Jan 23 WSJ: America’s Tech Talent Pool: Make It Great
“Workers have good reason for concern. Few firms train workers to stay ahead of technological change. A report featured on Careerbuilder.com claims companies spend more on coffee than worker training! Though 553,000 U.S. technology job postings remain ‘open’ in the fall of 2016, American corporations cut ‘66,821 ‘computer’ jobs in 2016, according to a Challenger, Gray & Christmas jobs report. In the ‘short term,’ a report from Manpower Group predicts 12% of employers will continue to ‘decrease headcount’ due to digitization.”