How Tech Makes the Workforce Smarter and More Global
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If there's one thing that's certain about technology, it's that it's guaranteed to raise the bar regarding whatever it's used to accomplish. One indicator of this is the way technology leads to improvements in the workforce. In fact, it could be said tech has helped make the workforce smarter while simultaneously uniting talent pools across the globe like never before.

The following are several ways in which digital technology and mobile connectivity have reshaped how companies find, train, utilize, and retain hard-working professionals from across the world:

Greater mobility

Workers can move around the map as needed like never before. The new and improved ability to travel and work in a new place almost overnight - granted you meet the requirements to do so legally - is owed almost entirely to the development of modern technology. 

Let's start with jet air travel, which is a remarkable feat of modern technology that's only gotten faster, safer, and more streamlined in recent decades. The "fly-by-wire" computer systems responsible for the management and operation of commercial aircraft are nothing short of incredible.

Another example of tech making it easier for companies to place talent where it's needed is the availability of short-term furnished apartments in multiple cities. Not only do temporary housing networks depend on the internet to function, they hinge on customer management software to ensure subscribers always have access to the living options they need. For businesses that count on such housing arrangements for employees, it's a solution that helps guarantee the best person for the job can always be there to get it done.

Wider net

There was once a time when recruitment prospects were limited to newspaper classifieds and word of mouth. However, thanks to the worldwide reach of the internet, companies can seek talent from all corners of the globe.

Some consider the ability to find highly skilled workers overseas as nothing more than an opportunistic way to cut costs. That's a perspective that's not without its merits. However, for the skilled worker who is now able to land a great job they'd otherwise never even hear about, it's a downright dream come true. Who can argue with that?

Besides, it works both ways. Skilled workers now have more options to choose from, giving them more leverage when negotiating salary and benefits like working from home. Regardless of who wins or loses, the back and forth is owed to improvements to digital tech over the last few decades.

Better training

Whether it's interactive instructions, virtual video lessons, or customizable teaching programs, the ability to train workers has improved rapidly in recent years. These and other technologically-infused instructional materials provide a means of practice and refinement, which have been traditionally costly and time-consuming by comparison.

Returning to the world of aviation, consider the benefits of fully-immersive flight simulators for training new pilots and monitoring the skills of current ones. Before the development of these virtual test scenarios, it was a lot harder, more dangerous, and more expensive to get aviators up to snuff.

Earlier experience

Simulators, videos, and other virtual means of sharing information in an interactive and immersive manner are more accessible to the general public thanks to the internet as well as open-source approaches to software use. What this means is that more people have access to more information at a younger age than in previous generations.

The result is the potential for someone to have an expert-level comprehension of a particular subject in their teens or even their childhood. Technology provides a head start for those with the innate drive to pursue knowledge and acquire skills. Given the likely life trajectory of such an early lead in expertise, an uptick in 20-something prodigies will be a workforce game changer in the years to come.

More exposure

Similar to how it helps people learn more at a younger age, tech helps everyone be exposed to more knowledge throughout their entire lives. While there are certainly limits to both the typical person's ability to absorb new information as they get older and how knowledge systems are used, it's safe to say we all benefit from seeing more of the world through tech. The result is a workforce that, on average, gets better with age.

Accurate assessments

The ability to correctly gauge the productivity and proficiency of employees has long remained a holy grail among business circles. We've gotten closer than ever before, thanks to technology. Various software and other digital platforms enable companies to not only collect pertinent performance data but make good use of it from now on.

As they say, the world is getting better all the time. Technology is a significant indicator of that truth, especially during times like these, when it may seem like the opposite is unfolding across the globe.

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