Despite layoffs at some of the country's biggest tech companies, the need for tech workers in Indiana is at a record high and growing.
Despite layoffs at some of the country's biggest tech companies, the need for tech workers in Indiana is at a record high and growing, according to anThe tech association is calling on state lawmakers to pass proposals to fund training programs and incentives and employers to change the way they hire employees to focus on skills and creating a diverse workforce.
If Indiana doesn't grow its tech workforce, it'll continue to lose business to other states or risk companies moving out of the state, said Dennis Trinkle, who leads TechPoint's initiative to add 41,000 tech workers in Indiana by 2023. As a result, its residents won't have good-paying jobs. "Talent very clearly came through as the most important place where TechPoint needed to lean in to help Indiana's tech sector," said Trinkle.Indiana politics make it difficult for tech industry to recruit, keep employees in state
The report is an effort by the organization to track progress as employers and lawmakers tackle the tech workforce problems. Short term, tech companies are slowing down hiring across the country, but many of those workers are in high demand and will likely find work within months, experts say. But this slowdown is eclipsed by the long term need for an industry that will continue to grow and
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