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A Survey with Employers In the Spring a survey was delivered to Employers in the target countries (and across the EU). There was a wide spread across sectors; a majority of SMEs but a significant number of larger employers (almost one quarter were 250+, and a third were 100 employees or more). Around 60% had been operating for more than 10 years, with almost 30% in operation longer than 20 years. 90% were in urban areas. Almost 80% believe that...Read More

Communications for the Digital Skillshift project will feature the imagery of industry in times past to engage the employers of today. The messaging will engage employers in a modern conversation, given distance by the historical images, to allow a degree of objectivity in their engagement.Read More

The Digital SkillShift project aims to reskill citizens facing the challenges of ‘digital transformation’ to the labour market. As technology has evolved with automation, robotics and Artificial Intelligence for example, many new digital job opportunities have been unlocked. However, a European survey identified: - 74% expect that due to the use of robots and artificial intelligence, more jobs will disappear than new jobs will be created. - 72% believe robots steal peoples' jobs. Two further critical statistics from Empirica provide...Read More

The Digital Skillshift project carried out a detailed Context Analysis  in the spring of 2019 to explore the specific needs for the curriculum and to identify the best approach to delivery. The Digital SkillShift Context Analysis Final Report is attached here. It goes into detail about a survey with employers and a significant amount of desk research that was carried out. The primary findings were that the curriculum should focus on online working tools and practices, and build a curriculum that...Read More

Digital SkillShift – Press Release The rapid technological improvements in the last decades have unlocked many new job possibilities. More than ever, digital skills are essential for adult workers to take advantage of these opportunities and play a key role in the evolution of the digital economy. The purpose of the Digital SkillShift project is to reskill and upskill unemployed citizens facing the challenges of the digital transformation in their professional career. This project aims to support participants to develop...Read More

The Digital Assistant is an entry level position that can help with a number of functions to support your company. They will have a good functional understanding a number of tools that can help your business grow in a number of areas, or just be more efficient in its delivery. The Digital SkillShift model will support their skills development in the following areas and supports its learners to be ready to make a difference quickly in your organisation. Area Tools...Read More

Even before the Covid-19 crisis, online working was becoming vital. Now it is essential, and ALL DIGITAL, with its partners Stiftung Digitale Chancen, Simplon.co and Fondazione Patrizio Paoletti have been developing a curriculum – the Digital Skillshift curriculum - that goes to the heart of the problem. However, the delivery Digital Skillshift project has been significantly impacted by the Covid-19 crisis during 2020.Read More

The Digital Skillshift project has now completed and the Digital Skillshift Final Evaluation Report is available here to read. The report was produced by Geneva-based Ynternet and summarises the key points from the evaluation as well as going into detail about the methodology and findings of the various surveys – an employers survey, a pre-training survey, a post-training survey and a longitudinal survey. The Evaluation Report explores in details the findings of the surveys and the demographics of the users as well...Read More