*By Mirian Luzzi
During this year's World Economic Forum, the report Future of Jobs 2023, which explores how jobs and skills will evolve over the next five years. The study, which is in its fourth edition, heard 803 companies from all regions of the world and, according to the interviewees, 69 million new jobs will be created and another 83 million eliminated by 2027. digitization will be the main drivers of turnover in the labor market.
The study highlights the importance of cooperation as a key factor in dealing with global risks. Turning its attention to professional development, the document suggests a growing urgency for the requalification revolution. In this sense, companies reported that skills gaps and the inability to attract talent are the main barriers to transformation, showing a clear need for training and reskilling in all sectors. To get an idea, six out of ten workers will need training before 2027, but only half of employees have access to adequate training opportunities. At the same time, the report estimates that, on average, 44% of an individual worker's skills will need to be updated.
Dedicated to the technology sector, where the lack of labor has directly affected the country's competitiveness, HR Tech Platform – launched by the Brazilian Association of Software Companies – completes the first year fulfilling the objective of supporting the development of talents through the dissemination of partner courses, updating on employability in technology and promoting discussions on career management, development of teams, talent retention, hybrid work model, among other topics. Initially a hub of opportunities, the platform aims to contribute to society by offering knowledge and providing access to free courses available on the market.
Upon completion of the first year, the Platform accounts for approximately 19,000 accesses, of which 35% were concentrated in the Technological Education Hub, which currently publishes 88 links to free courses, online and face-to-face, offered by the Platform's 26 partners. This demonstrates the relevance of ABES in supporting the development of talents through the dissemination of courses, contributing to training and requalification in all sectors.
The other accesses are divided between the Vacancies Hub, where vacancies are published by Platform Partners and ABES Associated Companies, and Panorama Rh Tech, which has real-time data related to employability in Digital Transformation.
During the first year, the Platform continued to improve in the sense of sharing access to relevant content, published in studies on the Market and the Future of Work, which indicate current and future trends in the labor market, new careers, prospects for job seekers, youth behavior and much more.
Considering that technology is a means, and that it should contribute to improving people's quality of life, the Rh Tech Platform is in line with ABES' support to UN Global Compact, considered the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world. With great pride, the RH Tech Platform is aligned with Sustainable Development Objectives 4 – Quality Education and 8 – Decent Work and economic growth. Our quest, with this integration, is to provide more jobs for young people through third sector partners, and to remain firm in our purpose of contributing to the construction of a digital and less unequal Brazil.
Mirian Luzzi, specialist in Planning and Execution at the Brazilian Association of Software Companies – ABES, coordinates the Rh Tech ABES Platform and organizes webinars.
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