Lack of tech limits remote workforce – EyeWitness News

NASSAU, BAHAMAS- The shortage of expertise utilization and digital transformation are among the many ‘best deficiencies’ dealing with the nation based on Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employer’s Confederation (BCCEC) chief government Jeffrey Beckles, noting that lower than 50 % of staff who’ve been despatched residence resulting from COVID-19 are ready to work remotely.

Beckles who was addressing a gathering of the Rotary Membership of Outdated Fort through Zoom final night mentioned that the first purpose for it is a expertise hole because it pertains to being pc and technologically savvy.

“Since March 20th, tens of hundreds of Bahamians have gone residence, having both been both furloughed, laid-off, terminated or are working remotely. We’ve got present in research that lower than 50 per cent of that workforce is ready to work remotely. The first purpose is that the talents hole because it pertains to being pc savvy, having pc data and competency will not be as excessive as many individuals imagine,” mentioned Beckles.

In keeping with Beckles, the Chamber’s Innovation Committee has a eager concentrate on expertise and digital transformation. “Know-how and digital transformation are among the many best deficiencies that we have now nationally. Most of our companies aren’t even remotely near being prepared for that transition. We’re placing quite a lot of our preliminary efforts into the digital transformation and in assist of presidency’s intention to digitize its providers.”

Additional underscoring the necessity for companies to embrace expertise Beckles mentioned, “One of many issues we discovered from our Dorian restoration course of was that 85 per cent of the businesses that had been affected had little to no progressive expertise as part of their ongoing enterprise operations. That set them again fairly far as a result of the 15 per cent that used expertise as a part of their service supply moved to a special location, obtained their enterprise began and had been capable of get again up and working.”

Beckles additionally urged companies and entrepreneurs to not merely look to supply a product however to resolve an issue. “If you will discover a product to promote, 10,15, 2