Here’s a staggering statistic: Nearly one in three workers, or roughly 48 million Americans, have only a few digital skills — or none at all. But even more surprising, 43% of those with few skills and 38% with none have jobs that require moderate to complex computer usage.
Familiarity with technology is part of a baseline set of skills, known as foundational digital literacy, that workers need to acquire, regardless of industry. But across the country, employers from a range of industries say workers need opportunities to build occupational digital literacy, the specific technical skills to succeed in a particular job or industry.
“Boosting Digital Literacy in the Workplace,” a new report from National Skills Coalition and Cognizant U.S. Foundation, found that hiring managers struggle to find workers with the right digital literacy skills, and current employees are seeking new investments in their own digital literacy to keep pace with changing industry trends.
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