Fourth Industrial Revolution: What Competences Are Necessary for Employees?

Abstract

The fourth industrial revolution has considerable impact on labor market transformation – professions, approaches to workchange. Already today the success of the company in many respects depends on ability of her employees to use technologies, and in particular, to do it creatively and innovatively.On the basis of empirical data it is analysed as far as the staff of the Russian companies feels influence of the new industrial revolution, what skills are necessary for adaptation in the conditions of digital transformation of business, whether linear office employees are ready to technological transformations in the companies and whether possess necessary skills and abilities.Research is conducted in three stages. Directly empirical analysis is carried out on the basis of the data collected by means of questioning through a webform (selection has made 153 persons).It is concluded that among the general skills the requirement will grow in is unique human abilities, such as emotional intelligence, creativity, skill to communicate and soon. Importance technical knowledge – ability effectively to work with the software, programming, the general digital literacy grows. If the conditional part of «soft» skills is developed at employees at sufficient level already today, technical abilities cause concern.As a whole, for creation of successful and competitive labor the companies need to work in two directions – to form systems of training and monitoring of skills and knowledge according to requirements of the market, and also to advance ideas of life time learning, that is continuous in dependent education.

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