New Collar Jobs: The Importance of the
“Middle-Skilled” Worker
The economic impact of the coronavirus on businesses created
an immediate need to digitally transform or face an unstoppable hemorrhage of
profits. The working environment for many employees needed to change to remote
working, making technology a major factor for keeping businesses in the black. This
sudden shift made it necessary to hire more new collar workers to handle the
technological demands of the job and up-skill the current staff, increasing the
demand for workers with IT skills.
What are New Collar
Jobs?
So what, exactly, is a new collar job? This position requires a worker to have
technical and soft skills to work in the technology field. Most people with these
skills have not gone through the traditional channels of education. They have
trained specifically for an IT skill to qualify for a position in that
particular field within weeks or months of completing a course or certification
program.
Normally, new collar workers have not acquired a 4 year
college degree. They may have been trained through a community college,
vocational training school, IT bootcamp, IT certification program, technical school,
an apprenticeship or internship. At VCA we train students in computer technology
through IT bootcamps and certification programs. Once they’ve completed the
courses, they’ll have the skills to work confidently in their selected field.
Why are New Collar
workers in demand?
As technology advances at a rapid pace, many industries need
workers with the digital skills for data analytics, full stack web development,
mobile apps development, software engineering, cloud computing, cybersecurity, the
list goes on. Many industries, like manufacturing and health care lack a
workforce with the skills to execute necessary technological tasks. So, companies,
now, have no choice but to re-skill or up-skill employees with IT training. Or
they’ll need to hire new workers with technical skills.
How do New Collar workers contribute to
bridge the skills gap and shortage of talent?
New collar workers possess basic knowledge, along with
specific technical skills. They exhibit significant potential to hiring
managers and have the understanding that they will continually need to develop
new abilities. They have exemplary technical aptitude, they show initiative and
they demonstrate necessary practical problem solving skills.
Today companies need workers to fill positions that require
specific IT skills. At present, there is a shortage of new collar workers with
these technical traits. VCA is bridging the skills gap by providing world class
IT training through virtual learning with a live instructor.
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