The CIO’s biggest hiring challenge is clear: “There is simply not enough talent to go around,” says Scott duFour, global CIO of business payments company Fleetcor, for whom positions in areas such as AI, cloud architecture, and data science remain the toughest to fill.
This enduring talent gap has been a pressing concern for years, says Max Chan, CIO at global electronic components distributor Avnet, but it is widening. “As technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, the demand for qualified individuals has soared,” Chan says.
