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Businesses suffer when workers lack critical skills.

Businesses suffer when workers lack critical skills.

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Tue Apr 01 2025

A broken bridge with a large gap in the middle. A person approaches the left side of the bridge, holding shapes to fill it. Several shapes fall through the gap. 70% of business leaders say their organization has a key skills gap. Missing skills include: Digital and technical • Data analysis and project management 44% • Artificial intelligence and machine learning 36% • Software engineering 36% • Cybersecurity 31% Cognitive • Strategic/critical thinking 57% • Problem solving and decision making 49% • Adaptability and agility 43% Interpersonal • Collaboration 51% • Communication 46% SOURCE: MIND THE SKILLS GAP: NAVIGATING THE U.S. SKILLS GAP IN 2024, ZETY

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