It's launched an internal Data Center Academy to find and train candidates to fill the specialized technical positions that can be tricky to hire for.
QTS's talent programs have led to 100 new, trained hires, or 8% of the company's total size.
Here's how Blackstone's Career Pathways program is helping the firm solve its data center talent problem.
So far, the firm has placed five Data Center Academy cohorts in eleven markets.
Dawon said the Data Center Academy taught him both hard and soft skills, such as public speaking and the ability to navigate a corporate environment.
Persons:
Blackstone, Dawon, —, Steve Schwarzman, It's, Blackstone's, Joe Baratta, Marcus Felder, Felder, it's, Jon Gray, QTS, they've, Kimberly Hines, Alhaji Dawon, hadn't
Organizations:
Service, Uptime Institute, Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, Blackstone Property Partners, Data Center Academy, Manhattan, Blackstone Investing, Blackstone, Business, Department of Defense, cybersecurity, QTS
Locations:
QTS, cybersecurity