The UK's leading publication, The Guardian, cited research from the iSchool's Technology and Social Change group (TASCHA) in their article titled, "Youth unemployment: can mobile technology improve employability?"

The article cites TASCHA's 2009 meta study on the links between Information Communication and Technology (ICT) skills and employability. "ICT skills are almost never the missing link that miraculously transforms employment prospects." The article notes that the research shows that lower wage, lower skill workers face a multitude of other barriers that are much more complex than unfamiliarity with ICTs, and that "ICT literacy cannot be isolated from larger social and personal contexts. Soft skills as well as solutions to challenges such as childcare, transportation, time, and appropriate attire are important."

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