Analysis on techies says 99.8pc of IT workforce not capable of working from home
Amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown when all organisations in the IT sector are engaging its staff in remote work or work from home, a study has revealed that only 0.2 per cent workforce in the IT market is highly productive.
About 99.8 per cent of the workforce in the information technology sector is not capable of working at home and only 0.2 per cent are actually 'Work from Home' champions and showcase huge productive attributes, regarding to a report by “research-backed progressive venture” SCIKEY MindMatch.
The study is based on a lot more than 10,000 inputs of jobseekers in the IT sector on the MindMatch assessment through the SCIKEY Talent Commerce Marketplace.
A lot of the workforce had a level of resistance to learning and exploring (95 %), lacked practical communication expertise (65 %) and were poor in planning and execution (71 %), the analysis found.
As every individual is driven by a different force and identifying a great employee's strength and weakness plays a crucial role in boosting remote productivity, corporations can enhance the efficiency of their employees on the basis of their persona types, the analysis opined.
The study further said 16.97 % of the employees are challenge-driven and such persons ought to be given challenging tasks and will work seamlessly with minimum intervention.
It identified 17 % of employees just as instruction-driven and needing clearcut direction to provide a task.
While engaging with these employees, especially beneath the remote working situation, one should pay close attention to the details of the responsibilities assigned to them, it added.
The info revealed that 40.42 % of the IT workforce is logic-driven and to be able to engage remotely with them it becomes mandatory to assign them an activity that is logic-driven and to remedy their queries, regardless of how small or just how many.
About 12.7 % of the IT workforce comprises staff who thrive on their social interactions and for that reason, work from home is a challenge for them.
They don't fear the duty but fear the lack of social interaction also to engage such a person remotely, a daily virtual communication becomes mandatory and a in person video conferencing is unquestionably uplifting, it added.
