As an educator, you must take into consideration the changes happening every day in today's businesses. It is the responsibility of our schools to provide the necessary tools for students to transition into the workplace. Take a look at this information to see what changes are going on in the workplace today.
Experts agree that more than half of new jobs require some form of technology literacy.
Businesses pay a price for the lack of information literacy among workers. The association surveyed 2,000 large and mid-sized companies and found at least 190,000 unfilled information technology jobs. The report cited a decline in college graduates with degrees in mathematics or computer science. A VP for Cap-Gemini America, a U.S. consulting company, predicts that if the trend continues, U.S. companies will opt to send more of their work overseas where they can find eligible job candidates.