Dr. David Finegold, dean of Rutgers University’s School of Management and Labor Relations, shared the results from a research project analyzing major efforts in India and China to raise the levels of skill for their populations, which together account for more than 35 percent of the global workforce.
At Fair360, formerly DiversityInc’s two-day learning event in Washington, D.C., Finegold said both India and China have undergone tectonic shifts in their economies, as families demand higher levels of education and training for their children.
The end result: the intersection of the Internet, globalization and the jockeying by these two emerging economies for industry leadership means the global pool of talent has effectively doubled since the mid-1990s. That has dramatic implications both for China and India but also for the workforce in the United States, he said.
