The New Landscape of Digital Literacy: How Workers' Uneven Digital Skills Affect Economic Mobility and Business Competitiveness, and What Policymakers Can Do about It

Autor/in	Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda
Institution	National Skills Coalition
Titel	The New Landscape of Digital Literacy: How Workers' Uneven Digital Skills Affect Economic Mobility and Business Competitiveness, and What Policymakers Can Do about It
Quelle	(2020), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Technological Literacy; Skill Development; Job Skills; Labor Market; Job Training; Labor Force Development; Salary Wage Differentials; Skilled Workers; Semiskilled Workers; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Immigrants; English Language Learners + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Technisches Wissen; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Arbeitskräftebestand; Facharbeiter; Semi-skilled worker; Semi-skilled workers; Semiskilled worker; Ungelernter Arbeitnehmer; Angelernter Arbeitnehmer; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a stark spotlight on need for digital skills among a wide swath of the American workforce. But even before the pandemic, the US labor market reflected a growing demand for workers across industries to have strong digital skills. This report uses data from a rigorously designed international assessment to analyze workers' current level of digital skills, providing a breakdown of how skills differ among workers in major industries and occupations as well as demographic categories. Next, it provides a short summary of recommendations for how policymakers and business leaders can invest in upskilling to ensure that all workers have the resilience needed to respond to the continuing transformation of jobs in the US labor market, and to acquire new digital skills as necessary. This report is a companion to "Digital Skills for an Equitable Recovery," which provides more detailed policy recommendations and related background. [For "Digital Skills for an Equitable Recovery: Policy Recommendations to Address the Digital Skill Needs of Workers Most Vulnerable to Displacement," see ED607390.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Skills Coalition. 1250 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-223-8991; e-mail: info@nationalskillscoalition.org; Web site: https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01