{"id":78777,"date":"2022-02-08T11:29:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=78777"},"modified":"2022-02-08T11:30:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:30:27","slug":"tech-skill-gaps-are-decimating-the-global-workforce-could-put-workers-cos-in-crisis-lodewick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/02\/08\/tech-skill-gaps-are-decimating-the-global-workforce-could-put-workers-cos-in-crisis-lodewick\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech skill gaps are decimating the global workforce &#038; could put workers \u2014 &#038; co&#8217;s \u2014 in crisis [Lodewick]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2022\/01\/28\/workers-are-grappling-with-a-major-tech-skills-gap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tech skill gaps are decimating the global workforce and could put workers\u2014and companies\u2014in crisis<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from fortune.com by Colin Lodewick<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The pandemic laid bare the value of digital skills when it forced people around the world to shift their lives even more online. Understanding and using technology is no longer a \u201cnice-to-have\u201d but essential for anyone looking for a job. Still, is the workforce ready for this change?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Salesforce\u00a0released its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/salesforce-digital-skills-index-details-major-gaps-across-19-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/salesforce-digital-skills-index-details-major-gaps-across-19-countries\/\">Global Digital Skills Index<\/a>* on Thursday, which offers insights into how the global workforce feels about the future of work in a world that continues to prioritize tech savviness and a digital-first mindset.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The report found 76% of respondents said they do not feel prepared for that future.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">*An excerpt from that<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/salesforce-digital-skills-index-details-major-gaps-across-19-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skills index:<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nAcross 19 surveyed countries, workers scored 33 out of a possible 100 points on the Digital Skills Readiness Index across areas such as preparedness, access to learning resources, skill level, and participation in training. Workers in the United States fared slightly better at 36 out of 100 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech skill gaps are decimating the global workforce and could put workers\u2014and companies\u2014in crisis &#8212; from fortune.com by Colin Lodewick Excerpt: The pandemic laid bare the value of digital skills when it forced people around the world to shift their lives even more online. Understanding and using technology is no longer a \u201cnice-to-have\u201d but essential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,374,387,174,112,200,95,7,269,855,460,118,299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-adult-learning","category-business","category-career-development","category-corporate-business-world","category-corporate-universities","category-global-globalization","category-learning-ecosystem","category-professional-development","category-skills","category-technology-general","category-training-corporate-universities","category-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78777"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78782,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78777\/revisions\/78782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}