Earlier this year, the National Skills Coalition (NSC), in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, released Closing the Digital Skill Divide, a real-time snapshot of demand for digital skills in the US labor market. Their analysis found that 92% of jobs analyzed require digital skills. Importantly, previous NSC research found that one-third of workers don’t have the foundational digital skills necessary to enter and thrive in this digitally demanding job market. Together, these findings point to a significant digital skill divide.
To read more, visit: https://nationalskillscoalition.org/resource/publications/closing-the-digital-skill-divide/
For a webinar on the report, visit: https://nationalskillscoalition.org/resource/webinars/closing-the-digital-skill-divide-the-payoff-for-workers-business-and-the-economy/
And for a copy of the full report itself, visit: https://nationalskillscoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/NSC-DigitalDivide_report_Feb2023.pdf