The just-launched AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium is led by Cisco and joined by Accenture, Eightfold, Google, IBM, Indeed, Intel, Microsoft and SAP.
Working as a private sector collaborative they will assess AI's impact on technology jobs and identify skills development pathways for the roles most likely to be affected by artificial intelligence.
“AI is accelerating the pace of change for the global workforce, presenting a powerful opportunity for the private sector to help upskill and reskill workers for the future,” said Francine Katsoudas (pictured), Executive Vice President and Chief People, Policy & Purpose Officer, Cisco.
“The mission of the AI-Enabled Workforce Consortium is to provide organisations with knowledge about the impact of AI on the workforce and equip workers with relevant skills.”
In its first phase of work the Consortium will evaluate the impact of AI on 56 ICT job roles and provide training recommendations for impacted jobs.
These job roles include 80% of the top 45 ICT job titles garnering the highest volume of job postings for the period February 2023-2024 in the United States and five of the largest European countries by ICT workforce numbers (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands) according to Indeed Hiring Lab.