2024: The year of demand-led training
2024 needs to be the year that we move the needle as business leaders toward demand-led training that will assist in reducing the software development skills shortage that South African companies are facing. This gap is because there isn't a real push towards aligning training programmes with the skills that companies require for specific roles.
Training candidates - or Sprinters as we call them - through a demand-led approach makes a valuable impact to both their lives as well as to the organisation, as immersive training means that they are familiar with a company's technology stack and their office culture, making them immediately employable.
South Africa needs an agile, skilled, and adaptable workforce, as this is a critical objective for the private sector. This is especially true i...