for today’s ITpros, continuous learning is the name of the game

Technology is moving faster than ever. In particular, the technolo-gies of mobile, cloud, big data/an-alytics and social networking have created a world where everything is connected and information is available at the click of a mouse.

As innovation explodes across the globe, employers can no longer afford to wait to find people with the exact skills they need. Instead, companies look for employees who are capable of, and inter-ested in, learning continuously, often on the fly.

Alan Stukalsky, CIO at Randstad US, says that social, mobile, ana-lytics and cloud technologies are often self-taught, both in IT and in the general population. People learn social media, for example, by checking online resources and then just jumping in. Stukalsky says he looks for people who are eager to teach themselves a new skill or technology.

“That curiosity drives some of the best IT individuals,” he notes.

A member of Randstad’s help desk staff, for example, was

inquisitive and always hungry to learn. Over the course of several years, he moved from the help desk to become a developer, and now he works with big data.

Rather than just listing their jobs, experience and technical skills, candidates should highlight in their resumes their ability to learn on the job, says Stukalsky. His eyes light up when he reads how an applicant “came onto a project, learned a skillset from scratch and drove the adoption of the technology.”

Such people are not only more likely to be hired, but also to con-tinuously advance their careers.

Randstad Technologies has unique insights into current and future recruitment demand for specific IT skills, helping clients and candidates stay at the fore-front of technology and innova-tions by attracting the best skill sets. To learn more, go to https://www.randstadusa.com.