Skills for a Working Future: How to Bring about Professional Success from the Educational Setting
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Future skills Job market Education Industry 4.0
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2020-01-12Referencia bibliográfica
García-Pérez, L.; García-Garnica, M.; Olmedo-Moreno, E.M. Skills for aWorking Future: How to Bring about Professional Success from the Educational Setting. Educ. Sci. 2021, 11, 27. [https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11010027]
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FEDER-UE-Junta de Andalucía B-SEJ-192-UGR18Abstract
Globalization, digitalization, and the permanent alteration of information have led to
important changes in the world of work. This demands a realignment of essential skills in order to
access job positions in the coming years. In order to face up to the digitalization process, education
is one of the ambits that has most come to a tipping point. This adds an urgency to the need to
bring skills in line with the new demands of the job market and the challenges posed in the 21st
Century. The methodology was based on a systematic review of the most commonly-used databases.
It analyzed and synthesized the existing information on the skills required for the future job market
and educational proposals to facilitate their acquisition. At the beginning of the search, 2045 records
were selected. However, following the application of the exclusion criteria, a total of 63 records were
included. From this in-depth analysis, it was uncovered that the most in-demand skill for the job
market relates to the management of technology. Different proposals were located which targeted
these skills in educational settings. The majority of these pertained to innovative projects emanating
from digital and technological phenomena.