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Reskilling program plugs critical talent gap

A reskilling program open to a particular cohort and their spouses is helping an employer plug its IT talent gaps, its people leader says.

Arms, security, and aerospace company BAE Systems partnered with WithYouWithMe last year to run a pilot program recruiting military veterans, which chief people officer Danielle Mesa says was highly successful.

The organisation onboarded 10 people and trained them for information and technology roles across the business, including in cybersecurity, systems and data administration, network engineering, and application specialist roles.

"These are very, very diverse roles in a critical area in terms of skills shortages," Mesa tells Shortlist...