Rethinking The IT Talent Pipeline
CIO, Monday, April 24,2023
The ongoing skills gap requires a more creative and continuous approach to nurturing and attracting talent while fishing in nontraditional candidate pools.
Amanda Merola had zero technical background when she came to The Hartford in 2015, despite a natural interest in computers and a proclivity for problem-solving. After stints as a call center representative and claims adjuster, Merola got wind of the HartCode Academy, an internal program designed to help nontechnical employees make the leap into software development.