Strategies for Securing Our Future: Replacing Retiring IT Workers – Desjardins’ IT Future

To meet its future goals, Desjardins says it will need to hire significant numbers of IT workers in the near and medium term. Over the past year, however, Desjardins has noticed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to find workers in areas such as security and architecture. Desjardins’ plans for dealing with this challenge are unfolding as the company gains experience in hiring IT workers with scarce skills in a tight labour market and as the company starts to lose significant numbers of its IT workforce due to retirement. This case study provides details of the strategies the company is employing to find and retain key IT workers.