I read an interesting report based on a a Salesforce survey on Dec 21 on “digital readiness and capability” across 19 countries - with a view to close the skills gap and succeed in the workplace.
The IDC predicts that by 2026, Australia and New Zealand will have 130,400 net new technology jobs - and yet 85% of ANZ workers don’t feel adequately equipped when it comes to digital skills!
In Dec 2022 Salesforce surveyed people’s “
The “digital readiness and capability” findings
- The global index score for digital readiness (the average) is 33 out of 100. New Zealand scored 28 and Australia scored 21.
- Of the surveyed Australian respondents for the report, 55% are only somewhat digital ready and 19% are not ready at all. In New Zealand, those figures are 57% and 16%.
Digital reskilling and upskilling is clearly now a worldwide priority, particularly in ANZ - some say as important as reading , writing and arithmetic!
Salesforce ANZ Sustainability, Skills & Reconciliation Lead, Alexandra McDonald points out that Australia has produced the likes of Canva, Afterpay, Atlassian , MYOb , Referron , Redbubble, Aconex , myOB , my Recruitment Plus, Rhipe , Netreturn and Xero
And yet
The digital readiness of our workforce and the shortage of digital skills - has presented a big problem - and for those who are keen to reskill and upskill - this presents a big opportunity!
Alexandra says it’s time to take action with #digitallearning as the digital skills shortage takes hold !!!
According to the report the top five skills that are now most desirable for organisations are:
- Collaboration technology: Slack, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat
- Digital administrative: Digitising and filing paperwork, virtual stakeholder meetings, digital-first processes, digitally presented pressing information
- Encryption and cyber security: Skills to protect data and systems from unauthorised parties
- Ecommerce and digital trade: Sales order management, payments to shipping and fulfilment processes
- Project management technology: Utilising project management software to manage projects, processes, people, timelines, and more
59% of Australian respondents and 64% of New Zealand respondents say digital collaboration skills are of the utmost importance now and will be over the next five years, yet only 17% (Australia) and 22% (New Zealand) rate themselves as advanced in that department.
For a business and indeed our economy to survive and thrive in this #nexttechrevolution - a future-minded, digitally fluent workforce needs to be nurtured.
- How do we reskill and upskill our population to take advantage of these employment opportunities ?
- How can we upskill and reskill our communities in the top 5 digital skills
In an all-digital world, we need to invest more in enabling our workforce to reskill - and University degrees won’t cut the mustard
- How can Schools, Governments and Organisations in the Private and Public Sector train, reskill and upskill our population to match the digital skills demand?
- How can we develop ‘real world’ digital skills in the workplace so we are ready for the #nexttechrevolution ?
- How can organisations partner with learning facilities with a view to develop internal upskilling/cross-skilling programs?
- How can you as an individual or corporate - overcome digital overwhelm?
Maybe - understanding the digital world through training and learning is part of the solution .
- How can we get people to engage ?
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