{"id":85004,"date":"2022-09-26T06:36:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/?p=85004"},"modified":"2022-09-28T06:14:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T11:44:23","slug":"employee-retention-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/employee-retention-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"The best employee retention strategy for IT industries &#8211; UPSKILLING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employee retention has never been so critical in the IT industry as it is today. Among acute cloud skill shortages coupled with limited resources to acquire new hires, the only way for the IT industry to escape this mess is to prioritize employee retention and start building a model from scratch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This blog explores why hiring is no longer the only option, why you need employee retention, its benefits, how you can ace it, and how Whizlabs will help you achieve employee retention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s dive in!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #ea7e02;color:#ea7e02\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #ea7e02;color:#ea7e02\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/employee-retention-strategy\/#Why_is_hiring_no_longer_the_answer_to_cloud_skill_shortage\" >Why is hiring no longer the answer to cloud skill shortage?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/employee-retention-strategy\/#A_whopping_salary_demand\" >A whopping salary demand<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/employee-retention-strategy\/#Increasing_cloud_adoption\" >Increasing cloud adoption<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/employee-retention-strategy\/#The_right_balance_between_making_the_right_hire_and_filling_the_vacancy\" >The right balance between making the right hire and filling the vacancy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/employee-retention-strategy\/#Why_is_employee_retention_a_one-stop_solution_for_your_organization\" >Why is employee retention a one-stop solution for your organization?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/employee-retention-strategy\/#How_to_retain_employees_by_employee_retention_strategy_and_fix_the_cloud_skill_gap\" >How to retain employees by employee retention strategy and fix the cloud skill gap<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/employee-retention-strategy\/#8_Proven_employee_retention_strategies_in_cloud_industry\" >8 Proven employee retention strategies in cloud industry<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/employee-retention-strategy\/#How_can_Whizlabs_help_you\" >How can Whizlabs help you?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/employee-retention-strategy\/#Summary\" >Summary<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_hiring_no_longer_the_answer_to_cloud_skill_shortage\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is hiring no longer the answer to cloud skill shortage?\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It looks like a pretty simple equation: you need a professional to control or manage some tech capability, just put up a vacancy post on LinkedIn or Monster.com and hire someone. But unfortunately, given demand soaring past the ceiling, hiring is easier said than done. Here\u2019s why:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_whopping_salary_demand\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A whopping salary demand<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The demand for cloud professionals is skyrocketing, and so is their salary benchmark. The average salary of a mid-senior level solution architect is as high as USD 175,000 in the USA. The competitive job market encourages new hires to negotiate and unlock the desired remuneration. However, it becomes brutally expensive for IT firms, which are already hiking their expenses through perks to lure cloud professionals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Increasing_cloud_adoption\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increasing cloud adoption<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pandemic and work from anywhere trend brought in unique cloud challenges. The entire office had moved to cloud premises. You need highly skilled professionals who are pros at managing desktops, infrastructures, data storage, administration, etc. With almost every tech and non-tech firm jumping onto the cloud expert hiring bandwagon, the gap between available professionals and vacancies is widening continuously.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_right_balance_between_making_the_right_hire_and_filling_the_vacancy\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The right balance between making the right hire and filling the vacancy<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding the right fit for a vacancy is never a cakewalk. You end up struggling to create an equilibrium between getting the right candidate and closing your vacancies. But hiring the right candidate takes a lot of time and includes many phases: interviews, background checks, etc. With the clock for projects ticking right above heads, firms ultimately compromise with the hiring process, hampering long-term growth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_employee_retention_a_one-stop_solution_for_your_organization\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is employee retention a one-stop solution for your organization?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can categorize the answers into two baskets:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce hiring struggles<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employee retention is the only way to escape the hiring struggles. Retaining your employees and then investing in their upskilling or reskilling can help you:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save the hiring costs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save all the days and hours you have to spend on the hiring process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintain employee satisfaction since you spend all your energy on training them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can build up a team of loyal and dedicated employees who are already serving with sincerity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-85022 size-full\" title=\"Benefits of Employee Retention in IT \" src=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Employee-Retention-Strategy.webp\" alt=\"employee retention in cloud industry\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Employee-Retention-Strategy.webp 1080w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Employee-Retention-Strategy-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Employee-Retention-Strategy-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Employee-Retention-Strategy-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Employee-Retention-Strategy-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Employee-Retention-Strategy-420x420.webp 420w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Employee-Retention-Strategy-640x640.webp 640w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Employee-Retention-Strategy-681x681.webp 681w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Employee-Retention-Strategy-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Employee-Retention-Strategy-96x96.webp 