Upskilling Programmes Enabled 80% Professionals To Secure Jobs In IT: Report

Over 80 per cent of the IT industry professionals who undertook upskilling programmes reported being able to future-proof their careers, revealed the findings from the recently released Emeritus India Impact Survey. The survey, conducted by Emeritus, a professional education provider, found that the surveyed professionals from the software and IT services industry benefitted significantly from the skills and training they could apply to their jobs through upskilling programmes by Emeritus.

As emerging technologies transform workplaces globally, a skill gap is inevitable, as per a 2023 report by Deloitte. With the existing job roles fast-evolving and new ones emerging, over 50 per cent of the global workforce – about 1 billion people – will need to be reskilled by 2030, as per the World Economic Forum. This is reflected in the increasing interest among professionals and companies in the domains of software and IT services, as well as technology and innovation to upskill themselves, as per the findings of the Emeritus India Impact Survey 2022. Among all the industries, the technology sector emerged as the largest industry witnessing upskilling demand, as per the survey. 

The survey found that over 80 per cent of the professionals in the technology and innovation industry reported being able to learn valuable tools and strategies from the upskilling programmes that they could immediately apply to their work. On the other hand, about 87 per cent said that the programmes provided them with the skills and training needed to advance in their career. Of the surveyed professionals, 2 in 3 reported building the confidence needed to move ahead on the corporate ladder and were also certain that the knowledge, skills, tools and strategies they learnt from the professional upskilling programmes helped future-proof their careers.