New Competences and Skills - Changing the Education Program in Response to Technological Challenges (Empirical Research)

Abstract

The labor market is a place where labor services are provided to people who need and use these services. Work, and more specifically labor-related services, is one of the three classical factors of production, alongside capital and land. When the supply and demand for labor are equal, we can speak of a market equilibrium. It is worth mentioning that the general equilibrium consists of partial equilibria of the labor market, which in turn are shaped in the markets of industrial, agricultural, service, commercial, etc. production. Technologies changing the structure of the labor market and introduced to the market constitute an important factor supporting economic development. One of these technologies is computerization, which enables digitization (digital recording, change or conversion from physical to digital form) and then digitization, i.e. the use and application of processed data in a household, enterprise or country. The term Industrie 4.0 comes from the project of the German government's high-tech strategy promoting the computerization of production processes and was first used at the Hanover fair in 2011. Since then, there has been an increased interest in changes caused by digitization and their impact on the labor market. The article contains the results of research (delphi method) and CATI on the digital skills of future employees of Polish enterprises, which should be educated throughout the education process in Poland. What is needed is the humanization of cobotization - cooperation with robots and IT. Creativity comes first among the skills needed in the future, followed by cause and effect thinking, commitment and digital skills. In the case of education, it is obvious to combine learning with practice. In the case of education, there is a clear indication of exact sciences (technical, IT). The importance of non-formal education is growing.