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Soch lo, India ka tech sector toh rockets ki tarah upar ja raha hai, par AI talent ki toh bhai ekdum se band baj gayi hai – lagbhag 82% skilled log missing hain, jo global average se kaafi upar hai. AI roles ki demand itni zordaar hai ki salaries bhi 200% se lekar 400% tak upar bhaag gayi hain! Is situation ko tackle karne ke liye, TeamLease Digital ne ek super program launch kiya hai jiska naam hai POWER (Professional Opportunity for Workforce Empowerment & Reboot). Iska goal hai un experienced professionals ko, especially woh ladies jo career break par hain, unhe AI aur digital jobs mein wapas lana. Ye program un talented logon ke liye ek proper roadmap deta hai jo currently kaam nahi kar rahe hain.
Ab TeamLease Digital ki CEO, Neeti Sharma, kya kehti hain? Woh kehti hain ki India mein talent ki kami nahi, balki 'access gap' ka issue hai. Unka kehna hai ki jo experienced professionals hain, especially woh ladies jo career break ke baad work pe lautna chahti hain, unke paas itna experience aur maturity hai ki woh turant contribute kar sakti hain. POWER program ka pehla batch, 'AI Career Accelerator: Returnship Edition', already success dikha raha hai. Abhi ke reports ke mutabik, AI, Cloud, aur Cybersecurity mein 25% se 50% tak talent shortage hai. Aur GenAI roles ki baat karein toh, har 10 GenAI roles ke liye sirf 1 hi qualified engineer mil raha hai! Isiliye, aise hiring strategies chahiye jo jaldi kaam start kar sakein aur company ko fayda de sakein. Structured returnship programs is AI era mein lead karne ke liye bahut important hain.
Aur ek cool trend yeh hai ki India ke tech sector mein women ka role aur participation badh raha hai. 2023 mein STEM upskilling programs mein women ka involvement 33% tak pahunch gaya, aur ab woh desh ke tech workforce ka 36.2% hain. TeamLease Digital ne March 2025 mein bataya tha ki 2020 se 2024 ke beech women ki participation tech contract workforce mein lagbhag 3 guna badh gayi hai. Sirf TeamLease hi nahi, IBM, Visa, aur Intuit jaise badi companies bhi apne returnship programs chala rahi hain. Ab companies experienced logon ko career break ke baad hire karna sirf diversity goal nahi, balki business ke liye necessity maan rahi hain. Wahi TeamLease Services Ltd. ki baat karein toh, unka revenue mostly general staffing se aata hai (lagbhag 93%). Company ka market cap lagbhag ₹2,030 crore hai aur cash reserves bhi mast hain, toh woh yeh talent pipelines ko support karne ke liye poori tarah ready hain.
Par yaar, situation itni bhi aasan nahi hai. Returnship programs ko manage karne aur unhe scale up karne mein kuch challenges zaroor hain. India ki AI talent shortage sirf numbers ka nahi hai, balki core AI engineers aur model developers ki bohot zyada kami hai. Estimates bataati hain ki sirf 4,000-5,000 hi true AI specialists available hain. Returnships logon ko wapas laane mein madad karte hain, par specialized skills ka yeh gap jaldi fill karna thoda mushkil ho sakta hai. Wahi dusri taraf, TeamLease Services Ltd. ke stock performance ne pichle 1 saal mein -36.10% ka return diya hai, jo kuch execution issues ya growth plans par doubt reflect karta hai. Staffing industry bohot competitive hai aur specialized staffing mein bhi challenges hain. Toh jab companies bade hiring plans bana rahi hain, toh unhe in specialized programs par bharosa karne ke liye strong operations aur achhi talent integration skills chahiye, taaki AI talent ki asli shortage poori ho sake.
Finally, TeamLease Digital ka yeh POWER program company ko India ke badhte staffing market aur specialized talent services ki demand mein ekdum right spot pe rakhta hai. AI talent ke critical 'access gap' ko target karke, yeh initiative industry ki current needs toh poori karta hi hai, saath hi TeamLease ko ek complete HR solutions provider bhi banata hai. India ek global tech hub banne ki race mein hai, toh aise programs jo experienced, pehle overlook kiye gaye talent ko laate hain, woh future mein bahut crucial ho jayenge. Agar current figures dekhein toh 58% firms FY2026-27 ke pehle half mein hiring badhane ka plan kar rahi hain, jisme digital aur AI roles kaafi prominent hain. Toh companies ke liye returnships ek smart hiring strategy aur flexible staffing firms ke liye ek bada growth avenue ban sakte hain.