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prevent your skilled employees from leaving the organization<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft says <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/science-technology\/why-employee-retention-is-more-important-than-ever-before\/380118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">41% of employees <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">think of either switching or quitting their current jobs. In fact, between 2020 and 2021, the IT industry faced a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolentgroup.com\/blog\/5-reasons-why-hiring-aws-professionals-is-so-difficult-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.5%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> increase in resignations. The Great Resignation trend is a big fat problem for IT firms in this decade. If you don\u2019t want this to be your use case, then strategize and prioritize employee retention. When your skilled employees leave your organization:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your workflow goes through havoc. You then have to spend a lot of precious time in training, and knowledge transfer, thereby delaying mission-critical tasks and projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In such a case, if you try to fit in your existing available employees, they will soon feel exhausted and overburdened due to new plus already assigned responsibilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not an ideal thing!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_retain_employees_by_employee_retention_strategy_and_fix_the_cloud_skill_gap\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to retain employees by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">employee retention strategy <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and fix the cloud skill gap<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The root cause of all hiring problems and cloud skill shortages in the IT industry lies in the insufficient skills in cloud solutions and other infrastructure aspects. The only way to solve this maze is by upskilling and reskilling your existing employees and validating their expertise in the cloud environment. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Here are a few ways to do it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bridge the knowledge gap between college curriculum and industry-relevant domains<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the manifold advancements in curriculum, colleges still remain far behind the upgrades and miss out on industry-relevant cloud skills. Appearing for the certification courses is the only way to keep updated. But not every employee might proactively enroll out of working hours. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, it becomes vital for you to design a cloud curriculum that matches both the cloud developments and business requirements and helps employees upgrade through it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, ensure that your workplace curriculum includes all the necessary hands-on training and certification courses so your cloud team can handle real-life challenges with ease.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/business.whizlabs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-85005 size-full\" title=\"Upskilling teams with whizlabs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Upskilling-teams-scaled.webp\" alt=\"Upskilling teams with whizlabs\" width=\"1825\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Upskilling-teams-scaled.webp 1825w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Upskilling-teams-214x300.webp 214w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Upskilling-teams-730x1024.webp 730w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Upskilling-teams-768x1077.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Upskilling-teams-1095x1536.webp 1095w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Upskilling-teams-1460x2048.webp 1460w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Upskilling-teams-299x420.webp 299w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Upskilling-teams-640x898.webp 640w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Upskilling-teams-681x955.webp 681w, https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Upskilling-teams-150x210.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1825px) 100vw, 1825px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upskill and reskill your employees<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upskilling refers to learning and adopting new skills while reskilling refers to updating and validating your existing skills with newer versions of the same technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, both of them are extremely important to your cloud team. You need a checklist of employees who need training from scratch and those who need to update their existing skills. Again, this training should be in line with the solutions you will implement in your on-premise and hybrid environments in the near term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Train employees at the frontend as well<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also consider designing a dedicated full-time training period, say a week or so, for the skill development of the employees before they start working on a project. They should dedicate 100% of their energy and attention to their learning path and learn the nuances of the cloud solutions and apps they will use to build up the outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The clubbing of simulation and upskilling will not only help increase operational efficiency but also induce solution-led-thinking and troubleshoot workflow bottlenecks on the go.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, to give this full-time training path a direction, you can pair your employees with skilled and experienced cloud coaches or specialists who will help apply their understanding to real-life cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Builders rather than just training<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiring and training managers and architects will slowly become outdated and redundant. Organizations today need to create more builders who understand solutions and business objectives and help the organization propel through the noise. In simple words, contractual project managers or hiring architects and engineers part-time can solve a short-term bottleneck. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It cannot be resilient enough. Train and develop your existing employees so they can build and bring relevant solutions and applications to the table and help increase your margins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training path based on interests<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employees start to leave because they are bored with the monotony of the work, translating into burnout, frustration, and demotivation. This calls for regular feedback sessions and learning if anyone\u2019s feeling a breakpoint with their current responsibilities and wants to experiment with some other domain. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, if a desktop administrator wants to explore solution architecture or cloud administration, then help him follow the learning path for the same.