When developing a strategy around the technology skills gap it is good to look at all possible sources of talent. One of those sources is the Temporary Foreign Workers program. This program is administered by the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. Previously organizations unable to find the skilled workers they require in Canada could apply for a three year permit to bring in temporary foreign technology worker. The permit time was reduced from three year

If you are wondering if there will really be a mainframe skills gap - unfortunately there will be and here are why you need to pay attention and have a plan in place for your organization. Let's start with the fact that babyboomers are retiring. The youngest babyboomer, born in 1964, is now 52 year old and when coupled with years of service their retirement date could be well before sixty-five. According to Compuware, a supplier of mainframe applications, 40% of Mainframe

[endif]--[endif]--I had the privilege of leading a panel discussion at the fall Telecom 2015 Conference on ‘The Future of Work – The intersection of work, technology and people’. Joining me on the panel were Ken Cowman, Managing Director, Emmercom.com; Mike Fox, President, Brightlights Inc., Roberta J. Fox, Chairman, FOXGROUP Technology; Valerie Gelinas, Senior Manager, Early Talent, Royal Bank Canada and Sandra Saric, VP Talent Innovation at ICTC. The panel explored the fut

"Creative solutions to getting ahead of the tech skills gap are required. Establishing internships, apprenticeships, training and mentoring programs are some excellent alternatives. However, I strongly believe that an organization needs a skills gap Roadmap that covers all the various scenarios and provides a comprehensive strategy to get ahead of the challenge. John and Susan, the authors of the following article offer three of their own do's and don'ts for on boarding new