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title: 4 Steps to Alleviate the QA Talent Shortage | Tential
description: Discover 4 steps to alleviate the QA talent shortage and strengthen your IT staffing with Tential’s strategic solutions.
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# [4 Steps to Alleviate the QA Talent Shortage | Tential](https://tential.com/insights/4-steps-to-alleviate-the-qa-talent-shortage)

 Written by [Tential](https://tential.com/insights/author/tential) | December 28, 2022

"As the broader labor market tightens, workers in the IT sector remain scarce with an unemployment [rate of 2.2%.](https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2400622252404/tech-unemployment-rate-hit-2-2-percent-in-september)  Along with software developers and security analysts, some of the hardest to find IT workers are QA professionals. Even more scarce is the true unicorn of the IT quality assurance world: the SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test)."

Read the full article on [cio.com](https://www.cio.com/article/301509/4-steps-to-alleviate-the-qa-talent-shortage.html).

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