{"id":3918,"date":"2019-05-23T19:44:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T19:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peeriosity.com\/shared-services\/articles\/?p=3918"},"modified":"2022-09-02T10:52:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T10:52:54","slug":"sourcing-and-retaining-intelligent-automation-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peeriosity.com\/shared-services\/articles\/2019\/05\/sourcing-and-retaining-intelligent-automation-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Sourcing and Retaining Intelligent Automation Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We have all heard the stories of the chaos that exists in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley as high-growth technology companies compete for a limited number of talented software engineers. With the steep growth curve for Intelligent Automation<\/a>, how do you identify and source the talent you need to move from pilot to full-scale implementation, and how do you retain that talent when the project skills your employees<\/a> will learn are so easily transferable to projects at other companies, either as an employee or a part of a hired consulting team?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With 58% of member companies having teams of 3 to 9 people allocated to developing bots, this issue is expected to grow in importance as companies rapidly move beyond proof of concept to full-scale implementations.<\/span><\/p>\n

iPollingTM<\/sup> Results Review<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Recently a Peeriosity iPollingTM<\/sup> question was created to provide insight into how companies are approaching this very important topic.\u00a0 For even more details, members are encouraged to view the April 11, 2019, PeercastTM<\/sup> recording that featured a panel representing three member companies candidly discussing this issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For sourcing talent<\/a>, the results indicate that 48% are leveraging internal resources and providing them with additional training as needed.\u00a0 Another 24% are using a mix of new hires, either with experience from other companies or direct from universities, and internal resources, with the balance of 28% who report that they haven\u2019t yet started the process of staffing for Intelligent Automation<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"iPolling:<\/p>\n

To the question of how to retain talent once you have it, 40% are focused on creating challenging and important assignments where Intelligent Automation staff can make a difference, and 10% are evenly split between relying on the company culture and creating financial incentives.\u00a0 The balance of 50% of member companies indicate they don\u2019t have enough experience to know yet, so this issue will likely be fluid as companies gain more hands-on experience with this issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here are some of the comments from responding companies:<\/span><\/p>\n