Developing skills for adaptation to the digital era

Abstract

The modern concept of continuing education supports the idea of the need to update knowledge, skills and abilities throughout life. This concept contributes to the permanent development of human resources, which must meet certain requirements, arising primarily in the economic environment. Therefore, it is important to pay special attention to the formation of the quality of human resources arising from the specifics of the economic conditions. From the perspective of the individual, this would mean understanding his life prospects and his own professional and educational trajectories through the lens of the development of the economic context. At the organizational level, the qualitative training of human resources is related to the ability of various structures to adapt to the new economic conditions. The digitization of the economy, which is becoming an objective reality for many countries, proposes special requirements for the qualitative characteristics of human resources. Currently, one of the main problems and a barrier in the transition to the digital economy is the lack of human resources prepared for work in the new conditions. In the context of Industry 4.0, a significant increase in the number of qualified specialists with a high level of IT potential is required, which can only be achieved by adjusting the education system to the realities of the functioning of the digital economy. This article discusses the state and prospects of the development of the digital economy and the digitization processes of education in the context of the qualitative training of future human resources. CZU: 37.014.5:004.85. JEL: J4, J44, I23, I28, O31, O33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53486/icspm2023.56