The digital transition of Italian
businesses risks slowing down as companies have a hard time
finding qualified personnel, artisans confederation
Confartigianato warned on Tuesday.
Confartigianato said in a newly released study that businesses
need about 699,000 employees with advanced 4.0 digital skills
but are unable to find over half (51,8%) - an estimated 362,000
workers who must be able to manage technologies such as
artificial intelligence, cloud computing, Industrial Internet of
Things (IoT), data analytics, big data, virtual and augmented
reality and blockchains.
The situation is even more difficult for small and medium-sized
firms with 54.9% of jobs that require such skills remaining
vacant, the study said.
According to a regional ranking drafted by Confartigianato,
Trentino-Alto Adige recorded the most significant mismatch
between offer and demand while Lombardy was the region most
affected by the lack of professional figures with e-skills:
80,250 specialists, or 52.3% of the total.
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