Digital skills are highly important in
today’s world. According to the results of the Burning Glass report, more than
8 in 10 middle-skill jobs require digital skills. This percentage was 4% less
in 2014. Need for better customer and operational side of all businesses. The
report also indicates that digitally intensive middle-skill jobs pay more than
non-digital ones.

Since the report also highlights that
digital skills enable a career pathway into middle and high-skill jobs,
providing older adults with online digital learning opportunities is considered
to be of great importance. Digital skills are also considered as door openers
and career advancers. New technologies will reshape
jobs as automation puts many jobs at risk. While technology creates new types
of jobs, it also changes what people do on the job and how they do it. Most
occupations that grew in the EU since 2011 are rich in social interactions and
require above-average ICT skills.  

There are some basic
digital skills required for most jobs; namely, employees want their employers
to be able to communicate through digital sources for job-related issues. Five
basic digital skills required for employment are as follows:

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Using devices and handling information.

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Creating and editing.

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Communicating.

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Transacting.

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Being safe and responsible online.