India, Jan. 9 -- Given the mega-shortages in today's job market, savvy IT leaders are turning to a source of talent they already have: existing employees.

Some mid-career employees are ready for a change, observers say, but many need training to get to where the company wants them to be. New technologies, and demands to ramp up quickly, are causing companies to "get people proficient" ASAP, said Woody Driggs, who advises customers about digital transformation for EY Americas.

Rhonda Vetere, the new CIO of infrastructure at a major bank she didn't wish to name, said she's been "moving people from job to job and different domains" for years. "I look for folks who don't always know that they're qualified to do something that they really ca...