71% of Decision Makers Find it Difficult to Hire for Digital Transformation: Study

With U.S. unemployment at record lows, most all companies are struggling to fill open positions. This is especially true in the tech sector.

Nintex released research that reveals 71% of company decision makers find it difficult to hire for digital transformation roles. This gap is even more concerning as 38% of leaders also blame lack of sufficient in-house talent for their digital transformation failures.

The new research, called "The State of Intelligent Process Automation Study," finds that 71% of enterprises plan to hire additional staff for their digital transformation efforts. While more than half (57% ) of companies have hired 25 or more digital transformation-specific personnel in the last year, their ability to successfully build and deploy plans is still derailed by lack of necessary talent. 

To address the talent gap, decision makers are specifically prioritizing hiring IT specialist (67% ), project manager (50% ) and consulting (46% ) roles. IT specialists are in greatest demand likely due to the pressure to address notable IT bottlenecks, while project managers and consultants help manage transformation projects and support internal communication about digital transformation efforts.

Businesses are struggling to realize the vision of digitally transformed workplaces because of a shortage of skilled talent. When limited IT resources are consumed by basic tasks like tech troubleshooting and password resets, there is little time and few resources to focus on more strategic initiatives. Staff focused on digital transformation must be empowered with the know-how and process automation and management tools to make process improvements.

Nintex's research also reveals that while 71%  of IT departments have employed process automation, 34%  of enterprise employees still want to see more automation in IT –more than in any other department.