Digitization is not a job killer
The digital transformation will have a positive impact on the number of jobs. According to the decision-makers surveyed in the latest HR Report, new job profiles will be created in research and development, IT and marketing in particular.
Digital transformation is having a positive impact on employment across all disciplines and is anything but a job killer. This is shown by the annual HR report published by the personnel services provider Hays. Overall, the respondents to this year's HR Report expect more opportunities than risks (60 points on a scale of 0 to 100). The number of jobs will grow in IT in particular: 54 percent expect positive employment effects here. Respondents also expect more significant job growth in sales (50 percent) and in marketing and research and development (43 percent each). According to the decision-makers, new job profiles will be created primarily in research and development, IT and marketing. Hays and the Institute for Employment and Employability (IBE) surveyed more than 800 companies for the HR Report 2019.
Further training and expansion of the work-life balance
In order to ensure the employability of employees, lifelong training and development is considered the most important instrument (50 percent). In addition, the expansion of the work-life balance (44 percent) and cooperation in mixed teams (39 percent) are at the top of the list of suitable measures.
"The importance of work-life balance for employability is growing. The respondents see their own company as more responsible than themselves. However, the realization of the work-life balance is still clearly lacking," says Prof. Dr. Jutta Rump, head of the IBE.
Generalists in demand
In order to successfully shape the digital transformation, generalists (61 percent) are more in demand than subject matter experts. In addition, companies rely more often on experienced experts (57 percent) than graduates (43 percent). Moreover, creative minds (56 percent) are ahead of implementation- or process-oriented employees (44 percent). "Combining the different competencies and skills of people in a meaningful way will be an even greater challenge for companies in the coming years. In the future, it will no longer be enough to rely primarily on specialist knowledge. Instead, mental competencies, such as actively dealing with change, will become the central skills," Marc Lutz, Managing Director of Hays (Schweiz) AG, comments on the results.
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