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INDIANAPOLIS – The Mission41K movement is officially underway in the Hoosier state.
“We believe Indiana will need to add 41,000 new technology workers by 2030 to stay competitive and stay on track,” said Dennis Trinkle, executive vice president of talent at TechPoint.
TechPoint is a nonprofit organization focused on growing Indiana’s technology ecosystem.
After a year-long listening tour with members, the number one thing businesses need is attraction and talent development. A second priority is to hire with diversity and develop talent from within.
“There are about two or three jobs for every person out there,” Trinkle said. “Nationally and Indiana are no different. There really is a talent crisis.”
On September 27, TechPoint Launch hosted Mission41K. The one-day summit brought together more than 200 Aboriginal people.
The focus? Prioritize talent-based hiring.
“So with skills first, what we’re trying to do is encourage companies to think about defining the roles they want to fill based on skills, not just go out and try to hire someone with a computer science degree,” Trinkle said.
Indiana Office of Technology In 2019, it began using competency-based hiring, removing degree requirements from most job descriptions and building a non-traditional pathway program as a new hiring approach.
The state’s Meet and Learn, or SEAL, program has been successful in filling gaps in the growing agency.
Credit: Indiana Office of Technology
“We’re in an area, especially with a high market because of the pandemic, with challenges in construction, manufacturing and staffing,” said Tracy Barnes, chief information officer of the Indiana Office of Technology. “Our first class and program had two SEALS, now we’re over 30 plus SEALS in our program.”
The SEAL program provides participants with hands-on experience while undergoing a 12-month IT program.
Brian Suterfield is a recent SEAL graduate and is now a junior security engineer at the Indiana Office of Technology.
“I have friends from all over the country that I’ve made since I got into cybersecurity. Programs like this aren’t common,” Sutterfield said.
Credit: Nicole Griffin
TechPoint believes that giving companies the tools they need to adopt this innovative hiring practice will help them meet their talent needs.
“It’s true that 80% of potential applicants for any role in technology are screened based on degrees and years of service,” Trinkle said.
Trinkle points out that traditional hiring approaches often screen out candidates of color, women and minorities.
“So focusing on talent, it opens up the talent pool and allows them to hire a lot of other individuals who are even getting a chance to look at it,” Trinkle said.
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