95% of staff in India consider they want extra digital abilities: Report

95% of staff in India reported that they want extra digital abilities to deal with adjustments of their jobs as a result of Covid-19 pandemic, in line with the findings of a brand new analysis report by Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com firm.

The report discovered that over the subsequent 12 months, the variety of India staff requiring digital abilities for his or her jobs is projected to extend by 27.3 million, representing 7% of India’s workforce. Despite this, solely 45% of employers in India have a coaching plan in place, which might have an effect on their competitiveness in such areas as productiveness, innovation, and worker retention.

The ‘Building Digital Skills for the Changing Workforce’ report, ready by technique and economics consulting agency AlphaBeta, and commissioned by AWS, surveyed 1,012 digitally expert staff in each know-how and non-technology roles, and 303 employers in India, with illustration from public, non-public, and non-profit sectors of various sizes and industries.

The report additionally discovered that the flexibility to make use of cloud-based instruments would be the most in-demand talent required by employers by 2025, adopted by technical assist abilities, and cybersecurity abilities. During the identical timeframe, 63% of staff in India really feel they are going to require coaching in cloud-related abilities to progress of their careers.

“Over the course of the pandemic, we now have seen organizations of all sizes speed up their digital transformation plans, driving an elevated want for employers and their staff to advance abilities coaching for cloud computing, cybersecurity, and machine studying,” said Rahul Sharma, president, Public Sector – AISPL, AWS India and South Asia. “The Building Digital Skills for the Changing Workforce report shows an urgency for workers and employers to increase digital skills knowledge and maximize the benefits of technology to individuals and organizations.”

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