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Work Experience Is No Longer the Top Priority: What Employers Want Today

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Human-resources experts say companies should plan around how work will change rather than try to predict exact jobs or staffing levels years ahead.
  • Employers increasingly value technological literacy, data skills, communication, collaboration and the ability to work across specialties.
  • Adaptability and willingness to learn are gaining importance as some existing skills may lose relevance within five years.

Employers are looking less for people who simply match today’s job description and more for workers who can keep pace with how work itself changes.

G. Kotkas, a human-resources expert with more than 15 years in the field, says five-year workforce planning cannot serve as a fixed forecast. Companies cannot know precisely which jobs or how many employees they will need, but they can start with their business strategy and consider how work is likely to evolve.

No one can predict the future with complete accuracy, but that does not mean we should not prepare for it. We do not try to forecast specific jobs or the number of employees five years from now. We start with the business strategy and discuss how work itself is likely to change.

· G. KotkasThe human-resources expert explained how organizations should approach long-term workforce planning.

That approach requires deliberate decisions about future capabilities. Organizations may develop those skills internally, buy them in the labor market, borrow them, or automate part of the process. None of those decisions, Kotkas says, should be treated as permanent. Companies need to review and update them continuously.

Organizations are looking less and less for narrow specialists and increasingly valuing a broader range of competencies. A finance specialist must understand technology, an IT specialist must know how to communicate with business, and a manager must be able to make decisions based on data.

· Darius GuobaThe Labbis group head described the wider skills employers now seek.

The demand for broader abilities is growing even in traditional fields. Darius Guoba, head of the Labbis group, points to technological literacy, data understanding and the use of digital tools. A finance professional may need to understand technology, an IT specialist may need to communicate with business teams, and a manager may need to make decisions based on data.

Communication, cooperation and the ability to understand people from other fields are also becoming more important as teams tackle complex problems. Employers therefore increasingly assess flexibility, fast learning and the ability to adapt to new technologies and circumstances, rather than relying only on existing experience. Kotkas cites the World Economic Forum’s estimate that 39% of the skills needed today will change by 2030, making some professional knowledge vulnerable to rapid obsolescence.

The ability to adapt is becoming an increasingly important factor when hiring employees.

· G. KotkasKotkas highlighted adaptability as a growing hiring criterion.
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