So far, most of the focus has been on skills gaps and the impact on the workforce. Today, I’m interested in your input about closing skills gaps. We’ve already talked about skill gap analysis — a great approach for the individual, group or an entire organization. Skill gap analysis can be as simple as looking at where you want to be and where you currently are and scheduling classes to close the gap.
Read moreIn order to remain competitive, businesses need to meet these new requirements with innovative and digitally personalized customer experiences that leverage location and social preferences. These same customers have been conditioned to provide their preference and location information willingly via mobile devices and social media. IT has to tap into this information and then lead the charge (with business sponsorship) to use digital technologies to maximize the value of IT investments and drive new business growth.
Read moreWe’ve touched lightly on the business, workforce and technology disrupters that cause skills gaps; let’s dig deeper into a wide range of roles where automation and integration impact practically everyone.
Read moreYoung adults unable to find work, employers unable to fill jobs, a recent GAO study that reported substantial declines in telecommunication expertise — there has been a lot of news about the pervasiveness of skills gaps, their causes, the actual impacts and what to do about them. It’s rather confusing, because the term “skills gaps” has been hijacked to politicize an extremely wide range of issues.
Read moreFrom an employee’s perspective, skills gaps are dangerous. You might be an incredibly accomplished network administrator and yet end up displaced by a cloud administrator who has less depth of knowledge, but a wider set of interpersonal and process skills necessary to support a broader role.
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