Technology and digital transformation could unlock vast opportunities for our people and the country – if we build the right skills base. Wales needs more talent, but what is being done to promote careers in these areas? Technology Connected and Wales Tech Week Managing Director Avril Lewis shares her thoughts on the future of tech in the region.
Globally, the world of work continues to be increasingly based on and enabled by technology, as reported by The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2023 when it surveyed 803 companies employing more than 11.3 million workers from all world regions. Of these, more than 85% of these businesses identified new technologies and wider digital access as the trends most likely to drive transformation in their organisation.
It’s essential to consider how to proactively retrain and upskill the existing workforce, particularly those whose jobs may be at risk as the predicted disruption unfurls across the jobs market.
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