{"id":36403,"date":"2023-11-23T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2023\/11\/23\/over-half-of-apac-cios-believe-flexible-working-is-key-to-retaining-and-recruiting-skilled-employees\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T09:36:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T09:36:56","slug":"over-half-of-apac-cios-believe-flexible-working-is-key-to-retaining-and-recruiting-skilled-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2023\/11\/23\/over-half-of-apac-cios-believe-flexible-working-is-key-to-retaining-and-recruiting-skilled-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Over half of APAC CIOs believe flexible working is key to retaining and recruiting skilled employees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div lang=\"en\">\n<p>&#8211; 44% of APAC CIOs believe that having a flexible working policy has opened the door to a wider pool of highly skilled individuals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Almost a third (32%) of APAC CIOs had to hire someone they have never met in person due to skills shortage.<\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\" rel=\"sponsored\">Media OutReach<\/a> &#8211; 23 November 2023 &#8211; New research of CIOs in Asia Pacific (APAC) by Expereo reveals that large global enterprises&#8217; ambitions for global growth are being constrained, as close to one third (29%) admit that they struggle to hire high-value knowledge workers that will drive forward their global expansion plans. As the competition for talent persists, more than half (51%) of APAC CIOs believe that flexible working is crucial in retaining and attracting highly skilled employees.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"\" style=\"display: block; width: 100%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;\" data-width=\"100%\" data-caption=\"Enterprise Horizons\" data-caption-display=\"none\"><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/images.media-outreach.com\/432357\/Enterprise-Horizons-Cover-Image.png\" alt=\"Enterprise Horizons\" style=\"width: 100%;margin: 0px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36404 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Enterprise_Horizons_Cover_Image-300x157.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Enterprise_Horizons_Cover_Image-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Enterprise_Horizons_Cover_Image-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Enterprise_Horizons_Cover_Image.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Eric Wong, Head of Asia Pacific at Expereo notes, &#8220;As organisations in Asia Pacific expand their footprint globally to drive growth, they must address the complexities and obstacles involved in meeting the changing needs of a global workforce. More people will now work from different locations and it&#8217;s crucial for the business to have the capability to adapt the dynamics of the network quickly to cater to diverse connectivity needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>The competition for talent is real<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The research of over 650 CIOs in global enterprises across APAC, Europe and the US reveals that skills and resource retention (35%) is currently amongst the top three barriers to their business delivering global growth, alongside challenging security environments (35%) and complicated physical and geo-political infrastructure (33%).<\/p>\n<p>For CIOs in APAC, the top three barriers to delivering global growth are the usage of legacy systems (36%), lack of local knowledge (36%) and understanding at the Board level of technology challenges (36%) instead. More specifically, finding the right mix of business and technology skills was revealed to be the most challenging thing for 42% of APAC CIOs to recruit for.<\/p>\n<p>Almost a third (32%) of APAC CIOs say that finding the right competencies for their team in governance and regulatory compliance is a challenge, while expertise in growth technologies such as data analytics (44%), cyber security (43%), AI\/ML (40%), and App development (40%) top the list as the most challenging skills to recruit for.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, 44% of APAC CIOs say having a hybrid\/remote policy has enabled them to hire from a wider geographical pool of talent. Interestingly, 42% of APAC CIOs say their team is now based in different countries\/markets, versus the global average of 38%.<\/p>\n<p><b>Hybrid working needs to stay, but it isn&#8217;t without challenges<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The nature of work has changed, and over half (51%) of APAC CIOs believe flexible working is the key driver for retaining and recruiting the most skilled employees. Today&#8217;s IT leaders are empowered to tap into a global pool of workers and partners to find the best talent, explaining why close to one-third of APAC CIOs (32%) have admitted to hiring someone into their team that they have never met in person.<\/p>\n<p>According to the research, working three days in the office or less is now the new normal for almost three-quarters (73%) of businesses in APAC, with almost half (44%) of APAC CIOs believing the increased demand for hybrid\/remote working is being driven by cost-of-living pressures. Having said that, 29% of APAC CIOs expect to see an increase in the number of days they expect people to work from the office. According to 30% of respondents, this is due to productivity concerns with employees working from home; 30% also said home connectivity issues for their employees have a consistent impact on productivity.<\/p>\n<p><b>The connectivity trade-off<\/b><\/p>\n<p>However, the trade-off of access to more and better skilled employees is that, for many APAC CIOs, ensuring application performance across multiple locations (43%), and providing 24\/7 support across multiple time zones (34%), are putting pressure on their teams.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Wong continues; &#8220;The key to doing so is having the right technology in place to facilitate connectivity and collaboration in a remote working environment. Ultimately, hybrid working is all about staying connected and enabling interaction with colleagues and customers, regardless of where you are in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For the full report, please visit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.expereo.com\/pages\/enterprise-horizons\" rel=\"sponsored\">https:\/\/www.expereo.com\/pages\/enterprise-horizons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Hashtag: <\/b>#Expereo<\/p>\n<p><em>The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 1px; height: 1px;\" src=\"http:\/\/track.media-outreach.com\/index.php\/WebView\/262159\/4121\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/singapore\/2023\/11\/23\/262159\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; 44% of APAC CIOs believe that having a flexible working policy has opened the door to a wider pool of highly skilled individuals. &#8211; Almost a third (32%) of APAC CIOs had to hire someone they have never met in person due to skills shortage. 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