The impact of the pandemic on digital skills

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This gap has been highlighted, unequivocally, by the pandemic.

In that context, the crucial importance of digital skills was truly understood , decreeing the acceleration of the transition to digital in numerous sectors.

If we wanted to simplify, we can say that it brought with it two aspects: on the one hand changes and challenges, on the other emerging opportunities.

Among the first we have:

Forced adaptation. From the need to quickly adapt to new digital list of telegram users in uk tools for remote working, online teaching, or e-commerce.
Growth in demand for ICT professions. Despite an initial decline, the demand for ICT professionals has grown, requiring increasingly specialized skills.
Professional retraining. The health emergency has highlighted the need to retrain the workforce to fill the mismatch between the skills possessed and those required.
Accelerated Digitalization. Business, education and communication processes have undergone rapid digital transformation, requiring greater digital literacy at all levels.
Among the emerging opportunities that this negative period has left us: