The State of the Workforce Skills Gap 2024
Skills gaps aren’t just widening, they’re worsening. Get the report and learn how U.S. leaders are prioritizing technical and business critical skills needed to adapt to a future of work filled with AI and uncertainty.
Unlock workforce skills data
Is your team building the right skills?
The way we work is undergoing a seismic change. Technology rockets forward, jobs are being displaced and reinvented, and the way we operate redefines itself daily. Amidst this whirlwind, one factor has emerged as key to navigating forward: a focus on continuous skill building. Is your team ready?
Springboard for Business surveyed over 1,000 corporate professionals to help you better understand the current state of the workforce skills gap, identify the skills - both technical and business critical - to prioritize and identify the most common obstacles to elevating skills and how to overcome them.
KEY FINDINGS
70% of leaders say there’s a skills gap
Large companies are operating with an under-skilled workforce. More than a third of leaders are reporting limited innovation and growth as a result.
Skills gaps are getting worse
Nearly 40% of leaders say that the skills gap at their company has worsened in the last year.
Data analysis skills sets are in demand
And artificial intelligence/machine learning are seen as critical technical skills for teams.
Companies are severely lacking strategic thinking skills
Strategic thinking and problem-solving/decision-making top the list as the business skills companies need most, according to leaders
Data-Driven Strategic Thinking Program
Course spotlight
Fuel performance by sharpening your team's data fluency, critical thinking, and influential storytelling skills in just 8 weeks. Employees complete job-related projects to make an instant impact on business goals.
Immediate ROI with measurable growth
11x ROI
Clients like HP have realized a conservatively estimated 11x return on investment just from the job-specific projects completed during the Data-Driven Strategic Thinking course.
72%
Increase in MQL-to-Opportunity conversion rate—just one of hundreds of efficiences unlocked through in-course projects completed by HP employees.
+$187K
Average per-project financial gain across all HP projects completed to date in the Data-Driven Strategic Thinking course.
What our partners are saying
Through the projects, I was made aware of several key insights with significant revenue implications that could change the direction of critical initiatives for our team. These wouldn’t have come to light without the clear, data-driven problem-solving approach in this program.
Val Gabriel
Global Head of Search Marketing
Springboard’s program had such an impact. Data and analytics are the lifeblood of our company, so training cross-functional diverse team members was a big priority. The mentors were super invested and the team was supportive. Worthwhile for all participants.
Véronique Dorval
VP Client Engagement
The training paid insane dividends and helped us become thought leaders within our company and industry. Things we built during the course are part of our process now and we’re winning business because of it.
Kevin T
SVP, Marketing Analytics
Elevate your team’s performance
As new technologies like AI continue to reshape the future of work, it's critical now to unleash the full potential of your people. Don't postpone arming your team with the expert-level data and critical thinking skills required to thrive. Get in touch: corporatepartnerships@springboard.com