62% of Polish employees positively evaluate their digital competencies

In connection with the Covid-19 pandemic, the largest transformation of skills and competencies desired in the labor market since World War II began in 2020, according to the Manpower Group's report. Digital competences are already a prerequisite in the labor market, and companies indicate that access to qualified employees with skills in this area is crucial for the development of their business. Fortunately, according to the PwC research, Polish employees are very ready to acquire new competences, and currently 62 percent of them positively evaluate their digital skills.

"The pandemic may be associated with all of us, of course, with its negative repercussions, but what was positive was digital competences, which we had to acquire very quickly," Justyna Orłowska, Plenipotentiary of the Prime Minister for GovTech, Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Education and Science for digital transformation, said.

"Jagiellonian University conducted a study before the pandemic, in which it asked businesses whether they plan to increase their IT resources. As many as 18 percent of companies answered this question in the affirmative, while after the pandemic this percentage has already increased to 66 percent. This shows that the demand for people with IT and digital competences is growing rapidly. These are competences such as knowing that you need to verify information sources and that you know the basic models of cyber crime to be able to counteract them effectively," she added.

A study conducted by PwC shows that even before the pandemic, 76 percent of CEOs of companies around the world indicated access to key competences as the main challenge for the development of their business.

(Newseria)