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ERIC Number: ED607391
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-May
Pages: 27
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-
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The New Landscape of Digital Literacy: How Workers' Uneven Digital Skills Affect Economic Mobility and Business Competitiveness, and What Policymakers Can Do about It
Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda
National Skills Coalition
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.]
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/
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: Walmart
Authoring Institution: National Skills Coalition
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A