Senior Vice President & Global Head of Sales at ManpowerGroup, Manpowergroup
Search every verified Frits Scholte interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Frits Scholte, Senior Vice President & Global Head of Sales at ManpowerGroup, has been cited in discussions about the tech labor market. In September 2022, he commented on the normalization of hiring after the pandemic, stating that "the boom that we saw during the pandemic is normalizing and hence we don't need as many workers or hiring at the same pace, but the demand for workers in the tech sector remains extremely strong really across the board." He noted that some tech workers and bankers had previously "chased better returns, better compensation in the technology sector," but that layoffs in areas like crypto and social media would not lead to a surplus of unemployed tech talent. Scholte described the trend of digital transformation as "an enduring long-term trend" and said that organizations are seeking to enhance their technology capabilities. He predicted that most displaced tech workers would be "immediately soaked up by the market" due to strong demand for roles such as project managers, cybersecurity experts, software developers, and AI specialists. He added that it would be "a question of them choosing where they want to go because the market is still very strong."
“I think overall what's very clear is that the trend for increased digital transformation in all companies, accelerated by the experience we had during the pandemic, is very clear and I think that's an enduring long-term trend.”
“What we can't forget when we read the headlines about tech companies is the immense surge in demand they experienced during the pandemic when we all were working from home for the first time at an extended period.”
“The boom that we saw during the pandemic is normalizing and hence we don't need as many workers or hiring at the same pace, but the demand for workers in the tech sector remains extremely strong really across the board.”
“In recent years some of the tech workers or bankers that typically within the finance industry have chased better returns, better compensation in the technology sector.”
Jonas Prising, CEO of Manpower, talks to CNBC's Karen Tso at the VivaTech conference.
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