No-code/low-code can help companies hire and retain millennials and Gen Zs because it gives them the power to create innovative apps to solve problems.
Businesses are facing lots of headwinds these days, everything from problematic supply chains to inflation and lingering effects of the pandemic.
But probably the biggest long-term problem is what seems to be a never-ending candidate drought – it’s harder than ever to hire and retain the best employees. Not being able to do that affects companies not just today, but for decades to come. Businesses that don’t have the smartest, most creative employees will struggle in the long term.
There’s a simple answer at hand: Make no-code/low-code software an important part of the way your company works. It will attract the best and the brightest of millennial and Gen Z employees because the smartest and most motivated workers are those who solve their own problems. No-code/low-code gives them the tools to do that and more.
A Microsoft-sponsored report, “Low-Code Trend Report 2022: Building a learning culture on a low-code platform” backs that up. The report found that over 80 percent of people who use or might use no-code/low-code say they would be more willing to work for a company that invests in their technical upskilling.
In addition, Microsoft’s Richard Riley writes "Embracing low-code or no-code platforms can also help combat the IT industry's gender disparity. Currently, fewer than 20% of cloud computing professionals are women." That also expands a company’s potential labor pool.
The ZDNet article “Low-code software makes employers more attractive” also says no-code/low-code software will attract the best and brightest, with significant benefits for companies. It claims, “Low-code and no-code software development tools aren't just a way to make people more productive. They may bring in fresh new thinking into enterprises, as well open up more opportunities in the technology field for women and under-represented minorities.”
A perfect example of how no-code/low-code can attract top young talent is provided by the article “For Gen Z, low-coding is about tooling and workplace culture.” It tracks how twenty-one-year-old Madison DaValle got her dream internship --- and no-code/low-code played a vital role.
As an upperclassman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in strategic communications, she interned one summer at the company ServiceNow. She had no programming skills, yet used low-code tools to create new business applications that, among other things, made it easier for companies to get press released greenlighted.
DaValle is not unique, Marcus Torres, ServiceNow's GM of IntegrationHub and VP of Platform Product told ZDNet "For people who grew up with technology... being able to be creators themselves is an amazing thing.” And millennials and Gen Zs will flock to any company that helps them become creators.
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