Project Agora to Promote Recruitment for Tech Careers: CompTIA

CompTIA CEO Todd Thibodeaux used his state of the industry remarks at the ChannelCon 2022 conference in Chicago Wednesday to unveil Project Agora, a CompTIA initiative to support “anyone interested in starting, staying and succeeding in a career in technology,” said the association. "Our challenge is to convert more career intent people to tech intent," said Thibodeaux, a former CTA executive. "We need to tell better stories, more consistently, about how truly great it is to work in tech. The way we get the talent we need is by fighting for it." A CompTIA job-seeker trends survey found one in four U.S. workers was actively seeking a new job or pursuing other career options during Q2 2022, said the association. “While tech is among the top five industries job seekers were considering, it ranked behind several other sectors, including sales, real estate, healthcare, hospitality and finance,” it said. “A lack of confidence in technical skills, concerns about the cost and the time it will take to learn those skills and perceptions about the tech industry culture are factors that contribute to reluctance to consider tech as a career option.”