Change in demand for skills and training during the COVID-19 pandemic: a review of international practice

Vera Maltseva () and Natalia Rozenfeld
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Vera Maltseva: National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russian Federation)
Natalia Rozenfeld: National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russian Federation)
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Вера Андреевна Мальцева

Monitoring of Education Markets and Organizations (MEMO), 2020, issue 40, 1-7

Abstract: This issue examines the changing global demand for skills and training during the COVID 19 pandemic. The paper is based on the data from the relevant international expert publications and academic papers published since the COVID 19 outbreak. Highlights: The pandemic crisis has revealed both skill shortages in specific areas (e.g. IT and healthcare) and gaps in workforce skill-set. The most in-demand skills include soft skills, especially socio-emotional ones, the significance of which has increased dramatically under the uncertainty environment. Digital skills gaps have become more evident in the context of accelerated digitalization of economies and societies due to pandemic. Digital competency has been assuming as an integral 21st-century skill. Many governments have implemented various skill measures and training programs targeted to the displaced workers and at-risk workforce. The policy measures include providing access to online training, retraining programs, subsidizing employers' training costs. This has resulted in learning skills to become an in-demand competence. Online training is on a rise, yet targeting highly-qualified individuals and offering courses on soft skills or competencies in specific skill areas, e.g. IT and business. Barriers to entering online training remain high, primarily in terms of digital skills and internet access.

Keywords: education institutions; preschool education; education market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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