“A reset will be necessary†– survey looks into why Czechs are unwilling to learn new job skills
Four out of ten people in Czechia expect that they will be doing the same job until they retire and a further 20 percent believe that they will be doing the same job for at least another decade, according to a survey conducted by the Data Collect agency for personnel company PÅ™edvýbÄ›r.cz. The survey shows that many Czechs are unwilling to get themselves requalified despite expectations of major changes on the demand side of the labour market.
More than 40 percent of respondents said that they do not invest any money into job related education, with a further third saying that these investments do not exceed CZK 5,000. On the other hand, around a quarter of those who took part in the survey said that they spend between CZK 5,000 to 100,000 on their professional development.
According to the managing director of PÅ™edvýbÄ›r.cz, František Boudný, those most likely to be unwilling to invest into expanding their job skillset are employees who work in factories and the wider manufacturing sector. However, he told Czech Radio that the clock is ticking for hundreds of thousands of these workers on the Czech labour market.
“According to a survey conducted by Boston Consulting Group, around 330,000 jobs will disappear by 2030. This means that it is necessary for many people to get themselves requalified to be able to work in jobs related to robotics, automation and applications development. In other words, a reset will be necessary, especially in many of those traditional jobs.”
Unsurprisingly perhaps, he says that it is among people working in sectors such as robotics and automation that the survey registered the highest willingness to invest into new qualifications. Read More...
