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title: "The State of Digital Skills in the U.S. Economy"
summary: |-
  Stephen Ezell gave a presentation to the New Jersey Big Data Alliance Annual Symposium Building the Workforce Pipeline for a Data-Driven Economy on the state of digital skills in the U.S. economy.
date: "2022-05-09"
issues: ["Skills and Future of Work"]
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/events/2022/05/09/state-of-digital-skills-in-the-us-economy/"
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# The State of Digital Skills in the U.S. Economy

**Location:** Campus Center, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey

Stephen Ezell gave a presentation to the New Jersey Big Data Alliance Annual Symposium [Building the Workforce Pipeline for a Data-Driven Economy](https://njbda.org/2022-symposium/) on the state of digital skills in the U.S. economy. Ezell’s presentation examined the increasing digital skill requirements of most occupations in the U.S. economy and considered how well American workers are prepared with such skills, as well as provided policy recommendations to bolster the depth of digital skills competencies across the U.S. workforce.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/events/2022/05/09/state-of-digital-skills-in-the-us-economy/*