Salesforce, partners expect to drive creation of 4.2M jobs by 2024 — but are workers ready?

Salesforce and its "ecosystem of partners" expect to drive the creation of 4.2 million new jobs worldwide between 2019 and 2024, it announced last week. According to research from the International Data Corporation (IDC), the jobs created will include some in robotics, artificial intelligence, digital marketing, digital-assisted security and those for IoT specialists. Despite those projections, the talent gap will pose a significant barrier, according to Salesforce. "The tech skills gap will become a major roadblock for economic growth if we don’t empower everyone — regardless of class, race or gender — to skill up for the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” Sarah Franklin, EVP and GM of platform, developers and trailhead at Salesforce, said.