As part of their research to rank business programs, a Bloomberg job skills study asked 1,251 job recruiters at 547 companies about the skills they want in their professionals but can’t find.
The most important ‘sweet spot’ skills are more desired, but less commonly found. Across industries, these four skills are:
“ Success in tomorrow's world belongs to those who continuously evolve and skill up for the challenges ahead.”
The different studies show that we have a huge challenge in front of us. We know that the future workforce needs a different type of worker. We also know that schools won’t be able to fix this in the near time. In October 2020 the World Economic Forum released a new ‘Future of Jobs Report’. The WEF concludes that a part of the now existing jobs will disappear and will be replaced by the jobs of tomorrow.
Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, robotics, 3D-printing. A couple of quickly developing fields that require skilled workers. Robots will take over a lot of manufacturing work, but these robots need engineers to make them work.
And that’s where we find a barrier. There is a gap between the skills the labour market needs and the skills that current workers have. The market needs the right workers to transform to new technological growth. The WEF sees an increasing demand for several new skills in the jobs of tomorrow.