{"id":58845,"date":"2023-09-11T16:20:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T20:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/?p=58845"},"modified":"2023-09-11T18:30:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T22:30:28","slug":"state-workforce-tech-talent-project-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/state-workforce-tech-talent-project-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"In states&#8217; IT workforce woes, Tech Talent Project sees opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After years of helping state and federal agencies find top technical talent from the private sector, the nonprofit Tech Talent Project this year began expanding its assistance to state and local governments facing workforce woes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group hosted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtogov.org\/\">two virtual job fairs<\/a> this year, which organizers said attracted thousands of job seekers, leading many to consider for the first time a career in public service. The group also this year helped fill two high profile positions in state government with the appointments of Pennsylvania Chief Information Officer <a href=\"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/amaya-capellan-pennsylvania-cio-digital-services\/\">Amaya Capellan<\/a> and Maryland CIO <a href=\"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/maryland-katie-savage-state-technology-secretary\/\">Katie Savage<\/a>, along with new positions under Savage, including a chief digital experience officer and artificial intelligence adviser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Anastasoff, the <a href=\"https:\/\/techtalentproject.org\/\">Tech Talent Project<\/a>\u2019s executive director, told StateScoop that one of the first big hurdles for many states is realizing that the talent they want isn\u2019t out of reach and that they can make solid hires if they adjust their hiring practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe question we need to be asking is, for those folks who do want to come in and those folks who are a right fit, can we hire them with a better experience than they would get somewhere else? And that\u2019s the place where states can make a huge difference,\u201d Anastasoff said. \u201cA state could choose to be way better at hiring tech talent than at other places.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-those-folks-are-there\">&#8216;Those folks are there&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recruiting and retaining qualified IT staff is a pervasive and longstanding challenge in state government. Dread about workforce challenges \u2014 including an ongoing wave of retirements, confusing job titles and difficulties competing with salaries offered by the private sector \u2014 dominated <a href=\"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/nascio-2022-survey-workforce-cio-roles\/\">an annual survey<\/a> published last year by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA new hire cannot take nine months if people only stay in the job three years,\u201d one CIO is quoted as saying in last year\u2019s NASCIO survey. \u201cThis will take a complete rethinking of the recruiting, training and retention processes or we will simply be underperforming through constant churn.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anastasoff said her group is seeing success among states that are choosing to adapt their hiring and recruitment practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThose folks are there,\u201d she said. \u201cWe just have to cultivate them and, candidly, there are great folks inside government who need to be cultivated and supported, so we help with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 when unemployment systems and health IT systems became overloaded \u2014 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/big-tech-layoffs-government-recruitment\/\">recent layoffs by Big Tech<\/a>, many are considering government jobs for the first time, Anastasoff said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRight now is a critical moment,\u201d she said. \u201cIf you look at the layoffs that have happened in the past year in tech, people are reconsidering what it means to make a difference. And government and state governments are the places where work gets done and that\u2019s what technologists want is to do great work in places where the work can get done. And they want to make a difference in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Untold stories&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cassandra Madison, the group\u2019s vice president of partnerships, told StateScoop that state governments can attract new talent by tweaking the narrative about what it means to be a government employee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are so many untold stories in government of the impact that you can have in peoples\u2019 lives,\u201d Madison said. \u201cThere\u2019s this narrative out there that it takes a long time to hire in government, that you don\u2019t always know what\u2019s going on and there\u2019s some really basic best practices around frequent communication with candidates and time to hire, cutting out the unnecessary administrative obstacles from the hiring process that can really set people up for success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Madison said Tech Talent Project also encourages states to be more proactive in their recruiting and to believe that they can hire top talent if they smooth out their processes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt can be difficult to muster the effort to make processes more user-friendly if you don\u2019t believe that the talent is out there or that you can actually hire them,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a year in which 36 governors were up for re-election, Tech Talent Project organizers said they saw an unprecedented opportunity to offer states assistance. The Tech Talent Project partnered the Washington D.C. think tanks American Enterprise Institute and New America to publish <a href=\"https:\/\/techtalentproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MemosForATechTransition_ExecutiveSummaries_TechTalentProject_10.16.20.pdf\">a series of nine memos<\/a> for governors\u2019 transition teams. Over 96 pages, the memos include resources and recommendations across a variety of policy concerns, including the government workforce.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The memos note that \u201ctechnology expertise among leadership is not enough; the government\u2019s ability to recruit and retain a talented workforce is hobbled by outdated personnel laws, policies and practices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tech Talent Project is currently gearing up for its third virtual job fair on Oct. 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is untapped talent out there that\u2019s really eager to explore government service,\u201d Madison said. \u201cSome folks coming to this event are just thinking about government for the first time and so there\u2019s a real opportunity for inspiration and shared learnings that accompany the actual booth visitation itself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tech Talent 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