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usingmultitudeofdigitalplatforms.7Peoplewithoutdigitalskillsarenotonly
excludedfromstablewell-paidjobswhichareońeredbytheTechindustry,but
alsocanhaveproblemseveninlow-paidormiddle-paidjobs,sincetheyrequire
moreandmoredigitalskillsasmostprofessionsareshifingintodigitalopera-
tionstoagreaterandgreaterextent(forexample,intheeducationalindustry
orrestaurantindustry).
Ifwetakealookatthenumberofpeoplewhowillneedre-skilling(100mil-
lion)inonly8advancedeconomies,itlooksobviousthattraditionalroutesof
campusofinestudiesarenotanoptionforthemassesofpeople.Moreandmore
employerstakeouttherequirementofthedegreeinthehiringprocess,putting
morefocusonskillsetofthecandidates.Amongstcompanieswhichdroppedthe
degreerequirementwecannameTesla,Google,HiltonHotelsorIBM.8Whilethe
degreescandisappearfrom“must-have”requirementsfromthecompanies,the
newtypeofcredentialswillbeevolving.Anotherimportantaspectofupskilling
ofmassesofpeopleisthequestionofwhichapproachtoapplywithreference
totrainingandeducatingofpeoplewhoarebeginningtheirjourneyfromlow-
skilledworkforcetowardshigh-skilledworkers.Terearemanyvariouswaysof
upskillingthesegroupsofpeopleandinthisbook,Iwilldiscussthemarketof
non-standardeducationalapproachestoeducationandtraininginprograming
educationandcomputerstudies.Tesenon-standardeducationalapproachesare
especiallyimportantforpeoplewhoarecomingfromdisadvantagedbackgrounds
withalimitedaccesstostandardon-campuseducation.Whiletheremightbe
manygroupswhocanbeclassifiedasdisadvantaged,includingdisabled,NEETs,
domesticviolencevictims,formerprisoninmates,formerdrugandalcohol-
addicts,peoplefrompoverty-strickensocio-economicbackgrounds,immigrants,
asylumseekersand–inmanycountries–alsopeopleofcolor,womenormi-
norities.Mostofthesegroupshavelimitedaccesstothetechindustrywhichis
predominantlywhiteandmale.Tediversityintechisaglobalproblemandcan
beperceivedbothasapipelineandendpointproblem.9Ifweassumethatpeople
whowanttoshiffromthelow-skilljobsaremostlypeoplefromdisadvantaged
backgrounds,wehavetorealizethatsuchatransitionwillneednon-standard
educationalapproaches.Itisnotbecauseoflowereducationalattainmentofsuch
groups(whichisofenthecaseduetolesseropportunities),butalsobecauseof
theeverydaydimcultyinaccessingstationaryon-campuseducation.Ifyouenroll
7Ibidem.
8”TefutureofworkaferCovid-19”
,McKinseyInstitute18.02.2021,link:https://www.mckinsey.
com/featured-insights/future-of-work/the-future-of-work-afer-covid-19#,retrieved:5.05.2021,p.20.
9WindleyK.,PanE.,”DiversityinTech:EndpointProblem”
,StanfordPITLab28.10.2020,link:
https://medium.com/swlh/diversity-in-tech-the-endpoint-problem-77f3265b6aab,retrieved:5.05.2021.
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