redAcademy has partnered with Flash Group, a South African fintech company, to close the business’ critical senior tech talent gaps.
redAcademy will work closely with Flash Group to help them develop the skills they need without putting any additional pressure on their existing teams.
Flash Group has a big tech team but is always on the hunt for senior tech talent. “When our recruitment team did an analysis of the skills we needed and the amount of talent out there, it was clear that there was a large pool of junior candidates, but there was a very real shortage of people with more experience,” says Melissa Stemmers, learning and development manager at Flash Group.
“We knew we needed people who could hit the ground running, but we just couldn’t find them,” she explains. Given the lack of experienced tech talent, brands like Flash Group are also competing with other businesses for skilled professionals, which can make the hiring process costly and time-consuming. So Flash Group decided to take a different approach.
“We revisited this pool of junior talent and looked for a way to upskill them quickly so they can add value to the business from day one,” she says.
redAcademy’s skills integration-as-a-service (SIaaS) model was the right fit for Flash Group because it enables them to access a pool of junior talent with real-world experience without having to provide on-the-job training themselves.
redAcademy offers custom training that fully immerses junior tech talent in company culture. As part of the programme, candidates work on their clients’ live projects, delivering work and capacity ahead of schedule, thereby gaining real-world experience and adding value to the business from day one.
“This doesn’t mean that we don’t have any input on the training,” says Stemmers. “We get a say in the curriculum, what our candidates are working on, and we even do some mentoring from afar, but redAcademy handles everything else.”