Upskilling, an inevitability for non-digital natives

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Taking a specialization and building a career based on the knowledge acquired during that training is a thing of the past. A world of increasing digitalization requires constant upskilling, and lifelong learning has never made more sense than it does today. There are only two options: keep up to date or get left behind.

Long before this pandemic scenario that we are experiencing, there was already a certain gap between the opportunities available to professionals with digital skills and those whose skills were still very much focused on the analogue world. In the article entitled "The new social dichotomy: illiterate or superhuman ”, this cry of warning for the need for upskilling was already being heard, at a time when nothing suggested that the challenge would be accelerated, that it would affect the entire world and all sectors of society, leaving behind those who were unable to adapt.

In the history of humanity, 2020 will be remembered as the year of iran whatsapp number database pandemic, but also as the year of the digital rush. There has never been so much collaborative technology available, nor so much demand for online training so that people could quickly upskill their skills and prepare for a changing world. And here, we are not just talking about a professional context, because in the personal world, we all had to learn to live at a distance from everything, with only the proximity that technology allowed us, and for that, it was also necessary to upskill. Those who had never used videoconferencing platforms started to do so, those who had never shopped online started to do so. Those who had never requested public services online had to learn how to do so. We were all forced to acquire digital skills.

But if this was a reality in personal life, in the world of work there was a true revolution. Those who did not have these digital skills had to acquire them. The bad news is that there is no time to sit in the shadow of previous learning. We live in a state of complete transformation and continuous training, upskilling and lifelong learning have never made more sense than they do now.

Upskilling and reskilling, foreign words that really need to enter the lexicon of those who seek to remain active in the job market
The report " The Future of Jobs Report ", published by the WorldEconomicForum , predicts that the recession caused by the pandemic, automation and digital transformation will be responsible for the emergence of new roles, anticipating that within 4 years programmers, computer engineers, artificial intelligence specialists, digital marketing managers, talent hunters and customer care professionals will be among the most sought after.

As far as soft skills are concerned , creativity, analytical thinking and flexibility will be the most valued personal skills.

The same study shows that in 2025, for every two employees, one will have to replace their skills with others ( reskilling ), while of those who maintain their roles, around 40% will have to complement their skills ( upskilling ).

The report also estimates that companies will invest in training 70% of their employees, thus ensuring that their teams will have the necessary skills to respond to the challenges of emerging roles.

Upskilling accelerates in technology companies
In order to keep up with market trends and face the challenges of digitalization and the economic recession, increasing their competitiveness, technology companies are currently leading the investment in strengthening the digital skills of their teams, using specialized training and accelerator programs.

Active professionals or those seeking employment are also seeking solutions to respond to this paradigm shift in the world of work, by strengthening their skills and acquiring new abilities, attending intensive professional retraining and specialized training programs. And training academies have risen to the challenge, rapidly transforming their teaching models, ensuring safety for participants and quality of training.

At PRIMAVERA Academy, 2020 was a year of profound transformation! In just a few weeks, we transitioned complex training programs to digital, offering various modalities, from digital learning to online teaching. We promoted many free training activities, precisely with the aim of contributing to rapid upskilling.

of thousands of professionals who overnight found themselves forced to use technology that had never been tried before.

But the pandemic has not only highlighted the need for upskilling. Strengthening skills is not enough to face the huge wave of digital transformation that lies ahead. In line with the main areas where there is a shortage of qualified professionals, we quickly launched a program to retrain resources for areas where there is a shortage in the market. Through the intensive SCORE , PCAP and RE_Start programs , we are training certified technicians, PRIMAVERA consultants and junior programmers with a Full Stack Developer profile.

But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as in this training academy, the training calendar itself is subject to constant upskilling and reskilling, in order to anticipate the needs of the market itself.

The only certainty we have, as an entity responsible for training excellent professionals, is that knowledge evolves rapidly and what we learn today will no longer be sufficient for tomorrow's needs. In today's job market, lifelong learning is inevitable and every professional must be aware that after completing an academic degree it is essential to remain up to date and competitive.