Adobe warns workforces risk being left behind without creative and AI skills

• One fifth of workers lack creative/digital skills for the AI-shaped future
• Employers and employees are responsible for upskilling, Adobe says
• Adobe wants to train 30 million people by 2030

Nearly two in three (65%) UK job seekers believe AI skills are now essential to them landing their dream role, and yet few prospective employees have the opportunity to gain those skills, putting them at risk of being left behind, new Adobe research has claimed.

It found an alarming one in five (19%) workers now believing they lack the creative and digital skills they need for an AI-shaped future, but Adobe’s research goes one step further to highlight disproportionate AI readiness among the workforce.

The company found that non-jobseekers are twice as likely to feel unprepared for future jobs, potentially with their relative job security stopping them from feeling like they need to continually upskill.