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Álvarez-Pallete calls for bids for training for technological positions

Date: March 29, 2024 Time: 06:56:58

The Chairman of Telefónica, José María Álvarez-Pallete, pointed out this Wednesday that it is necessary to bet on the continuous training of workers to enhance their digital skills, during his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The businessman has supported that this will cover the 20 million jobs that the technology sector will develop in the coming years. In addition, he has emphasized that there are already five million jobs that are not covered in Europe due to a lack of qualified professionals and that the rise of other innovations, such as artificial intelligence, will create four times this number of jobs in the next five years. .

The president of Telefónica has also assured that technology will destroy many jobs, while creating others. For this reason, he has underlined the importance of a well-directed transition between these two points, since, otherwise, Álvarez-Pallete fears that social unrest among the population will be created and the rise of populism will be accentuated. “Technology is the root of the problem and also the root of the solution. We have to be sure that those who have a job will keep it and that those who do not have it will find it”, stressed the president of Telefónica, who has operator as an example of adaptation with its ‘reskilling’ programme, the largest in Europe.

Álvarez-Pallete has participated in the table ‘The future of jobs’ together with the Secretary of Labor of the United States, Martin Walsh; the director general of the International Labor Organization (ILO), Gilbert Houngbo, and the executive director of the International Trade Center, Pamela Coke-Hamilton. The president of Telefónica has also called for a different approach to the problem from the traditional view of the educational system. “By applying technology to the way you learn, you solve many problems”, he has emphasized, while defending the need to go beyond technology in training and teach other skills such as frustration tolerance.

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For his part, the Secretary of Labor of the United States has recognized that the country must increase its number of workers and has highlighted training and the need for programs that allow social progress for employees. “There are many people who work in mediocre jobs with mediocre salaries who are not middle class and want to reach it,” stressed Walsh, who has recognized that the North American country must reform its immigration system, since that of citizens necessary for the labor market of the country.

In his speech, the Director General of the ILO defended free education and stressed the need for a new social contract that counteracts the growth of the gap between the main economies and developing economies. Along the same lines, the executive director of the International Trade Center has stressed that it is necessary to ensure that the ecological transition does not translate into leaving developing economies behind and has given as an example the difficulties that there will be in Africa to meet the demands of the environment. in the value chain required by the European Union.

Likewise, he has underlined the existential nature of the threat posed by climate change and has called for the commitment to sustainability to be seen as an opportunity for developing countries and to close the digital gap so that they can take advantage of the opportunities of society digital.

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Puck Henry
Puck Henry
Puck Henry is an editor for ePrimefeed covering all types of news.
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