South Africa breeds highly skilled IT resources, and our people are as good, if not better, than any other country. The downside is that many other countries can pay our resources much better than our economy can afford, and the result is a brain drain of these skills to international destinations, even though they might still be based in SA.
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As a result, any SA organisation that wants to be data-driven finds that employing data engineers, data analysts, and data scientists is no easy matter. Expected salaries are high, and there is no guarantee that those data skills will be adequate until they are tested in project scenarios.
I recently spoke to a client who told me that out of thirty applicants for their data engineer role, only three passed the basic SQL test they had devised themselves.
Altron Digital Business offers the most sought-after Microsoft skills in the SA market, enabling our customers to continue their data initiatives while they search for the perfect candidate or train future data superstars on intern programmes. Although our standard model is turnkey data projects, we also offer retainers for teams and individual data resources to augment our customers' project teams.
We work closely with Microsoft to help new clients keen to move to the Azure cloud environment. We can also support customers with existing on-premises ecosystems while they consider the next steps in their data program. With over 60 certified Microsoft data professionals on our team, there's no doubt we can help you, too.