Employable versus Deployable

A couple of years when the going was good, companies were hiring at a feverish pace to meet the demand. Companies could not hire the right skilled people (“employable”) from the schools and colleges nevertheless they hired them, put them through a 6 months training program in their multi-million dollar training centers and voila came out an employable candidate. Not any more in this tough market conditions.

- Do we have the right skills that meet the current customer requirement?
- Are we still getting lateral hires to win deals when we have 10000 people sitting on the bench?
- How do we know what are the skills that are needed now and 3 months or even 6 months from now?