Future Competencies: Employers' Insights on Economics Graduates from the Lublin Voivodeship
Future Competencies: Employers' Insights on Economics Graduates from the Lublin Voivodeship

Summary/Abstract: Theoretical background: Developing adequate skills is a key role that higher education institutions play for the benefit of their students/graduates, employers operating in the labour market, and society. However, their environment poses several challenges, and the pace of emerging changes makes planning the scope of competencies shaped in educational programs challenging. Moreover, they must take into account current trends and, given the duration of the educational period, anticipate what the competence needs of the labour market will be in the future. In response to emerging trends, expectations regarding the competencies that graduates possess are changing. Among these, it is worth mentioning the growing importance of technical skills related to Industry 4.0 and the growing importance of higher-level cognitive skills. However, the growing emphasis on developing social competencies is also worth noting. These seem universal, and even though the world changes, they still play a crucial role in building positive interpersonal relationships

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