Workforce Development is a Crucial Part of Digital Equity

With details of state broadbands funds from NTIA expected to be announced soon, Brookings’ Nicole Turner Lee and Jack Malamud share recommendations on building a more inclusive broadband workforce.

Recommendations include:

• tapping into the existing supply of telecom workers who were dislocated during the pandemic.
• identifying individuals with similarly aligned skills in lateral occupations and engaging them in the broadband workforce.
• reducing barriers to entry in the broadband workforce by developing social infrastructure and services to meet workers’ needs.

To read the full blog please visit the Brookings website.