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change in mindset<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to all the training and upskilling, you need to lighten up things for your employees. The fear of committing broken codes, development and designing glitches play a prime factor in employee dissatisfaction. Changing this would require a big shift in the organizational culture and mindset. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allow your team leads to providing room for innocent errors wherein employees can enjoy both the learning and growth process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, understand more about the upskilling and certification paths from our blogs: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why should you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-enterprise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UPSKILL YOUR TEAMS IN AWS<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Proven_employee_retention_strategies_in_cloud_industry\"><\/span>8 Proven employee retention strategies in cloud industry<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As the cloud continues to evolve, so too do the strategies for retaining employees. There are a number of factors that can impact employee satisfaction and retention in the cloud, but there are also some proven strategies that can help.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 8 proven employee retention strategies for the cloud in 2022:<\/p>\n<p>1. Offer competitive salaries and benefits<\/p>\n<p>As the cloud industry continues to grow, so too will the demand for skilled workers. To retain your best employees, you need to offer competitive salaries and benefits.<\/p>\n<p>2. Foster a collaborative culture<\/p>\n<p>One of the benefits of the cloud is that it allows for greater collaboration between employees. Encourage this by fostering a collaborative culture within your organisation.<\/p>\n<p>3. Provide flexible working arrangements<\/p>\n<p>The cloud gives employees the ability to work from anywhere in the world. To retain your employees, provide them with flexible working arrangements that suit their lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>4. Invest in employee development<\/p>\n<p>Employees want to feel like they are constantly developing and growing in their role. Invest in employee development programmes to show your employees that you are invested in their future.<\/p>\n<p>5. Encourage work-life balance<\/p>\n<p>The cloud allows employees to achieve a better work-life balance. Encourage your employees to take advantage of this by promoting a healthy work-life balance.<\/p>\n<p>6. Offer interesting and challenging work<\/p>\n<p>Boredom is one of the biggest reasons why employees leave their jobs. To retain your employees, offer them interesting and challenging work that will keep them engaged.<\/p>\n<p>7. Create a positive work environment<\/p>\n<p>Employees want to work in a positive and enjoyable environment. Create a positive work environment by promoting a positive culture and providing employees with the resources they need.<\/p>\n<p>8. Increase communication and collaboration<\/p>\n<p>One of the best ways to improve employee retention is to increase communication and collaboration. When employees feel like they&#8217;re part of a team and that their opinions are valued, they&#8217;re more likely to stick around.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_can_Whizlabs_help_you\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can Whizlabs help you?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whizlabs offers a complete package of tailor-made courses and updated training programs to help the onboarding, upskilling, and reskilling phases a breeze. With the Whizlabs business package, you can train your teams at a 5x speed and ensure real-time learning with our subject-matter experts and interactive and exhaustive resources. You will find:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/self-study-video-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 4000 video courses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> designed by industry experts will help your employees prepare for and pass certification courses. These courses cover all the vital certification exams like Microsoft, AWS, Azure, Power Platforms, CompTIA, GCP, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/labs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 700 hands-on-labs and various lab challenges<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will help develop a comprehensive view of cloud infrastructures and gain mission-critical skills to enhance business results while preparing for the certification exam.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The learning path of these labs may include like: <\/span>Preparing data in Power BI, Introducing AWS IAM, AWS elastic load balancing, Implementing Azure functions, Creating Virtual Machines, GCP console, GCP cloud storage bucket.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/labs\/sandbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloud <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sandboxes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are designed to best suit business needs. Your tech team can experiment, play around, and apply their skills, self-developed solutions, and apps in a demo environment to enhance their project outcomes and increase their success rate.\u00a0 In sandboxes, you have demo environments for:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>AWS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: In AWS Sandboxes, you can install any number of apps and services.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Azure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: You can deploy VMs and explore hardware configs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>GCP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Create as many virtual sessions as you need and select from numerous hardware configs to work with.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Summary\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summary<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Hope this blog helps you plan about employee retention strategy and focus on cloud upskilling. Enhance your upskilling strategy and accelerate your team&#8217;s learning progress, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/business.whizlabs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whizlabs Teams Account<\/a>. With our hands-on learning approach, your team can climb higher heights on advanced technology learning,\u00a0which in return helps in coping up with employing retention.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employee retention has never been so critical in the IT industry as it is today. Among acute cloud skill shortages coupled with limited resources to acquire new hires, the only way for the IT industry to escape this mess is to prioritize employee retention and start building a model from scratch.\u00a0 This blog explores why hiring is no longer the only option, why you need employee retention, its benefits, how you can ace it, and how Whizlabs will help you achieve employee retention.\u00a0 Let\u2019s dive in! Why is hiring no longer the answer to cloud skill shortage?\u00a0 It looks like 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