The Upskilling Edge: Excelling in the Digital Age with Itzhak Tueg

Your Career: Is it Choice or Chance?

Reetu Raina, Head of Talent Management, talks to Itzhak Tueg, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Implementation Manager, about the opportunities for upskilling and why it’s valuable to our careers. With a more than twenty-year career in software, Itzhak started in the testing domain and today manages production. Itzhak believes that his progress is due to upskilling which added knowledge to his career.

Key Takeaways: Itzhak has constantly made choices to look at where he wants to be and what he needs to get there. He uses learning tools, learning courses, and learning from those around him with more experience to reach his career goals.

Challenges to upskilling: Some companies find it challenging to create upskilling programs which employees feel are connected to their job or career. In the case of Amdocs, the company does offer upskilling but the challenge for the employees is to dedicate the time to upskill themselves.

Why should employees upskill? Employees need to think of their long-term goals for their careers. Where do they want to be in five years and how upskilling can help them reach that goal? Technology is always changing such as with the introduction of Generative AI, and everyone needs to constantly learn new tools to improve themselves and stay relevant.

How can employees get upskilling? Managers are aware and able to offer advice about upskilling and employees should feel free to speak to them first to get the necessary guidance.

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This podcast is produced by Quill.