More than eighty percent in half a Hong Kong enterprises are the reshaping technology employee skills to fill the science and technology talent shortage

More than eighty percent in half a Hong Kong enterprises are the reshaping technology employee skills to fill the science and technology talent shortage

masterAIThe scientific and technological personnel and machine learning skills will be2025Became Hong Kong's largest skills gap

The global digital infrastructure companiesEquinix, Inc.(Nasdaq: EQIX) to the latest survey, the global IT leaders concerned about recruitment and retention of employees.

EquinixIn 2022 the global trend of science and technologyVisited a total of 2900 global IT decision makers, 56% of the respondents thought the IT talent shortage is one of the main threats facing the business.Including Equinix, enterprise is in different forms of recruitment to recruit diverse talents.Survey results reflect the rapid transformation of science and technology industry to make enterprises more difficult to find suitable talents to meet the challenges of the current and future.

Hong Kong in the past two years a total loss of more than 140000 people.¹In response to the talent shortage, many enterprises are actively retraining from other areas and the talents of the industry, to fill the talents of science and technology gap.59% of local IT leaders said they will be training talents from the industry, while 42% of respondents said will choose to recruit talent from other unrelated industry, to strengthen enterprise employee team.Along with the latest "address" come up with new policy of absorbing foreign talent and continue to optimize the existing scientific and technological personnel plan, has the ability to provide training and development opportunities of Hong Kong science and technology enterprises will be more advantage in attracting talent.

EquinixManaging director Tan Guoxiong Hong Kong areaPointed out: "the government said in a report in the latest policy, will absorb the scientific and technological personnel, and efforts to improve Hong Kong's ability to retain top talent, so as to improve the competitiveness of Hong Kong. Along with the market demand for technical skills continue to rise, including" strategic and funds ", all kinds of forward-looking measures is particularly important to Hong Kong to build a solid innovation foundation. Have seen the government over the next two years continued to promote the digital, Equinix will continue to work closely with the government and partners, is committed to cultivating for the digital economy contribute to the scientific and technological personnel."

Results show that, after remaking skills of employees, mainly from administrative and business support category (31%), finance and insurance industry (33%), manufacturing (24%), and also have returned to work among people (22%).Employees after remaking skills as IT related technical personnel (49%), and artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (35%) and security analysis (34%) of work, helping to skills relevant to the enterprise to fill gaps.

Compared with other asia-pacific region, Hong Kong AI and machine learning skills of talent (32%) are facing greater skills gap, second is the IT technical personnel (29%) and the data analysis of talent (21%).IT decision makers in Hong Kong is expected to AI and machine learning talent shortage situation will continue to increase (34%), IT also will be the next three years (2025 years ago), the biggest technology skills gap.Followed by cloud computing (23%) and information security engineering talent (23%).Throughout Hong Kong, more than half of IT leaders (55%) think that retain existing talent is the biggest challenge for its business, and how to provide substantial compensation and benefits (39%) and enough on-the-job training (34%) is also one of the first problem of Hong Kong enterprises are facing.

Colt Technology ServicesChief executive,Keri GilderExplained: "in the field of science and technology, especially software industry, looking for suitable skills talents is a severe challenge. In fact, with the various services to software or digital, all sectors in the recruit people with similar skills. But one of them are young people do not understand the technology industry can provide opportunities. Investigate its reason, we found that while a supplier of connectivity in undersea cable, satellite, and optical fiber in the fields of a lot of work on, but the lack of daily application examples, and even in the university classroom, also not relevant examples. Therefore, we need to think together in talent resources, and efforts, together with the industry to introduce multiple skills talents, so as to grasp new opportunities in the future."

Equinix inCareer PathwaysProject launched a series of support career transition plan, through soliciting relevant transferable skills talents, expand and enrich diverse talent pool.Including to assist in Career Transition veterans, and through the Athlete Career Transition (ACT), hire a former Olympic and disabled Olympic athletes, etc.Participate in career transition plan and retraining of employees accounted for 40% of Equinix global recruiting talent, they are from other similar industries, such as air travel and hotel industry, oil and natural gas category, after training the talent within the data center will be responsible for the position.Other upcoming plans include "Invictus", the project will focus on hiring SkillBridge plans in the body caused by the military service of disabled veterans, talent has just gone into the workplace, graduates and refugees.Overall, the relevant measures to bring the company in 2022 is expected to be at least 750 new employees.

At the same time, companies also through cooperation with institutions of higher education and the trainee students plan for recruiting.Hong Kong's IT leaders said that cooperation with institutions of higher education the main way including to attend colleges or universities career fair held (43%), in collaboration with institutions of higher education, training programs (42%), and to provide internship opportunities for students (40%) and the degree of trainee students plan cooperation (37%)."Applause - innovation education course"Is one example of the height, this project won the Hong Kong jockey club charities trust fund donation, through and many technology companies, including Equinix, Hong Kong Baptist university and the tripartite cooperation of local high school, the skills required for students equipped with science and technology industry.Equinix also to the national university of Singapore (NUS) and the Singapore management university (SMU) offers 160000 yuan scholarship, support the sustainable development of its curriculum, and encourage students to learn knowledge outside the traditional academic category.

EquinixChief legal and human resources directorBrandi Galvin MorandiSaid: "the results of the survey report, the skills do not match will prevent to technology as the center for global recruiting team. Overall, the public still lack understanding of different specific jobs required skills, and prospective employees also need in training, preparation work and career opportunities to get a clearer direction."

She continued: "but, at the same time, the challenge at the same time also brought us opportunities, the industry is through various ways and channels for talent recruitment and development. This is where the direction of the us in the past few years efforts, our can early advantage. We believe that companies should be specific technical positions a step-by-step talent development plan, to meet, respectively, the lack of experience and trained employees demand. In addition, a mentor program can also help potential talent to get a clearer career oriented, talent and connecting enterprises and to establish a more powerful talent pool. We also encourage enterprise's technical team work closely with institutions of higher education and vocational training, to ensure that the curriculum for students equipped with the right skills, to prepare for ideal career planning."

In order to further in the field of talent development category, recently Equinix formally establishedEquinix foundation, through the cooperation with various organizations, to promote digital communion, as the audience the opportunity to contact with science and technology, so as to help them equipped with relevant skills in the field of science and technology development.Equinix foundation designed to support the non-profit organization, is committed to make all people age and background can in the world today with the digital for this success.

[1] in 2022 policy address the chief executive:https://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/2022/public/pdf/policy/policy-full_tc.pdf