% of open … Continue reading How the Global Skills Gap will Impact the NetSuite Ecosystem