Articles Tagged With upskilling

The $8.5 trillion dollar skills gap: How learning leaders must address it through talent and tech
The largely reported 85-million-person talent deficit by 2030 highlights the role that future human talent will play alongside technology that replaces bad jobs and helps upskill and reskill workers in the future of work.

Stepping up benefits to recruit and retain employees post-pandemic
Employees are deciding what they value at work. Talent leaders must step up rewards and benefits that attract and keep talent.

The future of learning is humanity, with a side of technology
When it comes to talent mobility, a real-life “talent concierge” can beat out any algorithm.

The Reskilling Revolution versus the ‘clay layer’
A Reskilling Revolution is a necessary and noble goal, but its execution will collide with populations that are not prepared for change and do not view lifelong learning as key to their future success.

We can’t ‘flow of work’ our way into the future
No matter how much learning in the flow of work we enable, there will always be limits. The flow of work will never allow enough space for the future of work.

Re-entry in a recession
This time is an opportunity to focus on outreach, inclusion and training.

Little “e” education: Think small to meet today’s enormous challenges
With unemployment soaring, many people will need to completely retool or earn new credentials to regain employment — and very short-term training has the ability to equip them with the skills, behaviors and knowledge needed. Postsecondary education has the know-how to step up to meet this immediate need and to help individuals understand how to translate new skills into longer-term prosperity.

Navigating semantics and skills: reskilling vs. upskilling
It’s become easy — and common — to use “reskilling” and “upskilling” interchangeably. But they are, in fact, different.

Automation is coming: Why isn’t Gen Z worried?
Here are three reasons why Gen Z-ers who are “learning and earning” at work may be uniquely positioned to thrive in our changing future.

Degreed acquires skills-matching platform Adepto
This is the latest in a multi-year series of expansions by the upskilling platform.

Generational differences may be less profound than we imagine
Under pressure to attract new talent and upskill incumbent workers, learning and HR leaders are trying to juggle the shifting demographics of today’s workforce to accommodate each generation’s unique strengths, weaknesses and learning preferences. But new data suggest that today’s workers have a surprising amount in common.

Learning Mission Launch
Challenges for learning are among the greatest in the executive suite.

Survey Says: Your Employees Want Coaching and Mentoring
Learners across all generations prefer a range of tools and delivery methods.

Investing in an Automated Future
Employers recognize that technological advances like AI and automation will require employees with new skills. Why are so few investing in the necessary learning?