On Friday, August 25th, Nye Hodge, Senior Research Analyst, with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta joined MAX to discuss findings on “closing the digital skill divide” from a recent study conducted by the National Skills Coalition in partnership with the Atlanta Fed. The partners found that nearly all jobs (92 percent) require definitely digital or likely digital skills yet one-third of workers lack basic digital skill literacy. They also found that a strong demand for digital skills exists across every industry and in almost every occupation, including entry-level and frontline positions.
Here are some additional highlights from their findings:
- Demand for digital skills is saturated across the U.S.
- Digital skills are required regardless of education or experience.
- Digital skills enable workers to earn more and contribute more to the tax base.
- Workers earn more when they acquire industry/occupation specific digital skills.
- Georgia’s most in-demand foundational digital skills include: computer literacy, typing, data entry, word processing, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Outlook.
- From patient tracking and medical devices to using mobile devices and conducting inventory management, jobs are more digital than we realize.
Click here to link to the National Skills Coalition’s page on this initiative.
Click here for a link to Hodge’s presentation.
Click here to view the recording.
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