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Employee Skills Management: Competitiveness in the Digital Economy

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The purpose of the article is to change the skills of employees in organizations and their transformation in a digitalized society. The authors analyze the change in economic space in the industry 4.0., which has caused changes in different business processes that occur in society. They rely on research by leading scientists who consider changes in the key skills of a modern specialist in the context of global digitalization, and highlight the birth of a new format for the “information worker”, which should have a number of key digital skills: working with information, and creating effective content. Based on the analysis of research data, it was found that the digital content that the employee is currently faced with has special requirements for the personnel management process. Personnel management should be aimed, on the one hand, to increase the competitiveness of the organization, and on the other hand, equal opportunities to solve organizational issues, as well as reduce costs and efforts in order to get results from employees. The authors made a forecast for the development of 9 key skills that are leading the staff of any organization for 2020. Their level is established that is currently formed in average values for Russia; areas of training in these skills are highlighted. The analysis of the prevalence of assessment tools for students in organizations of Nizhny Novgorod. The study carried out has significant prospects for further research related to the study of the development and formation of digital skills of the staff in enterprises taking into account the specifics of its functioning.

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Lebedeva, T.E., Egorov, E.E., Prokhorova, M.P., Shkunova, A.A., Chelnokova, E.A. (2022). Employee Skills Management: Competitiveness in the Digital Economy. In: Bogoviz, A.V., Suglobov, A.E., Maloletko, A.N., Kaurova, O.V. (eds) Сooperation and Sustainable Development. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 245. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77000-6_13

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