The modern world’s technical advances continue to mushroom at a fast pace and parts of the world with energy supply challenges impede an assured expedient exposure for the various stakeholders. Never the less, whatever the level of availability of electric or solar power, the IT industry is a discretionary consumer’s or service provider’s paradise.

Whatever one’s level of IT literacy, there is no denying that pursuing IT skills acquisitions does contribute to both career happiness as one becomes able to communicate within different spaces, navigate, sample and or utilize various social forums with ease and confidence.

From pursuing the IT basics or beginners’ courses, an individual is afforded career enhancement as possible prospects availing themselves that require one to be IT literate. More so, the ability to comprehend and communicate the on-goings in the pathways of one’s career environment becomes clearer and easier to handle.

Once one has the basics of the IT knowledge, an individual or institution is able, albeit with practice at own time and space learn at their own pace. With hands-on skills exposure to various aspects and stages of IT know how, individuals or institutional apprehension , is chipped away with the onset or dawn of “waooh I can” or “it is possible”.

IT Literacy encompasses many facets which enhance the ability to edit, compile, produce and make coherent presentations in different formats as per the dictates of the forum.

Regular practice and use of IT does aid enhanced attention to detail to ensure delivery of the desired is as  permissible, failure of which may send wrong signals impairing the communique, be it a product or instruction.

The IT industry’s advancements come in at a time that the world is now viewed as a virtual village, with varied generational versions of products and services. Hence, with enhanced IT skills, excellency in timely or instant desired communication and presentation ability regardless of global location is possible.

IT skills do aid the carrying out of personal individualized or institutional research utilizing the varied research tools for purposes of not only collecting, but also processing, compiling and producing and presenting targeted outcomes. Fluent and fluid institutional or stakeholder reports, articles, blogs, vlogs benefit from enhanced and up to date IT skills acquisition.

For those navigating within administrative path ways IT literacy ensure fluidity in execution of administrative tasks. This also ensures keeping abreast peers in varied professional and technological fields and with technological advancements. For example, it also ensures an individual or institution does not become obsolete in this face of digital advancements i.e. e-conferencing, e-banking, marketing and sales, e-learning, e-consultancy etc beyond any barrier.

Acquiring and or enhancing an individual or institution’s IT skills in this modern day assures an enhanced ability to navigate and manage potential hackings, fake information and other unforeseeable technological challenges.

By Eddington Mhonda