America Failing To Prepare Gen Z To Enter the Workforce Due To ‘Glaring’ Gap in Tech Skills

Computer classes for Gen Z aren’t cutting it anymore. More than a third (37%) of Gen Zers feel their school education didn’t prepare them with the digital skills they need to propel their career, according to Dell Technologies’ international survey of more than 15,000 adults ages 18 to 26 across 15 countries.

A majority (56%) of this generation added that they had very basic to no digital skills education. It’s all led to some warranted skepticism regarding the future of work: Many Gen Zers are unsure what the digital economy will look like, and 33% have little to no confidence that the government’s investments in a digital future will be successful in 10 years. Forty-four percent think that schools and businesses should work together to address the digital skills gap. The findings back up past research that found nearly half of the Class of 2022 felt the top skill they were underprepared for was technical skills.