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Dariel taps Gen Z talent strategist to combat national developer shortage
With South Africa’ s shortage of skilled software engineers reaching critical levels, leading software engineering firm, Dariel, has promoted Lebo Mosola to Talent Manager, tasking her with reshaping how the company attracts, develops and retains top tech talent.
According to the 2024 JCSE-IITPSA ICT Skills Survey, software development remains one of South Africa’ s most in-demand yet under-supplied skills, with demand consistently outstripping supply.
Mosola joined Dariel in 2021 as a Talent Acquisition Specialist, focusing solely on recruiting intermediate, senior and architectlevel roles. This experience has given her a clear understanding of
Lebo Mosola, Talent Manager, Dariel what works for Dariel and how to identify the right talent. Now her role has evolved beyond finding talent to retaining it and working with the Office of the CTO to identify the skills the organisation should focus on developing internally.
“ In a skills-short market, great developers can choose where they work – and they’ re looking for purpose, flexibility and growth just as much as a salary,” said Mosola.“ My focus is on building an environment where the best talent wants to join, stay and thrive.”
The greater part of Mosola’ s role will involve skills development throughout the organisation, ensuring Dariel keeps up with the latest trends, while maintaining good succession planning and enhancing current skills offerings to clients. She will be responsible for guiding staff growth and development to ensure everyone at Dariel evolves during their tenure with the company.
Lamington Group launches new AI reception to support challenges
Anew all-in-one, automated reception has been created to help relieve challenges facing the hospitality sector with promises to increase efficiency, support time-poor staff and deliver a seamless experience for guests.
The industry’ s challenges have sparked growing interest in automated solutions, with AI technology being explored as a way to reduce repetitive tasks, provide guests with greater control and allow staff to focus on high-value interactions.
Developed specifically for hotels, B & Bs, serviced apartments and hostels, the premise of DreamDesk, recently launched in partnership with Lamington Group, is to support hospitality teams and address the pain points faced by the industry, by enabling breathing room to focus on the more rewarding and impactful elements of service.
Despite being labour intensive, the hospitality industry is facing a chronic staff shortage. According to UKHospitality, there are around 132,000 vacancies across the sector, 48 % above prepandemic levels. Properties operated by leaner staff models, such as serviced apartments or aparthotels, are particularly vulnerable, often struggling to maintain a 24-hour reception.
Co-founded by Vieri Balboni and Robert Godwin( CEO of Lamington Group), both with extensive experience in hospitality, DreamDesk transforms guest communications across voice, chatbot, email and WhatsApp, automating up to 90 % of routine tasks so staff can focus on guests.
Promising to reduce front desk workloads by 60 %, DreamDesk’ s sole aim is to help claw back valuable hours for staff in the industry.
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