Digital literacy and proficiency have long ceased to be a kind of curricular “bonus” or a critical skill strictly associated with technology professions. Regardless of their role or business area, all professionals are now required to have a minimum range of essential digital skills to operate fluidly in a digital and remote environment – whether in terms of new electronic devices, networks, cybersecurity, digital marketing, social networks, e-commerce, data analysis, digital image and video editing, Cloud technology, among others.
The pandemic has ended up boosting the importance of developing these digital skills. But more than that, it has revealed a huge skills gap beyond digital skills, including social, emotional and behavioural skills (soft skills) that no technology, device or application can (for now) replace. We are talking about remote collaboration, digital communication, agility and adaptability, creativity and a sense of innovation, a spirit of initiative and entrepreneurship, effective work organisation and the ability to learn how to learn – skills that are already becoming scarce and highly sought-after assets, and therefore deserve our collective commitment.
International study “Transformation, Skills & Learning”
The mandatory reinvention of organizations today involves dominican republic whatsapp data reinventing jobs and putting skills (digital and soft skills) at the service of updating new ways of working and new business models. This is what is revealed by the data from the international study “ Transformation, Skills & Learning ”, presented this year by CEGOC and for which 1,783 employees and 254 HR/L&D Directors and Managers from European organizations were interviewed.
The research shows that digital transformation is accelerating, skills development is becoming increasingly strategic, the need to consolidate social and digital skills is increasing and, to face this new scenario, employees are increasingly involved in their training. Thus, HR Directors recognize that the skills used in 45% of the professions existing in their organizations could become obsolete in the next 3 years. 77% of employees share this opinion and believe that digital transformations can completely change their way of working, while 27% even fear that digitalization will lead to the extinction of their jobs.
Given this new reality, skills development is the first “lever” activated by 75% of HR departments to deal with the impact of technological transformations – these managers believe that Soft Skills (34%) and digital skills (35%) need to be quickly strengthened. Concerned about the future, employees also see training as the best solution to promote their employability: 90% are willing to access learning paths on their own to respond effectively to changes in their professions and the job market, 71% would accept taking training in their free time and 45% even admit to financing part of their training, if necessary.