Post the pandemic ComputerCo has found a major skill shortage in key IT staff. As a leading (but mid-size) supplier of networking IT to organisations, it is now finding it hard to retain its current staff of 200. Whilst the current industry turnover is 10% - ComputerCo is at 15%. After undertaking a survey of staff the major issue emerged around career issues for their core talent. Whilst approximately 40% of the workforce were content in the short-term a further 30% wanted to develop more project management skills and 30% wanted to work as contractors (self-employed). As a mid-size organisation, this appears difficult to achieve. As the HR team - Senior Management has asked you to come up with a solution to these issues - as the future of the organisation could be at risk - provide a 10-minute presentation*

*This is a group presentation and my part is to clarified the solution of upskilling programme that might include 2 or 3 actions as following:

• Strategic Partnerships and Talent Acquisition
• Forming strategic partnerships and expanding talent acquisition efforts
• Strategic partnerships (collab with local universities, schools or online learning platforms to create pipeline of IT talent, internship programs and apprenticeships)
• Recruitment and talent acquisition (actively recruit skilled IT professionals, professional networks)
• Employee referral program (existing employees to refer potential candidates, offer rewards and incentives for referrals)
• Continuous market analysis (regularly assess IT job market to stay informed, benchmarking, emerging skills

Could you give me suggestions that which actions worth presenting and their benefits/outcomes? Thanks