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SINGAPORE – Seven out of 10 employers intend to hire workers with broader skill sets in the future, a recent survey showed.
The results of the NTUC LearningHub survey were released on Monday (December 21) as part of a report that noted that nearly all employers agreed that there was an increased need for employees capable of taking on hybrid roles.
About 72 percent of those surveyed also cited difficulties filling vacant positions at their companies, amid outages due to Covid-19.
The survey was conducted online in October with 367 business leaders and 567 full-time employees in six large industry groups, including manufacturing, as well as commerce and connectivity, to assess the impact of the pandemic on them.
About 80 percent of those surveyed were from the private sector.
About 69 percent of employees in the survey said they have had to adopt new skills in their daily work, while about 71 percent said they feel the urge to improve and retrain to remain competitive in the job market. .
Similarly, the vast majority of employers, 84 percent, said that employees needed to acquire new skills due to changes in their businesses as a result of the pandemic.
Employers highlighted the three most valuable complementary skills for employees in the hybrid role: effective communication, teamwork or collaboration and data analysis.
They also noted that the top three adaptive skills workers lacked were innovation, analytical reasoning and complex problem solving, and creativity.
About half of the workers surveyed said they had improved their skills in the past six months to stay competitive in the workplace or the job market in general.
But 74 percent of them wanted their companies to provide more support to improve their skills.
NTUC LearningHub President Eugene Wong said: “In a world where we are in a constant state of flux, we cannot stay in control when it comes to our careers.
Key to navigating the new norm and looking for opportunities is staying informed about the latest jobs and skills in demand, and then taking action by upgrading skills for employer-coveted hybrid roles and complementary skills. “
He added that there would inevitably be changes in skills on demand as the business environment transforms.
“To ensure your future employability, stay open to multiple career paths by constantly improving or even retraining to remain ready, relevant and resilient in tough times,” Wong said.
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