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COMPUTING FOR FREE<br />
5 essential skills for the digital workplace<br />
The skill-set for anyone who works in an office environment has changed dramatically in the past 10 years and it continues to<br />
change at a rapid pace. Ara Head of Computing Dr Nathan Rountree identifies the essential skills people need to thrive in the<br />
digital workplace.<br />
ESSENTIAL SKILL #1:<br />
ADAPTABILITY TO A RANGE<br />
OF DIGITAL TOOLS<br />
General digital confidence and competence is now<br />
essential for employment and career progression.<br />
Gone are the days of just training to use select<br />
computer programs, instead people need to be able<br />
to find and use the right digital tools to complete a<br />
variety of tasks.<br />
ESSENTIAL SKILL #2:<br />
IT COMMUNICATION<br />
People need to understand enough about IT to<br />
communicate effectively with IT support in their<br />
organisation, or as part of running their own<br />
small business. An increased knowledge of the IT<br />
environment results in better communication, better<br />
functioning of teams and better business results.<br />
ESSENTIAL SKILL #3:<br />
ELECTRONIC FILING CAPABILITY<br />
It is now an expectation that all staff in an<br />
organisation, from business administrators to<br />
managers, can make decisions about file storage.<br />
Everyone needs to have the ability to organise an<br />
electronic filing system that many other people are<br />
going to use, with differing levels of access.<br />
ESSENTIAL SKILL #4:<br />
UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY<br />
FOR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT<br />
There are now endless digital tools that can help us do<br />
better, faster and more efficient business. It’s important<br />
that people are aware of how new technologies can be<br />
used to benefit them and their organisation.<br />
ESSENTIAL SKILL #5:<br />
KNOWING HOW TO MAKE SENSE<br />
OF DATA<br />
Today almost all organisations are using data<br />
to make better decisions and there is a strong<br />
expectation that everyone in a business can look at,<br />
process and understand data. The most common<br />
way data is presented is in a spreadsheet and these<br />
have to be read by people who understand both<br />
data and spreadsheets.<br />
Computing For Free can help support you in acquiring these skills so you can be more effective in the workplace.<br />
ara.ac.nz<br />
KNOWLEDGE AT WORK<br />
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