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# How partners responds to the #BCTalent initiative: Reskill

> Partner testimonial on the Microsoft Reskill program, part of the #BCTalent initiative, which combines recruiting, training, onboarding and mentoring of new candidates for the Business Central ecosystem. The partner says candidates became billable after 12 weeks and that doing this alone would cost more.

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2024-04-22 · 1:56 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## Overview

A short partner testimonial from the Business Central channel about the #BCTalent initiative and its Reskill program. The partner describes how hard it has been to find people with the right technical or business skills, and why a Microsoft initiative that fits the kind of consultant they want was worth joining.

The partner highlights that Reskill covers recruiting, training, onboarding and mentoring in one program. In their experience candidates became billable after 12 weeks, and running all of this in-house would have been more expensive. The video closes with a call for other partners to join, stating that the future is Business Central and the time to switch is now.

## Key points

- Finding candidates with the right technical or business skills has been a long-standing struggle for partners.
- Partners compete for the same candidates and cannot keep hiring from each other; the growing market needs new talent.
- The partner was excited about Reskill because it aligned with the kind of consultant they were trying to develop.
- Reskill combines recruiting, training, onboarding and mentoring of candidates in one program.
- The partner reports candidates became billable after 12 weeks.
- The partner says doing all of this themselves would be much more expensive.
- The video is part of the #BCTalent initiative, where Microsoft works with partners to grow the Business Central talent pool.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=0s) Introduction - Talent acquisition challenges
- [0:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=13s) The problem and the Reskill program launch
- [0:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=34s) Program experience and learning process
- [0:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=54s) Program value - recruiting, training, onboarding and mentoring
- [1:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=74s) Business Central ecosystem and partner benefits
- [1:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=95s) Call to action - why partners should join

## Features

Every feature below: status not stated.

| Feature | At |
|---|---|
| Reskill program | [0:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=34s) |
| Partner-Microsoft collaboration on talent | [1:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=74s) |

## Quotes

- [0:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=13s) "finding the right Talent with the right skill sets whether both technical or even on the business side has always been a struggle for"
- [0:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=13s) "you can't just keep hiring from other partners well we'll need new talent because the market is growing"
- [0:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=34s) "if Microsoft comes with a new initiative and you want to jump on the wagon and it aligned with the kind of consultant we're"
- [0:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=54s) "the fact that res skill is combining both the recruiting and the training and onboarding and mentoring of those candidates is a huge advantage"
- [1:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=74s) "after 12 weeks they started being billable which is a very big Advantage for us as a company"
- [1:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=74s) "it would be much more expensive if we had to do all of this ourselves this is"
- [1:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz-uNsKQbk&t=95s) "the future is business Central the time to switch is now and the res skill program has been a great help"

Presenters (as heard): Partner consultant 1, Partner consultant 2, Program participant.