In the pandemic, people who work in technology had the greatest stagnation and setback in skills already demanded by the jobs of the future. Those working in the insurance, health and consumer goods sectors also lagged behind. In contrast, in the manufacturing, financial services and automotive industries they advanced the most, according to a report by Coursera.
“The future of work is digital”, Almost no industry is exempt and the covid-19 accelerated it, warns the Industry Skills Report 2021 of the online course platform. Microsoft data indicate that “the two-year transformation was concentrated in two months” and in the last weeks of March 2020, broadband had the growth that specialists expected for the entire year, according to the document.
“To maintain the speed of transformation, you need data and technology skills.” Training workers on these issues “will boost growth” of companies and countries, as these skills will give many jobs, says the global platform.
In 2020, the year the pandemic hit the world in full, there were 41 million digital jobs globally. In 2021 it is estimated that there are already more than 51 million places of this type, according to the report. The forecasts, based on a Microsoft report, indicate that by 2025 there will be 190 million jobs of this type, an increase of 360 percent.
That is, in five years there will be almost 150 million new digital jobs and they will be distributed like this:
- Software development, 98 million
- Data management and cloud, 23 million
- Data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence, 20 million
- Cybersecurity, 6 million
- Privacy and data protection, 1 million
However, knowing how to create a program or about cyberdata is not enough for the “world of digital work”. Working people also need business skills, sostiene Coursera.
Pandemic stress, a factor
To carry out the study, the specialists of the training platform analyzed 10 industries. They grouped the competencies into three types: business, technology and data science, and to measure the mastery of each of them they took into account 26 skills. Thus, the general ranking by sectors is as follows:
- Manufacture
- Financial services
- Automotive industry
- Professional services
- Telecommunications
- Technology
- Energy and utilities
- Insurance
- Health
- Consumer goods
In 2020, the technology staff was in the first position; in 2021 it fell to sixth. “Last year, we predicted that technology companies would need to remain deeply engaged” to deal with the “constant skill reduction within his group of talents, “says the report. Added to that problem was the stress of the pandemic and the demand for learning.
A year ago in the business competition, tech workers they were in place 4. In this new measurement they fell back to the tenth place, the last one. In technology and data science they were in the first position, as expected, but now they are number 3 in both skills.
The digital acceleration it also took the insurance industry by surprise, the report says. Industry that follows in the last places, although in the new ranking, in terms of technological skills, they rose from number 10 to number 8. In the business domain, the personnel that manage insurance is in place 9.
A skills crisis looms
The market for health care continues to grow, especially in a pandemic, so “the industry must invest in more digital skills for its workers ”. Personnel in this sector fell from eighth place in 2020 in the overall ranking to ninth in 2021. “They rank sixth in the data science domain, seventh in the technology domain, and eighth in the business domain.”
The health personnel that believes that digital transformation is at least important grew from 61 to 86% in five years, the report notes. For that reason “industry leaders must change the curriculum to prioritize digital skills.”
And on the consumer goods industry, Coursera warns: “It is headed for a major skills crisis.” In the general classification he was in last place, last year he was in ninth. Taking into account the massive growth of the e-commerce, “It is clear why catching up with skills is a strategic imperative.”
In the business competition, people who work in this sector were in place 7. In data science, in 9 and in technology, 10. Companies will eliminate jobs due to the artificial intelligence and automation, the report says.
“Even the collection, processing and visualization of customer-related data has automation potential of up to 70%.” However, new jobs are being created, particularly in data science, development of software, artificial intelligence and repair and maintenance of robots. “Microsoft estimates 4 million new jobs technologies in the consumer goods industry by 2025 ”, details the firm.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx