17. nov. 2016 | Weingarten
CHG-MERIDIAN is supporting the D21 study as a partner for the first time
The digital skills of the German population are improving – but too slowly
Three out of four Germans prefer to learn how to use smartphones and similar devices by themselves in their spare time
The digital skills of German employees are improving too slowly. One reason is unequal access to the latest technological devices. However, there is a willingness to engage with them, including in the private sphere. Those are the results of the recently published 2016 D21 Digital Index. The onus is now on employers, above all, to actively promote the availability and use of the latest information technology among their employees and their families – and thereby to develop the skills that are badly needed for new, often data-based business models. Companies have an urgent need for both.
"It is imperative that employees everywhere and across all professional groups gain access to the latest technology in future. That was the original idea behind the Employee PC Program, and it has also been the motivation for D21 in supporting this program for a number of years. The new study shows that it is more important than ever today," commented Frank Kottmann, member of the Board of Management of CHG-MERIDIAN AG. The company is an official partner of the 2016 D21 Digital Index, and a member of the D21 Initiative. The D21 Initiative, which is supported by the German federal government, has been compiling its index since 2013 to measure how 'digital' the Germans are – and where there are gaps remaining.
The essentials in brief:
People in work are the more 'digital' Germans – but not all of them
Men are ahead in terms of digitalization – because women are disadvantaged professionally
Higher income, more digitalization
Offliners – they still exist
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