Yifat Oron on talent shortage
From "Smashing the Glass Ceiling: Tech, Banking, and R&D for the IDF": Yifat Oron (TAU Talks) · · JBS
“From everything I hear, we're lacking thousands — thousands of people that companies would have wanted to hire and cannot find them here.”
On , Yifat Oron, Deputy CEO Head of Corporate Banking Division at Bank Leumi, spoke about talent shortage during "Smashing the Glass Ceiling: Tech, Banking, and R&D for the IDF": Yifat Oron (TAU Talks) on JBS.
About Yifat Oron
Yifat Oron, Deputy CEO and Head of the Corporate Banking Division at Bank Leumi, has spoken publicly about the role of the banking system in Israel's technology sector. In a 2023 interview, she stated that the banking system had been "completely lacking" as part of the "startup nation" ecosystemikuha. She has also discussed the need for more talent in the tech industry, saying that Israel is "lacking thousands" of people that companies would hire if they could find them. Oron has commented on global technology trends and geopolitical dynamics. In 2019, she noted that regulators and politicians have debated whether large technology companies should be split up, with some arguing they are "too big to fail" and others that their parts would be worth more if separated. She also remarked that Israel may need to decide "who is a friend" in terms of capital sources. In 2017, she said that China's restrictions on outbound capital had caused a "significant decrease" in investment flows into Israeli tech. Oron has also emphasized the importance of unit economics in technology investing, stating that companies had "forgotten about being profitable" while focusing on revenue growth.