Reskilling and Upskilling Women in Emerging Technologies for the Future of Work

Brief Paper (Asynchronous) ID: 60966
  1. aaa
    Elodie Billionniere
    Miami Dade College
  2. Farzana Rahman
    Syracuse University

Abstract: With the COVID-19 pandemic causing more than 31 million Americans to rely on unemployment, nearly eight times the number of women left the workforce compared to men the past two years. This growing inequality in America’s economy opens an opportunity to broaden participation in computing by tapping into one of the largest untapped sources of talent today, which is the pool of women re-entering the workplace and/or academia. A recent study has shown that by 2030, about 50% of the employees may seek a career change or need training for reskilling/upskilling in their industry sector. Additionally, with the rapid employment growth within the computing fields, especially emerging technologies (EmTech) (e.g., cloud computing, data science, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence), the demands of these jobs can only be fulfilled by creating opportunities for adult women. In March 2021, we hosted a three-day virtual conference in EmTech with 38 sessions, 63 women speakers across the industry sectors, 444 women registrants, and 2,125 total views across all the sessions. In this paper, we summarize the key findings pertinent to conference sessions’ satisfaction and recommendations to provide insights and give a voice to (re-)entering adult women in the computing and technology field through upskilling and reskilling with the emerging technology gateway.

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