{"id":78392,"date":"2022-04-06T10:42:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T14:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/?post_type=magazine&p=78392"},"modified":"2022-04-14T10:43:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T14:43:04","slug":"pluralsight-and-go1-partner-to-address-the-growing-global-tech-skills-shortage","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/trainingindustry.com\/magazine\/spring-2022\/pluralsight-and-go1-partner-to-address-the-growing-global-tech-skills-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Pluralsight and Go1 Partner to Address the Growing Global Tech Skills Shortage"},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[29854,29690,29851,29852,29853],"class_list":["post-78392","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","hentry","tag-retaining-it-talent","tag-retaining-top-talent","tag-tech-skills-shortage","tag-upskill-and-reskill-it-workers","tag-upskilling-and-reskilling-tech-workers","global_topic_tax-it-and-technical-training","magazine_issue_tax-spring-2022","magazine_article_type_tax-closing-deals"],"acf":{"sponsored":false,"gated":false,"gated_content_type":"","file_attachment":null,"gated_content":"","form_instruction_header":"To access the full article, please fill out the form below:","pardot_html_embed":"","author_override":true,"author_name":"Sarah Gallo, CPTM ","author_image":"","author_bio":"Sarah Gallo, CPTM, is a senior editor at Training Industry, Inc., and co-host of \u201cThe Business of Learning<\/a>,\u201d the Training Industry podcast.","excerpt":"While tech skills have been in demand for some time now, the demand for a digitally fluent workforce has spiked due to recent shifts in how we work and learn.","main_content":"The global tech skills shortage is anticipated to affect more than 85 million people, representing an estimated $8.5 trillion in lost annual revenue by 2030, according to<\/a> the International Monetary Fund.\r\n\r\nWhile tech skills have been in demand for some time now, the demand for a digitally fluent workforce has spiked due to recent shifts in how we work and learn. Pluralsight\u2019s 2021 State of Upskilling Report<\/a> found that the COVID-19 pandemic, The Great Resignation and the rise of remote work have \u201cexacerbated the global workforce challenge to adapt to a landscape that relies on digital-enabled solutions,\u201d says Ken Leonard, senior vice president of global ecosystem solutions at Pluralsight. \u201cWhile many organizations had to undergo tech transformations at great speeds to survive, individuals were impacted by the growing tech skills gap that continues today to affect their ability to do their jobs.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe need for technical training and development is something that Go1, one of the largest eLearning libraries on the market, has seen firsthand. \u201cWe\u2019ve repeatedly heard from our customers of the impact of the global tech skills shortage on their businesses,\u201d says Basem Emera, vice president of partnerships and alliances at Go1.\r\n\r\nIt was clear that Go1 \u2014 which partners with top training providers to provide a curated suite of courses across topic areas \u2014 needed to partner with a technical training expert to tackle what has become a pressing, global business challenge.\r\n