Cloud Computing Jobs Plentiful – Finding Great Talent More Difficult

Grazed from InfoBoom.  Author: Douglas Bonderud.

Recent predictions indicate strong growth for the cloud over the next five years, meaning businesses of all sizes will have to create cloud computing jobs and then find IT pros with the right kind of expertise. While many universities and colleges now boast cloud computing programs, there is often a disconnect between degree-granting institutions and the real world. Two adaptive processes have already begun to address this need; companies are trying to define exactly how they’ll use the cloud, and recruiting agencies are looking to supply small and midsized businesses with cloud computing talent…

Will Work for Cloud

According to a press release from SFGate, cloud technology firm BizCloud Technology Services is adding a cloud-specific career board to its offerings. Services offered by the company for businesses looking to recruit in the cloud include placements, retained searches, temporary contracts, and permanent placement depending on operational needs. In addition, Bizcloud supplies background checks and qualification assessments and offers a satisfaction guarantee.

What’s being done by BizCloud isn’t news in the way candidates are sourced, but rather what criteria are being used. Broad IT knowledge isn’t enough any longer for companies that have to compete in a global market, but finding strong candidates isn’t always easy, and it’s often difficult for companies to assess the level of cloud knowledge new hires have before they start working. Expect to see more services like BizCloud spring up as cloud computing becomes more commonplace and as companies identify exactly how they want their cloud to work.

But Will the Cloud Work for Me?

That’s the question many midsized businesses are now asking. They know that along with developing cloud infrastructure they must also identify and staff cloud computing jobs. But they are often unsure of what specific benefits a cloud solution will offer, much less what a cloud-computing IT professional could do to grow her business.

A recent Forbes article talks about six specific ways for companies to leverage the cloud, among them masked complexity and evolving artificial intelligence. Instead of forcing end users to learn ways of using old systems, cloud computing offers the ability to mask its increasing complexity and evolution–so long as the IT pro handling its back end knows what she’s doing. Streamlining non-IT user and especially customer experience is essential if cloud benefits are to be tangible.

Evolving intelligence is also a hallmark of the cloud–and demonstrated in a small way by Apple’s Siri. Access to massive amounts of nearly real-time data combined with increasingly adaptive programming means cloud systems are ripe to learn, not simply respond–again, so long as the IT professional behind the server can nurture such growth.

Put simply, cloud computing jobs are on the rise, and midsize companies not only need a reliable way to source out the best talent but give that talent a blueprint for viable growth.