The Grey Pool©

At Vertali we are constantly working to create and implement innovative methods to add value to our client relationships and specialist areas of expertise. We are constantly looking at effective ways to expand our talent and skills base of specialist IT resources and do all we can to attract the most experienced and reliable individuals in the marketplace today, regardless of where our IT specialists are throughout the world.

To this end, Vertali has developed The Grey Pool© Service Framework that is adaptable and tailorable to a range of scenarios, all of which are delivered in what we believe to be innovative and unique. This framework is delivered by Senior Consultants who have a wealth of experience and skills to share with clients.

A large percentage of the workforce are currently, or soon will be, starting to consider their retirement options but still have a lot to offer organizations with traditional mainframe technical skills. The contributing factor here, especially in specialist fields like IT, is that many organizations face the very real threat of not being able to replace the Intellectual Property (IP), expertise and knowledge that will be lost with this retiring generation.

Conversely, a large percentage of this skills-base are not ready to retire in the true sense of the word, because:

• Of the unpredictable global markets and the impact on Superannuation Funds
• An increased life expectancy and therefore need to keep the brain active and engaged
• They are not ready to retire or have experienced an unexpected employment termination
• The desire of a manageable work-life balance

The Grey Pool© has been formulated as a flexible framework, from pricing to delivery, created to accommodate an organization’s varying needs for key skills. From a workforce that has the capacity to “flex”, both from a demand and price perspective and for specific needs, skills or length of engagement. We have harnessed a pool of resources who have a range of skills and experience they’re happy to share, who are just interested working in some capacity, to remain mentally stimulated and create a better financial and/or work-life balance, allowing organizations capabilities such as –

• Leverage an experienced and dynamic resource pool, local or remote, with a wealth of mainframe, midrange, client-server, Systems Programmer to Analyst/Programmer/Developer skills and experience
• Access skills, experience and IP second to none
• Utilise resources that are prepared to work far more flexible hours than before, from almost anywhere, if required
• “Share/Cycle” resources between organizations to minimise the start-up or learning curve
• Use these resources as Mentors/Coaches within the organization to transfer knowledge to the new generation required to continue supporting core IT systems

If you’re an organization with mainframe skills gaps, ad-hoc or long-term, or are just looking for a mentoring and knowledge transfer capability, then The Grey Pool© and its complementary service offering New To Z (NTZ) may be what you’re looking for, so if you’d like some more information on what we can offer, please email info@vertali.com.