Share this article Share this article MILWAUKEE, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven in ten employers globally are reporting difficulties hiring skilled workers in high-demand areas including Operations and Logistics, Manufacturing and Production, IT, and Sales and Marketing finds ManpowerGroup research (NYSE: MAN) of 42,000 employers in 43 countries released ahead of the World Economic Forum Jobs Reset Summit. 69% of employers globally – a 15-year high – are struggling to find workers with the right blend of technical skills and human strengths including accountability, reliability and discipline, resilience, stress tolerance and adaptability. More than one in three organizations have accelerated their digitization as a result of the pandemic and 86% of those plan to increase or maintain their hiring as a result, on the one hand creating a more digital and connected world, while also leading to growing polarization between those with the skills to take advantage of technical disruption, and those without.